Apple automatically updates your AirPods with new firmware, but now gives instructions to perform updates manually.
Uping AirPods is going to be (according to Apple)
When Apple releases new firmware for your AirPods, you had to wait until now until it was actually installed. You could do nothing to force or accelerate the process. Something has finally changed in that.
Apple has the support page Updated for the AirPods firmware and gives step -by -step instructions for updating for the first time. Follow these six steps to update the firmware of your AirPods and AirPods Pro:
- Make sure your AirPods are within Bluetooth range of your iPhone, iPad or Mac with WiFi;
- Put your AirPods in the charging case and close the lid;
- Connect the charging case to a charger;
- Keep the lid of the charging case closed and wait for at least 30 minutes;
- Open the lid of the charging case to reconnect your AirPods with your iPhone, iPad or Mac;
- Check the firmware version.
Apple indicates that if you still can’t update the firmware, you have to reset your AirPods and then try it again.
Airpods Max Updating
If you have the AirPods Max, then Apple has a slightly different step -by -step plan for you:
- Make sure your AirPods Max is within Bluetooth range of your iPhone, iPad or Mac with WiFi;
- Put the charging cable at the bottom right of the headphones and connect to a charger;
- Wait at least 30 minutes;
- Connect your AirPods Max with your iPhone, iPad or Mac;
- Check the firmware version.
In principle, nothing changes about the way Apple installs the firmware updates on your AirPods. For most users it still happens automatically and in the background. But until today that was the only ‘official’ option. Now you can at least start an update yourself when new AirPods firmware has been released.
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