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Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods Pro 2
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Can’t say “foolproof” but this has never failed. Look for the comment by leventozler. I was able to update both my Lightning and USB-C AirPods today doing this.
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If you don't have a MacBook, I always had luck listening to music for 30 seconds, then put the AirPods back into the case. Close the case for 10 seconds, then bring it right up to the phone and open it. You should see the pop-up that shows the battery.
Plug the AirPods in to charge and leave the case open while they're near the iPhone. Leave your iPhone alone for a while. That always worked for me.
One thing I ALWAYS do after a firmware update is I open the case, go into Bluetooth settings, then Forget Device. I close the case, walk away, open the case and hold down the back button until the light flashes white.
Close the case, then re-add to my phone. Probably don't have to do that, but I've never had an issue updating the firmware on my AirPods or my Max.
Good luck.
Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods 2, AirPods 3, AirPods Pro 1 and AirPods Max
Apple today introduced new 5B58 firmware for the AirPods 2, the AirPods 3, the original AirPods Pro and the AirPods Max, up from the 4E71 firmware...
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If you don't have a MacBook, I always had luck listening to music for 30 seconds, then put the AirPods back into the case. Close the case for 10 seconds, then bring it right up to the phone and open it. You should see the pop-up that shows the battery.
Plug the AirPods in to charge and leave the case open while they're near the iPhone. Leave your iPhone alone for a while. That always worked for me.
One thing I ALWAYS do after a firmware update is I open the case, go into Bluetooth settings, then Forget Device. I close the case, walk away, open the case and hold down the back button until the light flashes white.
Close the case, then re-add to my phone. Probably don't have to do that, but I've never had an issue updating the firmware on my AirPods or my Max.
Good luck.
Pleasantly surprised to notice that about 10 minutes after rebooting my iPhone after the iOS 17.2 update, my Airpods Pro 2 case made a little "ding" sound and, sure enough, it had updated to the latest firmware. That's a first me, especially how quickly it happened.
I had meetings after that switching between my MBP and iPhone - and was pleasantly surprised to see the hand-off between each actually work, and work quickly.
Hopefully Teams works better with the Airpods - because it's been a hot mess for a while. Worst symptoms are (and randomly) "robot" voice, very delayed audio/microphone after joining a meeting (sometimes 15 to 20 seconds), or just sounding very muffled... all things which didn't occur with the first generation of Airpods.
the Airpods were only charging like normal, nothing else special happening.
I had meetings after that switching between my MBP and iPhone - and was pleasantly surprised to see the hand-off between each actually work, and work quickly.
Hopefully Teams works better with the Airpods - because it's been a hot mess for a while. Worst symptoms are (and randomly) "robot" voice, very delayed audio/microphone after joining a meeting (sometimes 15 to 20 seconds), or just sounding very muffled... all things which didn't occur with the first generation of Airpods.
the Airpods were only charging like normal, nothing else special happening.
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Yes. Normal process. Open the case. Place next to the iPhone. Close the pop-up. Go to Settings. See the AirPods Pro 2 at the top of settings. Click and scroll to see the version. Close Settings. Close the case. Leave it next to the iPhone for ~20 minutes. Open the AirPods Pro 2 case again and go through to Settings again and see that has updated to 6B32.
Sounds like you're complaining about too many updates.
Yes, mine updated after listening to some music and doing a Fitness+ workout and then placing the case on Apple Watch charger with iPhone nearby.
Terrible update method?? Do you mean that I just used them and they were updated without any intervention on my part. Couldn't have been easier. This is why I now disbelieve most assertions made in forums. It''s just complaining because that's what everyone seems to do here, especially when it comes to Apple.
Signed up for an account just to say this worked perfectly first try. Thank you. I left it on a MagSafe charger at the time and left it for around 15 mins.
I’ve disabled it. Every time I connected a different level was set. Annoying to get back to my favorite 58% level
Edit: sorry I meant personalize audio
Yeah that one may also be why it sounds weird to me sometimes. Suddenly I’ll notice I’m hearing a lot more out of one ear.
Agreed. But even nicer would be if they told us the purpose of the update just as frequently.
Got the update, haven’t noticed a difference yet. They do need to step up against counterfeiters though, it’s getting ridiculous out there, even with authorized retailers taking fake returns and reselling them.
Indeed. It's now so bad that the noise sounds better than the music!
Yes. Plugged them into my Mac for 10mins. They were updated when I came back.
There’s a lot of edge cases that likely crop up after wider release. My friend has an electric fly swatter and sometimes the SNAP of it working gets amplified
They don’t do it close to me too often, but every now and again it’s quite teh surprise!Testing the sound with noise canceling and SpatialAudio sounds great. Seems better than it was. Voices seem the most likely thing to get through the noise cancellation filter. But still very quiet.
