There will be no adaptive transparency for AirPods Pro 1 and AirPods Max

It was just a sweet dream, a little scent of hope, a ray of sunshine in the distance which unfortunately faded with the latest beta of iOS 16.1. No, AirPods Pro 2 Adaptive Transparency will not make an appearance on the first-generation Pro earbuds, or the AirPods Max.

It turns out that users who installed the latest AirPods Pro / Max firmware beta (and the 3rd beta of iOS 16.1) had the pleasant surprise of discovering a new option allowing them to activate this function. Adaptive Transparency works to reduce the loudest sounds, like a jackhammer or sirens, as much as possible, while still maintaining the ability to hear what’s going on in its surroundings.

Adaptive Transparency could be coming to the AirPods Pro 1

Adaptive Transparency could be coming to the AirPods Pro 1

But lo and behold, it turned out that the appearance of this feature on something other than AirPods Pro 2 was a bug. The 4e beta from iOS 16.1 attests to this, the option is no longer available. A priori, it is imperative to have an H2 chip to take advantage of it, but this is only present in the new headphones.

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