Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4

[AlessandroV]

Firmware case on AirPods Pro 2 USB C? My case is still 8A356 with firmware 8A358.
Anyone else?

 

[jbachandouris]

Quickest update yet. Put them both on wireless chargers on home wifi. Both APP2 and APP3 updated within 10 minutes. Still have my APP2 need to sell them since I think I'm keeping the APP3.

 

[Infuspeur]

Since the previous firmware my airpods pro 2 have been cracking like mad on and off drives me insane hoping this fixes it

Could maybe be a cleaning issue. Made a day and night difference for me. Be sure to follow the manual.

 

[Wm91]

placebo. I compared 2 pairs one with new firmware and honestly it sounds exactly the same

I’m quite sure they tweaked the highs at least. There’s a couple of songs in my test list with offensive cymbals that are much more listenable now.

 

[Parowdy]

If they don’t get their ***** together and fix the Find My and case sound bugs I’ll lose it.
Probably literally.

 

[Schtibbie]

Firmware case on AirPods Pro 2 USB C? My case is still 8A356 with firmware 8A358.
Anyone else?

Yes me too. Tried another plug in and wait 30 min but i still have different version case vs pods same as you.

 

[Parowdy]

The Airpods Pro 2 users will be mad, knowing the ANC is purposefully getting downgraded to force users to upgrade to the APP3. Ive said it all the time, again, predicted that the ANC is done due to using foam tips. Which APP2 are able to achieve with third party items. So it is necessary to downgrade the ANC on the APP2, to get that money train going.

If they wanted to get a „money train“ going and force people to upgrade, why didn’t they give more incentive by withholding features? Why would they gimp one feature but give us like a dozen new ones no one expected, like pause when asleep? They could have easily gotten away with waiting a few months and announcing all the new iOS 26 features are only available on the new Pro 3‘s.
Your conspiracy theory doesn’t make sense.
You’re predicting as much as anyone that ever predicted Apple would be doomed in the last 25 years.

 

[Parowdy]

Yes me too. Tried another plug in and wait 30 min but i still have different version case vs pods same as you.

What are they on currently?
Because there has already been an update like 2 weeks ago and your pods should have long been updated.

 

[Schtibbie]

What are they on currently?
Because there has already been an update like 2 weeks ago and your pods should have long been updated.

 

[Parowdy]

They nuke your old devices to make you want to "upgrade." My rarely used Airpod pros 2 barely noise cancel now, people can't understand what I'm saying because I sound muffled, and the settings tell me that they're not sealed against my ears properly, when nothing at all has changed. They get used maybe once or twice every few months at my job when I'm rebuilding one of our machines, for a couple of hours max. I don't sweat in them and I don't drop them.

Speak for yourself. I definitely still get really good ANC. Maybe we’ve all just grown too accustomed to great ANC by now.

Are you working with very loud or vibrating machinery?

 

[Parowdy]

View attachment 2565061

Ok then give them some more time. I was fearing I would see a 74.xx… number for the case.

 

[Parowdy]

Considering AP2 and AP3 have the exact same chip the updates should be identical.... but obviously not as theyre purposely handicapping the AP2.
With friends like Apple who needs enemies

Sure.
As if Apple wants to risk getting sued for gimping hundreds of millions of their own devices.

 

[Parowdy]

I purchased the AirPods Pro 3 on launch day and immediately started hearing what sounded like whistling or high-pitched sound coming from both ears at random times with ANC on (also whether I was playing a song or not)... I replaced these in the Apple Store the next day and before I left the store I tried them again and the issue was repeated.

I read online that possibly I did not have the proper seal on my AirPods Pro but I have never had this issue with my AirPods Pro 2... I just returned from a NYC trip and I picked up another pair of AP3 because I heard there were firmware updates since launch day. Unfortunately, that random whistling/high-pitched sound is still there and I proceeded to sit in a Starbucks for an hour and tried the different ear tips but no matter what that sound happened.

I have now seen in Apple Community Discussions more people are complaining about the same issue I have experienced and hoping the next firmware update will address it... Very disappointed because when the AP3 worked they were better at ANC than the AP2 but that noise is a nonstarter for me.

Let’s just hope it isn’t tinnitus coming through.

 

[telepati]

View attachment 2565061

Same thing for me. They were always updated at the same time, but now the case and version numbers are different.

