High pitched noise on AirPods Pro 3

How to remove

Until now I had several models of BOSE with noise cancellation and it NEVER happened - I used them mainly for flights.

Here also, but only during flights. Reset or changing the "addons" did not help.

Very bad!

holy **** this worked! long shot indeed

Were you able to it? How if so

Thanks for the update!!!

Hope this is fixed before my next flight!!!

i had the exact same experiences as you with 3 pairs. I got a refund after the third pair failed. I hope Apple will sort this one out eventually. Back to AP Pro 2.

Ok, I’ve had this since day one of release on the AirPods 3, and a replacement set was identical. It happened all the time (haven’t taken them on a flight)—weird background noises, worse when in full noise cancellation mode, awful high-pitched squeal when adjusting them in my ears, same in both left and right, no difference when switching tips. Today I updated to firmware 8B30 and it all seems to have been fixed as far as I can tell so far! I’ll be monitoring how it goes over the next couple of days, but so far so good!

Through further experimentation and other feedback on the Apple community I think I have figured out the common issue and HAVE A TEMPORARY FIX until Apple resolve this.

I have been experiencing the issue 2 hours+ into a bike ride.  Another user mentioned moisture, and they experience it after a shower – that got me thinking.  The new silicone/foam ear tips create an excellent insulated seal between the hot moist inner ear canal and the external dry / colder air.  This is especially true for those on Plane flights where the airconditioned cabin is dry and generally colder than the temperature within in the ear.  This temperature difference, moisture on one side and excellent seal with hydrophobic coatings is the perfect trap for condensation to form.

There are two layers of mesh together – one black on the AirPod and one white on the Air tip.  My hypothesis is that water vapour is hitting this colder mesh surface and forming microscopic condensation which is trapped between the two mesh layers and interfering with the sensors that are driving the ANC systems.

I experimented on a 5-hour bike ride in the weekend.  After 2 hours the noise started so I removed the air tip, wiped the black mesh part of the AirPod, with a microfibre cloth dried inside my ear with another cloth, waved them around in the air to dry out, put the ear tip back on and the issue went away!  I followed this procedure every hour for the remainder of by bike ride and this fixed the problem!  Not ideal but at least it is a temporary fix until Apple figures this out…

Others have also reported rotating the ear tip 180 degrees provide a fix – I think this is because in doing so they have released the moisture / dried the mesh which may have been minor at that stage – nothing to do with the rotation, but rather just the act of removing / drying and putting back on...

hi, I have the exact same issue with my airpod pro 2, latest firmware installed on OS26.2 ( iphone 16 pro max - only happens in left ear but is so loud that it becomes painful so no other option than taking them out (pfff) I hope this is a firmware issue that could easily be resolved for all impacted users