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Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by clairity »

cloogshicer wrote: post #62

Warning: I purchased AirPods 1st gen and after a firmware update, they just stopped working. They disconnect after a few minutes. It's been over a year and this hasn't been fixed. This seems to be a widespread issue (see links below) - but at the Apple store they just tell you to buy replacements for almost full price. I'm quite frustrated with this and thus won't purchase these again. I think they are designed to la…

i have this issue. it’s super frustrating, because a reconnect is required every 5-10 minutes.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by jachee »

poulsbohemian wrote: post #76

I'm not intending to be flippant here - I love my AirPods and other Apple gear - but this reads like they took the AirPod Pros and rebranded them as the next generation of AirPod. I'm not seeing what's actually new here. Can someone in the know throw me a bone if there's something I'm overlooking?

I think for non-marketing technical folks, these are best described thus:

“Here are the AirPods Pro internals translated to the regular AirPods form factor, without the noise-cancelling and modular-tips, for $50 less.”

Re: The next generation of AirPods

#83

Post by hackstack »

vwadhwani wrote: post #55

I just want a pair of airpods that allow me to have a conversation outdoors. I'm always getting feedback that the ambient noise makes it difficult for people to hear me talk. I can't even do the dishes while on a call without people complaining.

I believe iOS 15 includes a little-touted feature: "Voice Isolation" mode; I haven't tested it comprehensively, but other similar technology (e.g. RNNoise [1]) has very impressive results in the scenarios you allude to.

[1] https://jmvalin.ca/demo/rnnoise/

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by cloogshicer »

clairity wrote: post #81
cloogshicer wrote: post #62

Warning: I purchased AirPods 1st gen and after a firmware update, they just stopped working. They disconnect after a few minutes. It's been over a year and this hasn't been fixed. This seems to be a widespread issue (see links below) - but at the Apple store they just tell you to buy replacements for almost full price. I'm quite frustrated with this and thus won't purchase these again. I think they are designed to la…

i have this issue. it’s super frustrating, because a reconnect is required every 5-10 minutes.

For me it's down to a few seconds, especially on phone calls. They're unusable.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by javajosh »

vwadhwani wrote: post #55

I just want a pair of airpods that allow me to have a conversation outdoors. I'm always getting feedback that the ambient noise makes it difficult for people to hear me talk. I can't even do the dishes while on a call without people complaining.

By chance I bought a Sennheiser headset for Zoom calls, and the real killer feature is a high quality mic with firmware noise cancellation. At the time I was in a hurry and bought the most expensive Senn's I could find on Amazon, and lucked out. I've had two people at work ask me what I use. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J8ME6QA

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

azinman2 wrote: post #67
rabidonrails wrote: post #66

Why isn't there a way to mute? I'd love to be able to configure one of the buttons to mute me when clicked. Fingers crossed for the next gen I guess.

You can just take them out or pause your music?

I think they meant mute their mic. I could be wrong.

It would be cool if you could mute yourself while on calls - it would be possible within the apple ecosystem at least. Pause during media, mute during calls. Something. Or maybe if it could be customizable, I'd like that. Different actions for different modes.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by handrous »

philliphaydon wrote: post #2

I just discovered last week that on the Apple TV I can connect 2 apple audio devices at the same time. Currently staying with the in laws, daughter is sleeping in the same room with us so we couldn’t watch TV. I connected my wife’s AirPods to the Apple TV to watch tv and noticed I could connect another one, so I borrowed my sister in laws AirPods and connected them and both work at the same time. So now we can watch…

Playstation 4 (maybe also the 5? I can't get ahold of one, so I dunno) controllers have a headphone jack on them that can be used this way, I think. Route the audio through the (bluetooth) controller, to whatever you've plugged in to it.

I think some higher-end Rokus can route audio through their remote control, to plugged-in headphones.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by mongol »

I like my wired, ordinary earphones. They are low tech, cheap and reliable. When I pick them up from my pocket, I may have to spend a few moments to untangle then, but it is usually just a few seconds. After some months the wires start to go bad. Then I use a new pair. But such a pair costs very little.

I don't know what I am missing, but I think I would be frustrated if expensive wireless earphones run out of battery when I need them, or lose their ability to hold charge, or I lose them. It is a worry I don't mind to live without. I am probably just a cheap grumpy old man....

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by Unklejoe »

mongol wrote: post #88

I like my wired, ordinary earphones. They are low tech, cheap and reliable. When I pick them up from my pocket, I may have to spend a few moments to untangle then, but it is usually just a few seconds. After some months the wires start to go bad. Then I use a new pair. But such a pair costs very little. I don't know what I am missing, but I think I would be frustrated if expensive wireless earphones run out of batter…

I mainly just use them when I run on the treadmill. The wire gets a little annoying since I don't have a shirt on to tuck it into.
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