While I have developer's beta iOS 14 on both my iPhone and Mac a recurrent problem has being happening to me where when I connect my AirPods to my computer it only recognizes one and uses one for audio. Whereas on my phone both work fine. So the problem is not the AirPods. Hope that on the next beta update it is resolve.
AirPods Problem on Big Sur
I have experienced a similar issue. I had my AirPods Pro charging through a lightning cable connected to my iMac while it updated to Big Sur. After the update completed, I unplugged the case and found that my Left AirPod no longer worked, and that all of my Apple Devices were recognizing my right AirPod as the left one.
I have the same issue.
I updated my macbook air recently and now I can't connect my airpods to the computer using macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. Is this a glitch with the update? My airpods work perfect with my iPhone 8 using iOS 14.2. Please advise so I can keep using these expensive headphones!!!!!
I'm having the same issue. My AirPods were working fine with my MacBook Pro before I updated it a few days ago.
Same problem here with my airpods 2 and my MBP 16 with big sur. The sound quality is really poor.
No sound quality problems when it's connected to my iphone
EDIT : I have reset my airpods and everything works fine now !
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/662645?answerId=650400022#650400022
No sound quality problems when it's connected to my iphone
EDIT : I have reset my airpods and everything works fine now !
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/662645?answerId=650400022#650400022
In my case, resetting my airpods pro didn't fix the issue, where left side of the airpods pro not working. But there is a way to fix this issue in different way.
Go to "Audio MIDI Setup" (you can cmd + space to search for this)
Go to AirPods Pro tab (one with outputs)
There should be sliders with '1' and '2', even out both of them (default value should be 0.25 on both sliders)
Done
My problem is came back. When I check in "Audio MIDI Setup" app, the output bitrate of my airpods was stuck to 1 channel 16kHz.
I have to switch my airpods from my macbook pro to my iphone and finally to my mbp to have 2 formats :
I don't know where the issue comes from but it's really weird
I have to switch my airpods from my macbook pro to my iphone and finally to my mbp to have 2 formats :
1 channel at 16kHz
2 channels 48kHz
I don't know where the issue comes from but it's really weird
FIX: I was able to resolve this issue with my AirPods Pro and Mac OS Big Sur (11.0.1) by going to Sound > Output, and sliding the balance back to center. For some reason the audio balance was shifted all the way to the right.
Got the same issue.. frankly the whole "auto switching between devices" is 50% disaster for me. If I've got something like a Slack call going and pop in my AirPods Pro the right comes on but the Mircophone stays set (in Slack) to my MBP microphone. Change that to AirPods and it livens up both AirPods. No call going on.. or music. Pop in my AirPods and play music, only get audio in the right. Open sound Preferences and the balance slider is over to the right, move it to centre and it's fine.
Happens every single time. Had a look a the audio MIDI setup, can see the balance issue replicated in there, but doesn't seem to change anything.
Pre-Big Sur I had to switch manually but it worked.
Happens every single time. Had a look a the audio MIDI setup, can see the balance issue replicated in there, but doesn't seem to change anything.
Pre-Big Sur I had to switch manually but it worked.
When playing some music on my iPhone XS Max, my MBP 2019 interrupts to play a notification sound in my AirPods Pro.
Another problem is it's extremely difficult to switch from the Mac's speakers to AirPods by choosing them in Sound Output menu. An infinite spinner is shown on the AirPods icon and sound output doesn't switch from speakers. Turning off Bluetooth on my Mac and then turning on again helps with that.
Also, when I take one AirPod out, both can disconnect from the current device and connect to another (MBP, iPhone, iPad.)
I've seen someone mentioned Apple Watch could interfere the AirPods Pro connection. Since my Apple Watch is always on my wrist, that could explain those issues.
Another problem is it's extremely difficult to switch from the Mac's speakers to AirPods by choosing them in Sound Output menu. An infinite spinner is shown on the AirPods icon and sound output doesn't switch from speakers. Turning off Bluetooth on my Mac and then turning on again helps with that.
Also, when I take one AirPod out, both can disconnect from the current device and connect to another (MBP, iPhone, iPad.)
I've seen someone mentioned Apple Watch could interfere the AirPods Pro connection. Since my Apple Watch is always on my wrist, that could explain those issues.
when i updated my apple software latest version 2021 my airpod 2nd generation one side audeo not plays ,,,, balance not plays that is the problem left side and right side plays not balanced plays same time ****
I'm running the public version of macOS Big Sur (11.2.3 (20D91)) and I've noticed that my AirPods Pro Bluetooth quality also drops when I open the "Bluetooth" settings page within System Preferences.
In macOS Catalina, a user could view the current Bluetooth codec in use by holding down the option key and clicking on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar.
However, they removed this feature in the Big Sur redesign. I'm very frustrated that they removed it, because now there's no easy way to see which audio codec is in use by the AirPods.
In macOS Catalina, a user could view the current Bluetooth codec in use by holding down the option key and clicking on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar.
However, they removed this feature in the Big Sur redesign. I'm very frustrated that they removed it, because now there's no easy way to see which audio codec is in use by the AirPods.
same problem with beats, if I connect 1 channel muted, cured solve: search in search box: "audio MIDI setup" , and set same balance 1,2 in primary stream. But I need always do if I connect