 

[tobybrut]

I purchased the AirPods Pro 3 on launch day and immediately started hearing what sounded like whistling or high-pitched sound coming from both ears at random times with ANC on (also whether I was playing a song or not)... I replaced these in the Apple Store the next day and before I left the store I tried them again and the issue was repeated.

I read online that possibly I did not have the proper seal on my AirPods Pro but I have never had this issue with my AirPods Pro 2... I just returned from a NYC trip and I picked up another pair of AP3 because I heard there were firmware updates since launch day. Unfortunately, that random whistling/high-pitched sound is still there and I proceeded to sit in a Starbucks for an hour and tried the different ear tips but no matter what that sound happened.

I have now seen in Apple Community Discussions more people are complaining about the same issue I have experienced and hoping the next firmware update will address it... Very disappointed because when the AP3 worked they were better at ANC than the AP2 but that noise is a nonstarter for me.

I got whistling on my APP3, but it typically only happens if I sneeze, making a really loud noise. I’ll get a tinny sound come through even though I’m not playing anything. It only lasts for a few seconds and disappears after it adjusts to my sneeze. It’s never happened at any other time. With my allergies, it happens every time I sneeze. Did you make any sudden loud noises when it happened to you?

 

[tobybrut]

What's all this I hear about Apple ruining ANC on the AirPods Pro 2?

People say this every single time there’s a new firmware update. Apple nerfed the original AirPods Pro ANC once after they got sued for copying someone else’s ANC algorithm and the entire user base swears Apple nerfs ANC every time an update comes out. It’s total paranoia.

 

[tobybrut]

The 8A356 firmware version was for the AirPods Pro 2’s. The AirPods Pro 3’s had the 8A357 firmware before today’s update.

I have noticed that I cannot update my APP2 Lightning version. It remains on the 8A356 firmware using the exact same method I used to easily update my APP2 USB-C version and my APP3. Has anyone else been able to update a Lightning APP2?

 

[yukari]

Firmware case on AirPods Pro 2 USB C? My case is still 8A356 with firmware 8A358.
Anyone else?

My AirPods Pro 2 (it does appear the bass has been reduced from the previous version):

 

[Churchman]

Do the Beats products get these firmware updates as well?

 

[boswald]

The 8A356 firmware version was for the AirPods Pro 2’s. The AirPods Pro 3’s had the 8A357 firmware before today’s update.

I have noticed that I cannot update my APP2 Lightning version. It remains on the 8A356 firmware using the exact same method I used to easily update my APP2 USB-C version and my APP3. Has anyone else been able to update a Lightning APP2?

My Lightning pair updated just fine. Used instructions listed in the article.

 

[Alameda]

I don't understand why they won't tell us what is being updated or addressed in updates?

It's maddening.

It’s obnoxious behavior.

 

[AlessandroV]

My AirPods Pro 2 (it does appear the bass has been reduced from the previous version):View attachment 2565088

My case is still like this.
@telepati @Schtibbie any updates?

 

[telepati]

My AirPods Pro 2 (it does appear the bass has been reduced from the previous version):View attachment 2565088

Mine is the same model as yours, but the case is not updating. Don't get it, why! I'm on Tahoe, btw.

I checked on my iPhone to see if it looked update, and there the case number appears as 80.0.356. WTF.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

I have noticed that I cannot update my APP2 Lightning version. It remains on the 8A356 firmware using the exact same method I used to easily update my APP2 USB-C version and my APP3. Has anyone else been able to update a Lightning APP2?

I have the USB-C APP2, but I've found that with some of these AirPods firmware updates, I don't receive them sometimes for days or several weeks after their release, even though the case (in which I always keep the AirPods when I'm not wearing them) is always plugged into a charger at home (I don't take them anywhere), and my iPhone and Macbook are usually within a couple feet of the case, and even after I open and close the AirPods charging case, which sometimes triggers the update later in the day.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

Firmware case on AirPods Pro 2 USB C? My case is still 8A356 with firmware 8A358.
Anyone else?

Same here at the moment. My APP2's themselves just got updated to 8A358 this afternoon, but the case remains at 8A356. I've seen this happen before, and sometimes the case gets updated separately later to the same version as the AirPods, but sometimes not, which may or may not mean the case doesn't get that particular update.