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Re:Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019) by cjsawyer on Sunday July 26, 2020 @07:59PM (#23961101)
You can’t change the noise canceling settings without the phone app. They also default back to “full” after you power cycle the headset. I wanted to use them with a PC and no ANC but no luck without the clunky phone process.
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Re:Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019) by Mandatum on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:21PM (#23961210)
QC35's have a hardware button on the side of the volume buttons that allow you to change ANC. Not sure which model you're using.
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Re:Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019) by cjsawyer on Sunday July 26, 2020 @09:16PM (#23961465)
I have the first gen, not the model II’s. It doesn’t have the button on the left side.
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Re:Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019) by dylz on Sunday July 26, 2020 @10:12PM (#23961717)
Even worse, on my QC35 II's, the hardware button defaulted to Google Assistant on Android, and I had to use the app anyway to set it to modify ANC on press.
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Re:Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019) by cjsawyer on Monday July 27, 2020 @12:47PM (#23966842)
At least that’s just a one time setup process.
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Re:Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019) by Mandatum on Sunday July 26, 2020 @10:07PM (#23961697)
I'm a buffoon! I meant the QC30's - the in-ear ones. Sorry! It appears mk 2 of QC35 has physical ANC buttons, but the originals do not.
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Re:Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019) by NoPicklez on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:59AM (#23972738)
This is actually a positive to using the app.

I have the original QC 35's and they never originally gave us the option to change the ANC. Only through an update and using the app that they switched it on.

If our headphones didn't use can app, we would still be stuck without being able to modify the ANC level.

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Re:Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019) by cjsawyer on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @08:21PM (#23993029)
That finally explains why it has hardware to remember the voiceover setting but not the ANC setting
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Re:Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019) by NoPicklez on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @08:52PM (#23993218)
Its bugs me as well
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