My Airpods Max sometimes changes its balance settings on its own.

[iBug2]

I put on my Airpods Max in the morning and left side sounds louder than the right, this is with Mac Os Monterey. I go to Audio Midi Setup and see that left side has a different volume than the right. I change it and it's fixed. But it keeps happening randomly and this is the third time now. It started after I switched to Monterey, so probably a Monterey bug.

Anyone else experience this with any of their Airpods?

 

[swrobel]

I'm seeing the same thing with my Airpods Pro

 

[Amigaman]

I've had this same problem with Bluetooth and wired headphones for the past few years.

 

[Amigaman]

I found a free app called Balance Lock that claims to fix this issue automatically for you. I haven't tried it myself, but I thought someone else might want to give it a shot. Hope this helps!

 

[carrjar]

This started happening this week for me. Balance keeps shifting to the left at startup. I was running Monterey 12.1. Was hoping for a bug fix in Monterey 12.2, but unfortunately not.

 

[davehutch]

Same for me. They were off (lower on the left) since I got them a few weeks ago and today, I looked in Midi Setup and the balance was lower on the left.
Even if you lower both channels independently in Midi Setup to zero, when you increase the volume on the keyboard, they ramp up at different rates.
Have just installed Balance Lock to see how it goes. The app will report each time it has to reset the balance so that should be interesting. Thanks for the tip @Amigaman

I also found this potential solution: https://superuser.com/a/1628524

 

[ignatius345]

This started happening this week for me. Balance keeps shifting to the left at startup. I was running Monterey 12.1. Was hoping for a bug fix in Monterey 12.2, but unfortunately not.
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Same. Also on the Left side. I thought for a minute my AirPods Max were having a hardware failure or something. Glad I thought to check the balance control!

 

[melodrake]

Happened to me this morning so googled it. Balance shifted to the right even though I had just used it 5 minutes earlier. Phone had it as equal.

 

[apunkrockmonk]

Also experiencing this issue on AirPods Pro (shifts 100% left), going to try Balance Lock I guess.

 

[me55]

I like using Ballast for this, works well and it allows to hide itself completely.

 

[GrandeLatte]

Also experiencing this on my AirPods 3. I have to physically adjust balance.

 

[ajbrutico]

Same here - always to the Right.....

I smell a bug.

 

[GrandeLatte]

Same here - always to the Right.....

I smell a bug.

Yes. Always to the Right!

 

[daanodinot]

Same thing happened to me just now. Louder on the left side.

 

[davehutch]

Balance Lock is still working perfectly. Recommended

 

[BigMcGuire]

This app works perfectly. Amazing how many times it has to catch Apple resetting the balance.... And yep, louder on the left side. Amazing this is still happening today.