New AirPods 3 firmware simply dropped

AirPods firmware updates. The place do they arrive from? What do they do? We don’t want the solutions to these inquiries to let you know that up to date AirPods 3 firmware was simply launched.

The newly pushed AirPods (third era) firmware is labeled with construct model 6A321. That’s up from construct model 6A317, the firmware presently listed as most present on Apple’s AirPods firmware web page.

AirPods firmware launch notes often say the identical factor: Bug fixes and different enhancements. There’s no purpose to suppose this AirPods 3 firmware replace can be any totally different.

Nevertheless, AirPods Professional 2 with USB-C could have a singular characteristic when paired with Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional: lossless audio playback. The Lightning charging model simply gained’t reduce it (due to precise {hardware} variations). Apple’s first spatial pc is up for pre-order within the US on Friday, and {hardware} hits shops on February 2. No different wi-fi headphones will assist lossless.

For now, these are the present firmware variations for every AirPods mannequin:

• AirPods Professional (2nd era) with MagSafe Charging Case (USB-C): 6B34
• AirPods Professional (2nd era) with MagSafe Charging Case (Lightning): 6B34
• AirPods Professional (1st era): 6A300
• AirPods (third era): 6A321
• AirPods (2nd era): 6A300
• AirPods Max: 6A300
• AirPods (1st era): 6.8.8

Pre-release firmware for different AirPods {hardware} has already been seeded to builders.

Apple explains replace AirPods firmware by charging whereas on Wi-Fi:

To make use of your iPhone or iPad to examine that your AirPods are updated, just be sure you have the newest model of iOS or iPadOS. Go to Settings > Bluetooth, then faucet the Information button i subsequent to the title of your AirPods. Scroll all the way down to the About part to search out the firmware model.

To make use of your Mac to examine that your AirPods are updated, just be sure you have the newest model of macOS. Press and maintain the Choice key whereas selecting Apple menu  > System Info. Click on Bluetooth, then look beneath your AirPods for the firmware model. With macOS Ventura or later, you may also select Apple menu  > System Settings, click on Bluetooth, then click on the Information button i subsequent to the title of your AirPods.