I have airpods and an android phone. They work well now (I really am not interested in spatial audio). They did however work pretty badly until I connected them

I have airpods and an android phone. They work well now (I really am not interested in spatial audio). They did however work pretty badly until I connected them to an iphone to allow the firmware to update. I dislike the ecosystem argument. They are just Bluetooth earphones... Quite expensive ones at that.