Apple has up to date the firmware for a number of older AirPods fashions. The brand new firmware revision is 6F21, the prior firmware was 6A326. The affected fashions are as follows:
- AirPods Max (lightning solely)
- AirPods 2
- AirPods 3
- AirPods Professional 1
It’s every part however the brand new AirPods 4, the AirPods Professional 2, and the USB-C model of the AirPods Max. Apple stopped updating the unique AirPods firmware a while in the past, because it was discontinued and changed by 2nd-generation AirPods (now referred to as AirPods 2) in 2019.
In keeping with Apple’s AirPods Firmware web page, this launch provides solely “Bug fixes and different enhancements.”
We count on the AirPods Professional 2 to get a firmware replace any day now, to model 7B19 (or later) to allow the brand new Listening to Well being options in iOS 18.1.
Updating your AirPods firmware
There isn’t a technique to power an improve to the brand new firmware; it’ll mechanically set up when the AirPods are of their case and charging. It will probably take hours and even days to get the most recent firmware. When you haven’t used your AirPods in a very long time, taking them out of their case and utilizing them for a couple of minutes earlier than placing them again in and on the charger could assist velocity issues up.
To see what firmware model your AirPods are working, you’ll be able to open the Settings app, choose your related AirPods (close to the highest), scroll down previous all of the choices to the About part, and take a look at the Model line. You can even discover this info in Common > About > [name of your AirPods].