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Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Apple Marketing sometimes can be incredulous: >"First with our contour design that delivers sound directly to your ears" What does that even mean?!? These are in-ear headphones, how else are they supposed to deliver sound? Feels silly to have such a comment to make a two point slide.

They like to make the page a certain size, and when there are only a few improvements over the previous generation… they get creative.

The point is, they didn't get that creative this time.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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No, it means it can handle a small splash of water not a dishwasher cycle.

I have washed my AirPods pro twice when I forget they were in my pocket (outside the case), full washer and dryer cycles, and they still work.

Unfortunately our experiences are different here! Mine went through a wash and although they still kind of worked ANC was ruined (it would buzz) and the audio quality was pretty terrible.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Chromecast Bluetooth was prohibitively laggy in my experience.

Any experienced to the contrary, I wonder?

I was also pretty disappointed with my chromecast in general, but bluetooth audio was fine. Not great, but fine.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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If a company does something that is right, but loses money, shareholders will sue it.

Anybody can sue for any reason. Doesn't mean they will win. Companies give lots of money to all kinds of causes that have no possibility of any financial return. Apple isn't special in this regard and they aren't getting sued for it.

Almost all corporate charity is in return for tax breaks.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Cool that they look like Pros now, i.e. not like you put Braun toothbrush heads in your ear. What I desperately need is a way to place an Airtag in the charger. Yes, I lost a pair of Airpod Pros some months ago. No idea where they are, perhaps somebody stole them or perhaps I just lost them in the house.

I lost mine in a recent house move and they don't show up anywhere in the Find My app. I had to buy a pair of £10 knock offs just so I can listen to podcasts while walking the dog, however these have the added bonus of not falling out my ear at every possible opportunity.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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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…

My Samsung TV has this feature.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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post #155

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…

Does it really only work with Apple headphones? That's terrible. I like Apple products but I hate the way they push to make things proprietary that could be open standard. I guess that makes services "sticky" for a lot of people but it pushes me away from the ecosystem,

Apple should want their customers to choose their products because they’re better. Arbitrarily reducing compatibility is a sure fire way to make your customers resent you.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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In the press release Apple talks about AAC-ELD codec being included on these earbuds, promising high-def low-latency audio.

I wonder if that's true. My biggest gripe with the industry ever since the death of 3.5mm jack has been voice/video call audio quality on BT HSP profile.

It's probably just a marketing blurb, but whoever manages to fix BT voice audio will be my personal hero.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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I didn't really use them for voice calls myself. I readily admit that I might just have been extremely unlucky, I don't know. I really didn't like having to throw headphones away just because they simply wouldn't turn on anymore so I'm just very wary of spending money on these headphones right now, especially since Sony WM-1000s are hovering at a similar price point and my experience with those has been very positive…

There is a company that does battery replacement. I think they swap yours for a reconditioned one or pair, and then service the ones you sent in.

That's pretty cool, sadly I'm in Eastern Europe so that's no option for me but it sounds so cool when you have the option!

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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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…

Same here. Even if they fixed it the battery is half dead.

So I wont purchase any Wireless EarPhone again. I dont like the idea of disposable earphone.

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