Apple sustain adding helpful novel features to AirPods Pro 2 , but this latest firmware update is bigger than most — it ’s all to get them quick for the big iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia update next week .
The new firmware interlingual rendition is 7A294 ( the previous version was 6F8 ) and it is available for both the Lightning and USB - blow variants of the 2nd - gen AirPods Pro . Apple describes the update as follows :
When used with an Io 18 , iPadOS 18 , macOS Sequoia , and watchOS 11 - sustain iPhone , iPad , Mac , and Apple Watch , AirPods Pro 2 microcode update 7A294 make the hands - free experience even more seamless by being able to nod your head “ yes ” or stimulate your question “ no ” to respond to Siri promulgation like outcry , messages , and notifications .
This update also adds Voice Isolation to call with AirPods Pro 2 to help secure you get across clear by remove background randomness around you for whoever you are speaking to .
Gamers also now have the best wireless audio rotational latency Apple has ever deliver for mobile gambling and can enjoy improve voice quality , admit 16 - moment , 48kHz audio , when chatting with teammates and other players .
In add-on , this update let in performance improvements to Personalized loudness with AirPods Pro 2 .
In other words , this is the microcode that add together all the antecedently announced newfangled featuresto AirPods Pro . At its September “ Glowtime ” result , Apple unveiled other unexampled featuresincluding hear Protection , a clinical - level earshot test , and a hearing aid function . These are coming in a software update later this class .
AirPods Pro 2 USB-C
There is n’t a fashion to force an upgrade to the new microcode ; it will mechanically instal when the AirPods are in their case and charging . It can take hours or even days to get the tardy microcode . If you have n’t used your AirPods in a long time , pick out them out of their case and using them for a few transactions before putting them back in and on the courser may help speed thing up .
To see what firmware version your AirPods are running , you could start the configurations app , select your affiliated AirPods ( near the top ) , scroll down past all the choice to theAboutsection , and seem at theVersionline . you could also find this information inGeneral > About > AirPods Pro .
