AirPods Pro 3 firmware is not updating

[V.K.]

My AirPods Pro 3 firmware never updated once since I bought them. I keep seeing articles here about firmware updates for APP 3, the most recent one says the current firmware should be 8B30 according to this, but mine is 8A353. As I said, never updated once. They work fine otherwise. That article says they have to be in the charging box which is plugged into power and near my phone for 30+ minutes. Have been doing that every day at night with no effect. Any way to force the update? My phone is on ios 26.2 if that matters.

 

[waw74]

think the phone needs to be plugged in also. And the phone may need to be locked (just not in use, no fancy lock)
Mine usually happens pretty quickly when I do that.

If you do that for 30 mins, and it doesn't go, try leaving your pods and phone charging close to each other overnight.

 

[TFrank2]

think the phone needs to be plugged in also. And the phone may need to be locked (just not in use, no fancy lock)
Mine usually happens pretty quickly when I do that.

If you do that for 30 mins, and it doesn't go, try leaving your pods and phone charging close to each other overnight.

Mine have updated without the phone plugged in. @V.K. Beyond the usual steps (pods in case, case plugged in, Bluetooth on phone enabled and connected to WiFi, and 30+ minutes) have you tried resetting them at all and then trying the update process again?

 

[V.K.]

so it finally happened! I left the phone (not plugged in) right next the APP 3 case that was plugged in and an hour later when I checked the firmware on APP3 was 8B30. I am still not entirely sure what did it. I installed iOS 26.2 last night so that may have had something to do with it.

 

[TFrank2]

so it finally happened! I left the phone (not plugged in) right next the APP 3 case that was plugged in and an hour later when I checked the firmware on APP3 was 8B30. I am still not entirely sure what did it. I installed iOS 26.2 last night so that may have had something to do with it.

Nice! Glad it finally worked for you.