Airpods pro 3 chirp/high pitch noise

Same issue for me.

First time it happened randomly, and it hurt in my ear!!! This was awful.

I reset them, and after few times I repeated this, the problem was solved.

Yesterday on the bike tour, after 4 hours into my ride, the left pod malfunctioned again.

Now I try returning them.

Sad that such a premium product is not working properly.

Seeing this issue of the chirping after a Heavy week of perfect operation

left ear chirps up to 4 times, this can be trigged by tapping the pod its self or simply placing it in your ear . After the error started there’s constant pink noise sort of hiss and cracking noises during operation

the ANC also seems to be toggle between modes at times triggers form the buds

I have video clips of the chirping and also the glitching mode switching behaviour

since the issue appeared I’ve refit them with different tips, consistency re adjusting the position in the ear,I’ve preformed resets and repaired but again I’ll re iterate the pods were working perfectly for a week with no issue. So for me the improper fit is not a factor

I was experiencing the same issue in my right AirPod specifically in noise cancellation mode.

I have turned off head gestures and personalized audio as well as turned on personalized Spatial Audio and we will see how it goes so far it seems to be better.

update: never mind it’s still happening. I’m gonna try changing the ear tip specifically in the right ear, left ear has no issue, hopefully a firmware update fixes this.

it seems almost like squeel when a microphone gets too close to a speaker

I fly frequently and experience chirping and whining solely on ascent. Therefore I think it's a pressure thing associated with higher pressure in my head compared to outside. It doesn't occur on descent, so lower pressure in my head seems to be fine (not sure if I have that the right way around!). It's more difficult to equalise on ascent, but when I'm able to make myself yawn, it abates, but it still catches up to me quickly. After I've been airborne for a while (and have equalised pressure) everything is fine. I never have the problem in any other situation. As such, I wonder if Apple will consider this a design flaw, or if my ear canals make me unlucky.

Ok so here are my latest findings.

Yesterday lots of chirping with Firmware 8B25a here in Australia - maybe different versions elsewhere.

Today I updated the firmware to 8B30.

Is this the fix we have been waiting for?

Going to be out and about today so let's see how it goes.

While a lot of people suggest that issue in the hardware be rest assured it is not.

If the issue with the hardware it will start right away after putting headphones, maybe after a few seconds when noise cancelling buffers are filled and ambient noise model built.

But if the issue appears after few hours of use and gone once headphones are put back into the case for 15 minutes (this is the time when firmware gets restarted inside headphones) - this is 100% firmware.

Something that takes such a long time to develop is simple - it is either small memory leak or pressure changes inside internal ear. It is very likely has impact on the noise cancelling but it doesn't do a graceful recovery.

Today it started to whistle early and it appeared in sync with a change of pressure inside internal ear.

It is called Eustachian tube equalization. It occurs naturally but it doesn't happen often. Hence is the delayed character of the issue.

My personal feedback to Apple firmware team would be:

1. Fix the Eustachian tube equalization issue or add a Siri command to restart headphones (this fixes the problem)
2. Improve wind noise cancellation (this is really annoying on the bicycle)

BROOO! Licking it fixed it for me. Thank you so much!

Same issue & they’re literally a day old. My AirPod pro 2’s have been through it, being washed multiple times, dropped in a lake, ran over, etc, & zero problems. I noticed the 3’s feel almost cheaper in a way. This is unacceptable & I’m baffled that other people are already having this issue. Here I was thinking Apple might’ve turned the table with these and made actual improvements in their products. Looks like I was wrong.

I experienced a horrible feedback/whistling noise in the left ear on a flight today. No previous issues prior. I was seated over a wing/engine. It was to the point where my headphones were unusable for 3/4 of a flight.

Same issue here, on my second pair now and am so disappointed. Chirping in my right bud even if i just touch it to adjust, and even when i hold them they both chirp whistle loudly.

I was on a flight yesterday - ok for 30 minutes then constant chirp in the right one... absolutely useless as it is ... so much for a 'premium product'. Mine 20 quid cheapos did a better job. Anyway will go to the store this weekend for a refund unfortunately, but i really wanted to like them :(

Had exactly the same issue on a night flight back last night (I'd worn my AirPods Max on the way out which were as old and faithful as ever, but had loaned them to my kid for the return flight so I had the buds in) - horrendous and made them absolutely unusable for flying.

Not at all impressed since I only bought these a week or so ago to replace some of the original AirPods Pro which had developed the static issue.

I have exactly the same issue: a chirping noise on the left AirPod. It started after just three days of use, right in the middle of a cycling workout. Really annoying. None of the previous AirPods Pro generations ever gave me any trouble.

The shop where I've bought them actually accepted the return, and yes the new pair has exactly the same problem.. whistling after a couple dozen km on a cycling ride, incredibly annoying, very pro of Apple..

Because you waited until they were out of warranty lol. In what world do you not pay when anything is out of the warranty period?!? That’s on you unfortunately, you should have done something sooner. Apple has a very good warranty. Most products are 90 days. Apple gives you an entire year to get anything fixed.

The feedback noise (high pitched whistle) completely stopped when I did this. Wasn’t happening at work then 10 min drive later to the gym. Started SCREAMING in my ear (it’s my right side AirPod). I did exactly this. Licked it and all. Completely stopped the noise immediately. I’ve been dealing with this noise prettt much since I got them. It’ll happen randomly. Never could figure it out. This seems to be the trick!!