Apple Releases New AirPods Pro 2 Beta Firmware

[MacRumors]

Apple today released a new beta firmware update for the AirPods Pro 2, with the software available for both the Lightning and USB-C versions of the AirPods Pro. The firmware has a build number of 7B5013c, and as it is a beta, it is only available for developers at the current time.

It is not clear what's included in the firmware update at this time, but Apple is planning to introduce hearing aid and hearing test functionality for the AirPods Pro 2 sometime this year.

While the current firmware is limited to developers right now, it will be released for all AirPods Pro 2 users in the future.

Article Link: Apple Releases New AirPods Pro 2 Beta Firmware

 

[spaxxedout]

The only difference with the USB-C version are the antennas which support low latency lossless on Vision Pro. Interesting.

 

[antiprotest]

Please make ANC much stronger.

 

[celtics_lucas]

Does this have hearing aids?

 

[davidg4781]

Hopefully this fixes the connection or whatever the issue was.

 

[GoldenChild]

Does this have hearing aids?

Not yet

 

[finchwizard]

Just fix the random times where they take forever to connect and then disconnect.

It’s getting very irritating.

Most times it’s good. But a call comes in, open them up and pop them in and it doesn’t work, makes the connect sound, disconnect, reconnect.

Seems to be when the case is lower in battery.

Tried repairing and seems to fix for a while and then starts to randomly do it again.

 

[Lerenard3000]

They need to fix the microphone everybody tells me they don’t hear me that great and I’m not alone

 

[Spoonbender01]

They need to fix the microphone everybody tells me they don’t hear me that great and I’m not alone

I would do a full reset of the AirPods, this seems o be helping with a variety of issues: https://support.apple.com/en-us/118531

 

[tbluhp]

I am an Appleseed user how do I get these betas? Also, have a developer's account.

 

[LarryJoe33]

I would assume if you are enrolled and running iOS developer betas, you will get pushed the APP2 firmware beta?

 

[tipoo]

I hope this fixes it disconnecting in the gym every time since the update that came with iOS18...The two released since then did not help.

 

[neliason]

One thing I find very irritating is my audio from my phone randomly connecting to my AirPods Pro’s that are sitting, and have been sitting, on a table outside of the case.

Just fix the random times where they take forever to connect and then disconnect.

It’s getting very irritating.

Most times it’s good. But a call comes in, open them up and pop them in and it doesn’t work, makes the connect sound, disconnect, reconnect.

Seems to be when the case is lower in battery.

Tried repairing and seems to fix for a while and then starts to randomly do it again.

This isn’t random for me. It’s more the norm. Grabbing AirPods from the case is an unreliable way for me to answer a phone. It ranges between mildly annoying to embarrassing.

They need to fix the microphone everybody tells me they don’t hear me that great and I’m not alone

You may want to check your microphone settings. I’ve found “Voice Isolation” can cause issues in some situations, particularly using some
car Bluetooth speakerphones.

 

[Johnny907]

Maybe this will be the update that fixes the incessant popping at the end of every other word during Siri announcements. "Pop... Pop... Pop..." It's driving me bonkers.

 

[iLuddite]

Maybe this will be the update that fixes the incessant popping at the end of every other word during Siri announcements. "Pop... Pop... Pop..." It's driving me bonkers.

Might be the new Head Gestures thing, pretty sure. Try disabling that and see if the popping goes away.

 

[Johnny907]

Might be the new Head Gestures thing, pretty sure. Try disabling that and see if the popping goes away.

Someone else suggested that so I tried. It didn’t. If the popping came at the end of a query I’d understand, but it’s literally at the end of every other word when reading out a text or app notification so I can’t find any pattern to it. Think I’m going to try the unpairing/reset process later today and see if that cures it.

 

[CopyChief]

I would assume if you are enrolled and running iOS developer betas, you will get pushed the APP2 firmware beta?

No, you have to enable Developer Mode on your phone, then enable AirPods beta downloads. If you don’t have the Developer Mode toggle, you’ll need to download XCode to your Mac and then connect your phone to your Mac to enable it.

 

[LarryJoe33]

Tapatalk corruption delete - when are they going to fix this! 18 has been out for three weeks.

 

[LarryJoe33]

No, you have to enable Developer Mode on your phone, then enable AirPods beta downloads. If you don’t have the Developer Mode toggle, you’ll need to download XCode to your Mac and then connect your phone to your Mac to enable it.

Thank you.

 

[tipoo]

Well, the gym was terrible, maybe even worse than before with robot noises through half of it. Dealing with crowds has been completely messed up since the AirPods update that came with iOS18.

 

[nortonandreev]

The audio has defo been tweaked!