My one mega-annoyance is no mute button. Not being able to mute a Zoom call (or a phone call) using just the Airpod hardware interface is... annoying. I don't use Siri that often and would honestly remap long click as mute/unmute. I'm willing to pay premium for that feature alone. Hell, I'm willing to subscribe that feature. Apple, "take my money", just give me a mute button that works without the phone (or watch, or laptop).
AirPods don't “just work”
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#642For the pros, I don't understand how anyone can use these air tips, they never stay in my ears :(
also no more volume and previous/next buttons :/
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#643My one mega-annoyance is no mute button. Not being able to mute a Zoom call (or a phone call) using just the Airpod hardware interface is... annoying. I don't use Siri that often and would honestly remap long click as mute/unmute. I'm willing to pay premium for that feature alone. Hell, I'm willing to subscribe that feature. Apple, "take my money", just give me a mute button that works without the phone (or watch, or…
The worst part about the click is that it hangs up your call. I was on hold with the IRS for 3 hours and hung up on the representative when I adjusted my airpod. Rage inducing!
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#644My Bluetooth connection has become less and less reliable on my Airpod Pros, which tell me a new one is probably coming soon. Funny how that works :)
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#645I generally enjoy my AirPods. They are occasionally quirky, but most of the time they really do “just work” for me. The annoyances are annoying when they happen, though. The strangest part is that the annoyances aren’t getting any better over time. At first I assumed that they were growing pains of an early product launch. Yet now we’re years into the AirPods experience and they continue to be just as quirky as when…
I recently upgraded from an iPhone XR and a lot of frustrating software problems just went away. Nothing to do with AirPods in my case, but it made me realize the effect of having an older phone with less processing power and less developer attention paid to it. I wonder if your AirPods problems might have to do with having older devices connecting — ie. the other side of the Bluetooth connection.
It's not always processing power. Some of the older phones had known issues, for example the iPhone 7 often had a faulty audio IC, and the iPhone 6/6+ had low RAM relative to its larger screen size and bigger graphic sizes.
Prior to the 8 and XR, iPhones had Bluetooth versions 4.0 or 4.2, which meant things were slower to connect, and also meant lower microphone data quality. Apple hasn't done any customer education around this. A lot of people with older MacBooks have poor microphone quality when using AirPods - but it's primarily their computer that is the bottleneck.
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#6463.5 mm jack Nasty. Yes ;) I'm sorry but it solves these problems and I think most of us have more prominent issues. Bluetooth - and even overpriced Apple products - are usually working well with one connection only. And the headset profile needs to sacrifice quality for voice input. This is to large degrees a question about priority of the user. If you need good or even excellent quality - opt for a good headset and…
None of the AirPod annoyances are as bad as having your headphones yanked violently out of your ears when the 3.5mm cable catches on a door handle.
If you're walking around, yeah, sure - wireless all the way.
But for desk use, I don't see the appeal of wireless, given all of the tradeoffs.
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#647> AirPods are wonderful products. But I just wish these annoying gripes would go away. What's wonderful about all that? Our fanboyism is re-defining the word "wonderful", Annoyence 4 and 3 made me think AirPods broke and they happen so frequently, I also have the Sony wh-1000xm4 and I cannot configure the mic without degrading my audio quality. I'm back to wired, I have a Beyerdynamic DT 1990 PRO, and none of these o…
I'm back to wired Same here. Absolutely don't understand the appeal of wireless headsets for people who are sitting at a desk. I've snapped up a bunch of used Bose QC25s from eBay, their last model that used a removable standard AAA battery. Great sound, solid noise canceling, the wired mic is fine, they work even if the battery is drained, sound is better than Bluetooth. I keep a little AAA battery charger on my des…
Yea I went wired at the beginning of the pandemic, QC-35 wired with a wired antlion mic, works like a charm. 3 main reasons I went with this setup :
1- Reduce the audio lag (bluetooth comes with a noticeable lag in video conferencing)
2- Not having to worry about battery life (going wired vastly improved the QC-35 battery life)
3- Keep the stellar comfort (at least for me) of the QC-35.
I personally don't understand why people endure the sucky audio quality of bluetooth handset profile. Couple this with a very ordinary battery life for airpods (I don't care if it charges in 10 minutes, when it's out and you need it you're stuck), I don't understand why this product is so popular.
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#648Annoyance 8: Apple Music desperately tries to make you use it by automatically opening the Music app (even though you use Spotify 99% of the time)
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#649Earlier quoted context omitted.
The reason "2.4 GHz wireless" is an option is the very proprietary standard right there, or rather the static pairing coming with it. The absence of Bluetooth connection negotiation/switching/… removes an entire class of bugs and annoyances.
>removes an entire class of bugs and annoyances Bugs and annoyances which not everyone is having. Stripping out functionality to crush bugs is like removing your stomach to get rid of a stomach ache. There are cases and classes of hardware where Bluetooth is not ideal and 2.4GHz proprietary standards are used (low latency audio, gaming mice, concert/conference audio. etc.) but those devices already exist on said prop…
If you need good audio in one home location, then the dongle is just fine. My best audio, speaking and listening, is a gamer wireless over the head/around the ears thing with a microphone that can extend to where my mouth is that I bought off my son after he switched to some fancier thing with a YouTuber style mic. It has a base station that plugs into USB and also charges a second battery so I can talk and listen continuously. At work, sounding clear and not having your sound break is quite useful. Also for online games. If it’s just pod cast listening and yelling at kids to text when they get there or whatever, maybe it isn’t as important as these other features.
But also, in general, they say perfection is reached when there is nothing left to remove. Extra features often mean something is wrong with the design. Even with programming languages, it is vastly better for the default response to requested new features is “no.”
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#6503.5 mm jack Nasty. Yes ;) I'm sorry but it solves these problems and I think most of us have more prominent issues. Bluetooth - and even overpriced Apple products - are usually working well with one connection only. And the headset profile needs to sacrifice quality for voice input. This is to large degrees a question about priority of the user. If you need good or even excellent quality - opt for a good headset and…
Nice! I love the 3.5mm jack solution. All we gotta do is solve the “I got my cable caught on the door knob as I walked by” issue and 3.5mm will be perfect.
Putting the phone in pocket and wire under shirt helps but not 100%