What's the benefit of that? You'd have two different airpods, one with improved connection speed, less latency, bluetooth 5.0..seems like it would be annoying and provide no real benefit.
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AirPods 2 impressions
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What's the benefit of that? You'd have two different airpods, one with improved connection speed, less latency, bluetooth 5.0..seems like it would be annoying and provide no real benefit.
Nor did I. I was/am a bit concerned but they are working fine it seems. Also in Settings on my iPhone it shows them as Model A2031, but Hardware Version is listed as 1.0.0 and Firmware is 1A671. Seems odd...
Same here.
Besides the serial # shows that they were produced in week 37 (September '18). That makes them Almost 7 month old!!!!
Just got mine. My first pair and so chuffed. All I have to compare too is EarPods and they sound better than them. So chuffed 
Tell us HOW chuffed you areJust got mine. My first pair and so chuffed. All I have to compare too is EarPods and they sound better than them. So chuffed
Does anyone has some play moving the "lid" from left to right and especially when the "lid" is opened moving it left to right too... I have more play vs. the V1 airpods.
Same the battery on my first gen is only 2 hours now so that’s why I’ve upgraded. However I’m looking forward to the hey Siri being handsfree. Mine just went to preparing to ship.First impression.... Hey Siri works well .... to me they sound better but that maybe just my imagination
My main reason for upgrade was battery life .... we’ll see how that goes
They are exactly the same shape as the old ones since they have interchangeable charging cases.
Mine arrived not to long ago my first impressions are as follows:
Siri is very fast to start when using “Hey Siri”
They connect between devices faster than the first gen
They sound a little better, I’ve connected mine to my iPad Pro and watched a few minutes of Netflix, they sound more fuller. I also listened to a song and the bass seems lower but more fuller also. The sound better in my opinion.
Siri is very fast to start when using “Hey Siri”
They connect between devices faster than the first gen
They sound a little better, I’ve connected mine to my iPad Pro and watched a few minutes of Netflix, they sound more fuller. I also listened to a song and the bass seems lower but more fuller also. The sound better in my opinion.
Thanks for the feedback...
Part or all of the sound improvement could be due to the new firmware. The Airpod 2 speakers are supposed to be the same as the Gen 1s. The good news is that the Gen 1s got a new firmware update yesterday with new Airpod release. The Gen 1s sound better with their new firmware. If If you still have the Gen 1 Airpods, it could be fun to update the firmware on the Gen 1s and then compare the sound quality between the 2 versions.
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Thanks for telling. That’s exactly what I was wanting. I was worried that that light would stay on constantly, and keep me up at night while it was charging.
Thanks for the heads up, I’ll update my gen 1 and check them out. I haven’t tried a phone call yet but it will be nice to get longer battery life.
My first pair of AirPods. Sound is surprisingly good. Didn't expect them to be this good (I normally use B&W PX headphones). The ease of use is awesome. Hey Siri works great (though controlling with Apple Watch is even better...). I'm really happy with them!
When I go to about mine says 3.7.2. I have the Max on 12.2 how do I update the airpod FW to 6.3.2?
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Thanks
Someone do the swap and see if the 2nd gen works with 1st gen as a pair. Hurry up
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One would be upgraded one wouldn’t be, I usually only use one at a time anyway. How can you not see the advantage of this.
Plug the case into a charging wire with the airpods inside. Have your phone nearby (I put mine on wifi to be sure it would update). The update will happen automatically, but could take several minutes to start.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-airpods-firmware.2174906/#post-27222396