Apple Releases New Beta Firmware for AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4

[fiftofar]

Same, I’m in Germany and don’t see the option. It doesn’t say anywhere though that it’s just for the US which is a bit annoying

Could be, could be a bug or server side issue, I’m in Australia and updated my AirPods Pro 2 USB-C with a 15 Pro Max.
I did need to forget and reset then re-pair the AirPods for the update to happen, menu always showed for me though.

I did have some internet recovery and activation issues on multiple devices within the past 12-24 hours, and App Store downloads failing across multiple devices on different internet connections.
People also were unable to check for system updates around the same period, I didn’t check Apple system status at the time as I wasn’t too bothered, status looks fine currently.

@cmatuk reported swapping from appleseed to developer beta updates made it work for them, it’s worth checking you’re on developer beta iOS updates just in case.

 

[blesio]

Same, I’m in Germany and don’t see the option. It doesn’t say anywhere though that it’s just for the US which is a bit annoying

I'm in Poland and I my AirPods Pro 2 updated without any issues. It's definitely not region locked.

 

[djkasmic]

I´m on iPadOS 26. The update for my airpods is shown.

What happens, if i update the airpods to the beta and use it with my iPhone which is on iOS 18.5?

 

[Student of Life]

Might be worth reporting issues updating or the menu option not showing with the feedback app just in case.
Make sure you’re on developer beta option and not appleseed.
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Interesting that the AirPod Max are not currently getting a beta.

 

[Superhai]

I get the AirPods Pro Beta settings only on my iPad, not on iOS or macOS.

 

[SAMtheGAM]

I was finally able to update my AirPods Pro 2 Lightning using my iPad. The beta option only shows up on iPadOS 26 for my AirPods Pro 2. On my iPhone on iOS 26 the beta option does not show up. However after updating the AirPods the new features do show up on iPhone.

The beta option does show up on my iPhone with my AirPods 4.

 

[Michaelhuisman]

Same, I’m in Germany and don’t see the option. It doesn’t say anywhere though that it’s just for the US which is a bit annoying

I'm in France, and the option is there using iOS26 beta 1... it is very near the bottom of the screen (scroll, scroll, scroll).

 

[Mr. Incandenza]

Any ability to test the studio quality audio recording feature?

The transparency mode works so good that I've always wanted to be able to record from those mics to make binaural recordings.

 

[LutzRFrank]

Same, I’m in Germany and don’t see the option. It doesn’t say anywhere though that it’s just for the US which is a bit annoying

Definitely not region locked.

Got the new Firmware in EU (DE) on my iPhone 16 PM after connecting them to power and taking them out for about 5 minutes to hear music, placed them back into the pod, closed it and waited about 20 minutes to check the version and immediately got the new popups informing about the new iOS and then the sleep pop up.

(Region: Germany; Language: German; AppStore-ID: German)

 

[theeaglesfan005]

I have been unable to even get the firmware update to pop up

I have the toggle for beta updates on and have had AirPods Pro 2 in case for multiple hours and plugged in and all that jazz... and no pop up for update

 

[theeaglesfan005]

with an 8A5279d version number

Is that the actual version number or is it 8A279d

Apple's developer site has 8A279d as well: https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/?id=06102025b

 

[dubvulture]

New firmware version out today. 8A293c

 

[Séamus Boyle]

I had the option to opt in for the beta updates for my AirPod pros 2 last night. I turned it on, they never updated and now the option is no where to be found in the AirPods section. Weird.