Hello dear friends and team, I hope and wish you all well.
To provide context, I'm a user of the spatial audio feature, especially with Apple Music, and I have a pair of second-generation AirPods Pro in perfect condition. I use an iPhone 16 Pro running iOS 26.2. I also activated the custom spatial audio function for the geometry of my head and ears.
I don't know if the iOS 26 updates or the AirPods firmware have anything to do with it, but it seems that the spatial audio has gotten worse, especially in relation to the center channel, where the voices of singers or the person in the center of a movie are usually located. Sometimes I miss the bass, sometimes the treble seems to be distorted, sometimes all of this happens at the same time.
Does anyone else experience this, especially with iOS 26? If our friend Levi Gobin, who has already demonstrated great mastery of audio, and other people who understand more or less, or even laypeople like me, could guide me, my gratitude would be immense.
Thank you all very much, a big hug, until next time!!!
Ricardo S. Brandão
Comments
I've noticed a few differences...
I have noticed that the treble boost that has been talked about in a different thread had slightly been changed, but no distortion. I have noticed the centerchannel be less in front of the listener, almost like it was posisioned in between the mid left and right channels, rather than between the front left/right channels where it should be.
RE: I've noticed a few differences...
Dear Levi, could you explain the difference between positioning the center channel between the left and right channels and positioning it between the left and right speakers?
clarification
I was in a bit of a hurry this morning when I wrote the comment, but I was referring to how the center channel was positioned in between the left and right mid channels (surround channels) rather than in between the front left/right channels where it should be.
I updated my original comment.