Earpiece Static on iPhone 13 after updating to iOS26
As the title says, I updated to iOS 26. I also tried the music haptic feature on the Apple Music since I tried subscribing to Apple Music to see the new features on the new updates. Then I connected it to my Airpods 3. However, moments after, the phone's earpiece speaker suddenly became muffled or has a static sound to it. However, it is still working it just sounds muffled.
Does anyone have the same experience? Or for those who experienced it what should I do? Is this a software issue because it was perfectly working fine for iOS18 before.
Tried the following but still does not work:
- Gently Massaging the upper left area
- Swiping the volume on the Ringtones and Haptic section on settings
- Cleaned with a bristle
- Hard Restart / Restart
Now I will try to update to a beta to see if this is a software issue. If it still does not work, I'll try to go to a local trusted repair shop tomorrow. Thank you!
iPhone 13, iOS 26
