The battery percentage thing does seem appealing, idk I guess I just charge mine often enough it hasn't really been an issue.
Auto switching does sound good though, maybe someday I'll try airpods.
AirPods are a case where I broke my rule of thumb with Apple, not to buy in to a new product line until the fourth iteration. And sure enough, they've been a little flaky, my first-gen not-Pros developed a terrible crackle and had to be replaced.
But fixing flakiness with Apple stuff by buying a new one works more than you might think. They do actually iterate on reliability (not you macOS).
Man, finding them in the cushions might be worth the cash all by itself. The ones I have do the one-ear thing like one in ten (?) times, and I swear quietly and stick them back in the case. Reboot them a few times a month.
So, fine really, could be better. If they were a bit worse I'd run out and get the new ones.
Can confirm. Here the 3 of us have 2nd generation AirPods. In one of them the mic is no longer working, on another one of the AirPods won’t connect 90% of the time, and the last one has a combination of these two issues. Another family member is on their second pair already.
AirPods are great, while they are working.
Edit: forgot to mention that 3 of those pairs were replaced while under warranty.
The main annoyance is just that I have to re pair them to switch devices. But so far so good otherwise. I'm interested to see if they ever make a new version.
BTW, AirPods “work everywhere” as standard Bluetooth headsets