Apple is being sued over the crackling and static sounds and other audio quality issues plaguing its very first AirPods Pro model, released in 2019 and sold through September 2022.

A class-action lawsuit is accusing Apple of false advertising, claiming the crackling issue of the first-gen AirPods Pro go against Apple's marketing promises.

Back in 2020, Apple admitted that some AirPods Pro units suffered from both crackling sounds, and faults in the

In the class action lawsuit, plaintiffs are requesting “relief” due to the defective nature of the AirPods Pro. While Apple claimed that it fixed the issues in later versions of the first-generation AirPods Pro, the lawsuit says it continued to sell the faulty earbuds.

Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus and vice president of health Dr. Sumbul Desai explain the AirPods Pro’s hearing health features.

Macworld A class-action lawsuit filed this month accuses Apple of misleading AirPods Pro customers and failing adequately to address an audio defect reported shortly after the product’s launch in 2019.