In the first case you have an array of arrays with one elements, you can grab that element with getindex, which you can broadcast on the initial array:
julia> y = Any[Float32[1], Float32[2]]
2-element Vector{Any}:
Float32[1.0]
Float32[2.0]
julia> getindex.(y)
2-element Vector{Float32}:
1.0
2.0