It wouldnt be the first, second or third time. Multiple times with the iPhone, Watch and Airpods Max. Search the website.
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Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods Pro, AirPods, and AirPods Max
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The Apple Watch demonstrated its purpose when it was announced. Actually, several functions from taking calls and managing notifications handsfree to tracking fitness. I bought one a couple months after it came out, and still have one today.
There’s no such value in a Vision Pro. There’s nothing valuable it can do that other existing products on the market today can’t do. It’s a solution in search of a problem.
The sound signature has improved for Airpods Pro 2. They fixed the harsh high frequency range. So nice. 🥳
They definitely do sound different to my ears.
That is really insane. I have questions! Does this only work with a second H2-Chip? What about the normal Bluetooth connection with an iPhone? 🥹
Information from here:
Apple upgrades AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with USB‐C charging
Apple today announced AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with MagSafe Charging (USB‐C), making the world’s most popular headphones even better.
www.apple.com
Same for me. Excited to see the measurements from AaronLoudNWireless. (Youtube) 😎
Presumably because of the distance between the AirPods and the Vision Pro generally being relatively short (both being on your head) and consistent enough to predict signal strength and latency v. much more variables in the connection between your iPhone and AirPods.
Some of it could also be due to the Vision Pro also having a H2 chip.
More curious however is the implication that it would only work if you have a USC-C AirPods Pro case.
Can't seem to find my case firmware version for my AirPods 2, just shows version 6A300. Is the case firmwares only for pro models?
Historical on brand apple behavior/apple tax for new features - I am all apple, love them but still, where ya been not to notice this?
6A300 for non-2nd gen Pro and 6A301 for the 2nd APPs as per the article:
Yeah let‘s see if the Lightning-version of the APP2 can do the same. Maybe it’s misleading. 😌
I've never had it update this fast--always more witchcraft involved to get an update. Not this time--opened the case and put them in and *boom* updated was there.
My AirPods Max updated rather quickly but my AirPods Pro (Gen 2) do not seem to want to update at all.
Mine did as well on the latest iOS 17 developer beta they released today. The first thing I did when I got home from work was install it then I connected my Air Pods Pro 2 to the charger and opened it near my iPhone to connect my iPhone to them. I let them charge for a bit and when I checked back later and opened the case back up to take them out the new wizard displayed offering to enable all of the new features. I’ll need to do the same with my OG AirPods Pro and AirPods Max.
I’ve got an older pair of AirPods 2 my wife uses with her iPhone 13. Are there new firmware for those as well? I’m guessing not since the AirPods 3 are the latest and greatest of the standard AirPods but they could’ve left the OG AirPods Pro out of getting any new features and they didn’t so that was nice.
I think you’re right. On the page, it says “The H2 chip in the latest AirPods Pro and Apple Vision Pro, combined with a groundbreaking wireless audio protocol” which makes me think it’s both ends having the H2 PLUS a new wireless audio protocol which we don’t know if it will eventually come to other devices or not.That is really insane. I have questions! Does this only work with a second H2-Chip? What about the normal Bluetooth connection with an iPhone? 🥹
Information from here:
Apple upgrades AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with USB‐C charging
Apple today announced AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with MagSafe Charging (USB‐C), making the world’s most popular headphones even better.www.apple.com
Just opened the APP2 case, look up the version in the iPhone Settings and it was already updated somehow:
Version 6A301
Case 54.26.2
Guess the next step is to eventually upgrade to iOS 17 when it's released, currently 16.2.
This update also adds convenience and control on calls with press to mute and unmute for AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro (1st and 2nd generation), and AirPods Max, as well as significant improvements to the Automatic Switching experience for all available AirPods across Apple devices with the latest software updates."
support.apple.com
Version 6A301
Case 54.26.2
Guess the next step is to eventually upgrade to iOS 17 when it's released, currently 16.2.
Version 6A300/6A301 release notes
"When used with iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma, AirPods firmware update 6A300/6A301 takes the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) experience to the next level with Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, and Personalized Volume.This update also adds convenience and control on calls with press to mute and unmute for AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro (1st and 2nd generation), and AirPods Max, as well as significant improvements to the Automatic Switching experience for all available AirPods across Apple devices with the latest software updates."
About firmware updates for AirPods - Apple Support
Learn about changes and features included in the firmware updates for your AirPods.
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Why don’t you help me by giving me some specific examples that aren’t based on speculation or someone's own theory that becomes an article topic or forum discussion topic. i want to understand the theory that the examples you mention, which I hope you will cite for me, are intentional and part of an Apple strategy to force upgrades.
I put my AirPod Pro 2 on my charger all night and I still have 6A299b, so no 6A301.
Yet I have the new noice controls, like Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, and Personalized Volume, which I have used during the last week. And let me tell you, I really hate Conversation Awareness, so I disabled it. So I don’t know what 6A301 would mean to me.
Yet I have the new noice controls, like Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, and Personalized Volume, which I have used during the last week. And let me tell you, I really hate Conversation Awareness, so I disabled it. So I don’t know what 6A301 would mean to me.
Updated to RC beta earlier today.
My APP were on 5….. firmware.
Put near fully charged on charger and less than hour later firmware update 6A301 was installed.
My APP were on 5….. firmware.
Put near fully charged on charger and less than hour later firmware update 6A301 was installed.
The AirPods Pro do not stay connected through Bluetooth to download the firmware while on a charger.
It usually does in the past for other firmware.
Does it require iOS 17?
It usually does in the past for other firmware.
Does it require iOS 17?