Apple AirPods Pro 3, feedback high pitch sound in right earbud.

Apple AirPods Pro 3 F/W ver: 8B25


I purchased my airpods the day they came out, 22 Sept. They worked flawlessly for about a month and then one morning I put them in and the right earbud starts giving off this high pitch feedback sound. After resetting to factory default and trying all the different tips, the problem persisted. I finally troubleshot the issue to the ANC feature. While using the ANC feature I would get the feedback noise and when I turned the ANC off, the feedback sound stopped completely. Since the earbuds worked fine for a month or so, I have to assume that Apple made some changes to the ANC in a previous firmware release. As of Friday, Nov. 14th, the new firmware Apple released (8B25), has not fixed the problem. Today (Sunday), I took my airpods to Best Buy to see about getting them replaced, as I had called Apple Support last week and this was their recommendation. The Geek Squad techs ran the diagnostic tool on the airpods and the results came back that there was no issue with the airpods. With that result, they told me they couldn’t replace them. After showing them the numerous Apple community posts and other forum posts regarding the same issue, they finally agreed to replace the right earbud. I doubt this will fix the issue since I have seen, within the posts, others that have replaced their airpods have had the exact same issue occur. I’m hoping Apple will officially address the issue and provide a firmware fix to the issue, if in fact it is a software problem.

Posted on Nov 16, 2025 11:57 PM

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Apple AirPods Pro 3, feedback high pitch sound in right earbud.

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