In June , Apple revealed threenew characteristic for the 2nd - genesis AirPods Pro , along with some improvements to make all of the AirPods even better . These features become through a beta point that start at Apple ’s WWDC , but they are now available to the general world as a microcode update . Here are the novel features and update .
New AirPods features in iOS 17
Adaptive Audio
This is a new hearing mode that ’s a cross between Transparency mode and Active Noise Cancellation . It can jam noise such as leaf blowers but also earmark other interference through , such as travel by car . Adaptive Audio is good in situations where you want to delight your hearing experience without compromise safety .
Compatible with : 2nd - gen AirPods Pro
Conversation Awareness
For those times when someone utter to you while you ’re still wearing your AirPods , Conversation Awareness come in handy . It can detect human speech and lower the volume of what you ’re listening to , but then it enhances the voice in front of you and reduces background noise .
Personalized Volume
Ever feel like you ’re constantly adjusting the audio quality ? With Personalized Volume , machine acquisition is used to understand your environmental condition and hearing preferences over time , eventually conduce to the AirPods being able to mechanically adjust and o.k. - tune the audio .
2nd - gen AirPods Pro
Automatic Switching
Apple has tweaked this existing feature so that it ’s faster and more reliable when you ’re moving from , say , your iPhone over to your Mac .
Compatible with : All AirPods
The AirPods firmware update includes the ability to mute and unmute the mic during a phone call by pressing the root .
The AirPods firmware update includes the ability to mute and unmute the mic during a phone call by pressing the stem.
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Mute and Unmute
When using AirPods during a phone call , user can press the AirPods shank ( or press the Digital Crown on the AirPods Max ) to dampen or unmute the microphone .
Compatible with : 3rd - gen AirPods , 1st- and 2nd - gen AirPods Pro , AirPods Max
How to update AirPods to iOS 17
The new features and upgrade are added to the AirPods via a firmware update , for barren . However , users can not trip the installment of the update . It is put in automatically . The following must be met for the installation to occur :
To see if the microcode has been updated , you could jibe the microcode version . Here ’s how :
concord toApple ’s list of the AirPods firmware version , the interlingual rendition with the new feature and update is6A300/6A301 . If you see one of these numbers , then the update is installed .
The AirPods firmware update includes the ability to mute and unmute the mic during a phone call by pressing the stem.
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