Put the Airpod Max away for a day and started using it today, and noticed a sound quality drop and the transparency mode only working on the left ear. Back to normal after restarting, but now I'm going to be restarting this thing all the time if things don't sound right.
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Already had to reset/restart Airpod Max, right ear stopped working Transparency
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Maybe a bit of an overreaction if it's only happened once? Happened to me too, but hasn't happened again.
My AirPods Pro do the same thing.
My AirPods Pro do the same thing.
A third person reported a similar thing a few days back. Annoying, but will likely be fixed in a firmware update.
I’ve been noticing an issue with mine where the noise cancelling doesn’t seem to be working in the right ear. And in general there didn’t seem to be much difference when switching from noise cancelling to transparency mode. Just did a reset and now it’s definitely working better.
I just noticed that my right ear is stuck in transparency mode regardless if I change it to off or noise cancelling. I tried looking around to see the process in resetting them but I can't find anything. I've tried unpairing them and repairing them but the issue is still there.
Had the same issue. Just did a reset by holding the Digital Crown and Switch button. Will see again tomorrow if the problem occurs again. I think it’s a bug and Apple will likely fix it in the next firmware update.
My battery life has been good. I don't use the case and it came with 78% battery and now it's 55% with some light listening and 3 days of idling. I try not to charge a device over 80% (including my phone) to preserve longevity.
I'm having an issue with mine. It feels like I'm getting the typical noise cancelling pressure with the right ear but not the left one, leaving me to wonder whether noise cancelling is working on the left year too. My friend also said noise cancelling stopped working in one year and he reset. I wonder if there's a bug or something. Did they update the firmware because it was perfect on launch day.
Its a very buggy product. this and the battery drains and sometime tuning my head the sound changes a bit due to the adaptive EQ etc. They sound great but that a about it. Bad first generation product if you ask me.
Just had this happen to me for the first time. It was a super odd experience as I was making coffee and I could only hear the coffee pot through my left ear in transparency mode.
For me putting it back in the case did nothing, but holding the two buttons to reset it made it work again. I'm hoping they can enable a long press to become an actual power button via software... the whole "case magnets are the power button" doesn't seem to be working out.
For me putting it back in the case did nothing, but holding the two buttons to reset it made it work again. I'm hoping they can enable a long press to become an actual power button via software... the whole "case magnets are the power button" doesn't seem to be working out.
The past two days my Airpods Max has been acting absolutely weird, sound sometimes only coming from the left ear, the light keep flashing/blinking green for no reason, transparency mode active on all 3 modes and insane ear pressure feeling.
I was only able to fix it when I finally found out how to restart it (not reset it). And the difference was to hold the two buttons for 12 seconds instead of 15 seconds.
I was only able to fix it when I finally found out how to restart it (not reset it). And the difference was to hold the two buttons for 12 seconds instead of 15 seconds.
Well I LOVE my pod-max. Still they are a bit flaky... was out and got it into a mode where it would not respond to the crown depress to start/stop the music even as it would go to next song?!
Several times with I lift a cup to scratch my ear, when I replace it, that one ear quits working while the other ear continues. Reseting the bluetooth connection will fix this... hope they fix it soon!
Several times with I lift a cup to scratch my ear, when I replace it, that one ear quits working while the other ear continues. Reseting the bluetooth connection will fix this... hope they fix it soon!
