They must have been utterly unusable on release then.

I have latest firmware and if I forget to place my Max's in their case they are at half power or less within a few days.

As such they get used a lot less than I would otherwise. One of my more wasteful purchases in the past few years.

That and the super annoying behavior where two floors away they decide to randomly pair with my Mac Studio when someone Slack Huddles me or whatever, then I need to fiddle with settings to get my airpods pro to connect instead.

This is coming from someone who thinks the Airpods Pro are downright magical in how well they work.

Could be because I also pair them with regular old Bluetooth from a PC in addition to the Apple ecosystem. The earbuds likely don't have the same issue because they inside a case and are fully turned off when not in use.

Sound quality honestly isn't that great either, but I suppose that's more inherent in headphones in general vs. speakers than anything to do with them specifically.