Wow! I thought I had broken mine or something. My left one rattles constantly as I'm walking, unless I tiptoe.
The AirPods Pro “Rattlegate”
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the article the writer says that they've had to do multiple replacements so far, and having to get replacement AirPods every several months isn't sustainable or convenient.
Writer here: Yes, they replaced them twice and currently in the process of replacement number 3. I'll just see if I can get a refund though. I'll wait for the next generation.
This seems to be a trend with apple products.
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#103I've also been dealing with rattling and buzzing noises in my airpods pro. Usually (but not always) turning noise cancellation mode off fixes the issue, but that totally defeats the purpose of having the pro model. Not to mention they are nowhere near as comfortable in your ear as the base-model airpods. Definitely a disappointing purchase
Your point about comfort is accurate. I can sleep with the base model in comfortably. Not so much with the pros.
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#104Oh wild, I didn't know this was widespread. Happened in my left airpod pro, and went through Apple Support to get a replacement mailed out. Hasn't happened to the right one yet, though I _did_ notice a real difference in audio quality between the new left and the old right. I'm kind of hoping it starts to rattle so I can more-easily get a replacement for it, honestly?
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#105Mine rattle too! Man, I hate that. I assumed it was just my bad luck, and since peaceful protestors looted my local Apple Store I wasn't able to bring them in.
> since peaceful protestors looted my local Apple Store There is a difference between peaceful protestors and people who engaged in looting. Don't conflate the two for the sake of a snarky comment.
The parent commenter was making a facetious reference to the way the protests were reported in the news media. They surely know there’s an actual difference, which was the point.
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
that's a bluetooth limitation likely on the macbook side, so i think the answer is "buy a new macbook pro".
I have this issue on a new MBP 16, and it seems like something forces the Bluetooth codec to switch whenever the mic on the BT device is active.
Bluetooth has many modes. The regular audio one is A2DP which sounds good but has no mic support. Then there is HSP which sounds like a tin can microphone broadcast over AM radio. I imagine apple has something proprietary to do 2 way audio on the airpods tho.
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#107Apple replaced my left pod for this... Fast forward a few weeks and now the right pod is doing the same thing. Meanwhile my regular Airpods are still working like a charm.
My regular airpods, which are now three years old, are tanks. I use them now exclusively for running/exercising and they won't die. My new ones are better for the sound isolation/listening to music, but they rattle now and do migrate out of my ears when I talk too much, so the latter part of meetings is usually a little annoying with me needing to constantly re-adjust them.
Re: The AirPods Pro “Rattlegate”
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
> since peaceful protestors looted my local Apple Store There is a difference between peaceful protestors and people who engaged in looting. Don't conflate the two for the sake of a snarky comment.
The parent commenter was making a facetious reference to the way the protests were reported in the news media. They surely know there’s an actual difference, which was the point.
Glad someone gets it
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#109This might be off topic or overly pedantic but why must this be referred to as 'rattlegate'? How is this a 'gate'? In what way does a line of rattling heaphones resemble an incident where the president of the united States was caught incriminating himself on tape in a hotel? Why must this term be used for everything?
It's a catchy and (now) descriptive way to name a scandal. I agree that you're being a little pedantic.