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rbkappl

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Oct 13, 2021
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Yesterday I have received my new AirPods Gen 3 and started using them. Initial impression the sound quality was not that great even compared to the AirPods 2 and was unable to turn on Spatial Audio going into Control Center and long tap the AirPods option states "Spatial Audio not playing" After some research, I have disabled the Mono Audio going into Settings --> Accessibility --> Audio/Visual --> Disable the Mono Audio. Then the magic started. The quality was improved a lot in stereo mode and spatial audio blown my mind. Just sharing to help who ever facing my situation with their new AirPods Gen 3. Hope this helps. Enjoy!
 
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Ent

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Jun 24, 2009
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Yesterday I have received my new AirPods Gen 3 and started using them. Initial impression the sound quality was not that great even compared to the AirPods 2 and was unable to turn on Spatial Audio going into Control Center and long tap the AirPods option states "Spatial Audio not playing" After some research, I have disabled the Mono Audio going into Settings --> Accessibility --> Audio/Visual --> Disable the Mono Audio. Then the magic started. The quality was improved a lot in stereo mode and spatial audio blown my mind. Just sharing to help who ever facing my situation with their new AirPods Gen 3. Hope this helps. Enjoy!
This helped so much!!! Thank you
 
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