{"id":25134,"date":"2022-01-16T13:46:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T21:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=25134"},"modified":"2022-01-23T14:28:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T22:28:45","slug":"beats-fit-pro-airpods-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/beats-fit-pro-airpods-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Beats Fit Pro & AirPods Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I told you last week that I\u2019d replaced my AirPods with Beats Fit Pro. I did this because the AirPods Pro squirt out of my ears, and the AirPods Gen 2 don\u2019t charge properly and that I lost one before I could execute yet another warranty repair.<\/p>\n

I wanted to give an update on the situation in my ears. When I wrote my review of the Beats Fit Pro, I hadn\u2019t yet run in them, I\u2019d only walked and done chores while wearing them.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been for a couple of runs now and the right one does have a tendency to work its way out. It\u2019s easy enough to kind of twist it back in to get the ear hook where it belongs, but it\u2019s not staying in quite as well as I first said. It\u2019s a lot<\/em> easier to twist back in than the AirPods Pro were, so I\u2019m still happier with the Beats.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also noticed sometimes that they hurt a little bit after wearing them for a long time, and yet other times I can wear them for hours without discomfort. I need to do some more scientific experiments to determine if there\u2019s a position in which they just feel better to my ears.<\/p>\n

The other day I was power washing my neighbor’s driveway (he was in the hospital so he couldn’t stop me). I was listening to a podcast and I realized that it didn’t sound like noise cancellation was enabled. I did a long press to turn it on, and I have to say it was an amazing difference for such a loud and continuous sound. I was very pleased and impressed. I could have sworn that the AirPods Pro keep noise cancellation enabled if I had it on during the previous usage, but the Beats Fit Pro definitely do not. They always default noise cancellation to off.<\/p>\n

I also mentioned that Steve has the Beats Powerbeats Pro that have the wraparound hooks for the outside of your ears. The other day he wanted to watch The Expanse while I was watching another show in an adjacent room.<\/p>\n

A show like The Expanse isn\u2019t any fun without the volume way up so he decided to use his Powerbeats Pro to connect to the Apple TV over Bluetooth. We\u2019re not sure why, but the Apple TV simply did not see them. He tried my Beats Fit Pro and the Apple TV immediately saw them and connected. That let him try out Spatial Audio we don\u2019t think is supported on the Powerbeats Pro. He enjoyed the experience.<\/p>\n

Now that he\u2019d tried them for TV watching, he thought it might be fun to try them for running. There were a few things to note.<\/p>\n

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Not Your Beats Fit Pro, Steve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He ran the fit test, and with small, medium and large tips, none of them would give him a successful fit test. He doesn\u2019t have a strong interest in noise cancellation so he chose the medium tips for comfort. His analysis after the run was that they felt good and most importantly stayed in his ears just fine.<\/p>\n

There was one funny thing when he was doing the setup with his iPhone to connect to my Beats Fit Pro. You know how when you open a set of AirPods or Beats, sometimes, if you\u2019re lucky, a graphic slides up from the bottom showing you the headphones and their battery status?<\/p>\n

When he opened my Beats Fit Pro next to his phone, the graphic said, \u201cNot Your Beats Fit Pro\u201d! I thought that was hilarious. Especially after last week when I said buying them in Stone Purple ensured he would never steal mine!<\/p>\n

After I posted the article about the Beats Fit Pro and how much I liked them, I got an email from Gazmaz saying that he had been unable to find them in Europe. A couple of days later, I heard on MacOSKen that Apple had just announced that they would be bringing Beats Fit Pro to Europe, Japan, and Canada in late January<\/a>.<\/p>\n

AirPods Update<\/h4>\n

Last week I also told you about how last October, just a few months after I bought another pair of gen 2 AirPods, they started to fail just like the first pair. I was going to get a replacement through AppleCare, but before I could I lost one of them. I was so disheartened by the process the last time I had to replace an AirPod, that I had been procrastinating for two months about getting it replaced.<\/p>\n

This week I decided to spend the time and energy going back to Apple to get the replacement so that if it did fail again, I could get it replaced again and again and again.<\/p>\n

I called Apple and in the automated phone tree pushed some buttons. After 28 minutes, I was connected to Kevin, who immediately after picking up said that he was in tech support and couldn\u2019t help me, and that he\u2019d connect me to Sales. Fine. When Sales connected, Alicia said that she couldn\u2019t help me, the only way I could get help was to go through AppleCare.<\/p>\n

I asked her how she would have directed me if I didn\u2019t have AppleCare. She told me that you simply cannot buy one AirPod without AppleCare! She said that to buy one, you have to return the case and the remaining AirPod, and then they ship you a whole new set. I didn\u2019t ask how much that cost, but I did say, \u201cYou do<\/em> realize how dumb this sounds that you can\u2019t buy a replacement, right?\u201d And she said, \u201cYeah, I hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n

So keep that in mind that if you ever buy AirPods and worry you might lose one, BUY APPLECARE.<\/p>\n