AirPods Pro Beta Firmware Now Available

Upcoming AirPods Pro firmware updates are now available to Apple Developer Program members as beta versions.

AirPods Pro Beta Firmware
‌AirPods Pro‌ firmware beta one features FaceTime Spatial Audio and Ambient Noise Reduction. Custom Transparency mode, including Conversation Boost, was initially expected to be included in the beta but appears to have been delayed for a later version.

Apple made the announcement that beta firmware for ‌AirPods Pro‌ would be available to developers earlier this year, allowing for certain ‌AirPods Pro‌ software features or changes to be widely tested before they are pushed to the public, but it did not originally give a timeframe for its release.

The beta firmware is now available to download under the "More Downloads" heading on the Apple Developer website. To install the beta firmware, users must have an iPhone running iOS 15 beta software, a Mac running Xcode 13 beta software, and have fully charged their ‌AirPods Pro‌.

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Installing the beta firmware is more laborious than most other Apple Developer betas. It requires an ‌AirPods Pro‌ configuration profile to be installed on an ‌iPhone‌, ‌AirPods Pro‌ to be connected to the ‌iPhone‌, the ‌iPhone‌ to be connected to a Mac running the Xcode 13 beta, ‌iPhone‌ Prerelease Beta Firmware settings to be turned on, ‌AirPods Pro‌ automatic beta software updates to be turned on, and then an on-screen process to be followed. Apple notes that users should be patient as it can take up to 24 hours to receive and install these updates.

Users should be aware that once installed, there is no way to roll back to a non-beta version of the ‌AirPods Pro‌ firmware. The only option is to turn off further updates and wait for a non-beta release.

Previously, there was no way to manually update AirPods devices with new firmware, with updates simply being installed automatically in the background when connected to power and nearby to a paired ‌iPhone‌ or iPad with an internet connection.

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Top Rated Comments

gsmornot Avatar
29 months ago
Some beta software is better left alone unless you have a legitimate case for testing.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BrentT Avatar
29 months ago
"It requires an ‌AirPods Pro‌ configuration profile to be installed on an ‌iPhone‌, ‌AirPods Pro‌ to be connected to the ‌iPhone‌, the ‌iPhone‌ to be connected to a Mac running the Xcode 13 beta, ‌iPhone‌ Prerelease Beta Firmware settings to be turned on, ‌AirPods Pro‌ automatic beta software updates to be turned on, and then an on-screen process to be followed."

Then put your right foot in and shake it all around...
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JosephAW Avatar
29 months ago
Hopefully it doesn’t brick them like the speaker. :rolleyes:
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Johnny907 Avatar
29 months ago
So you can adjust transparency but not noise cancelation, literally the one thing Pro users have been asking for that other ANC headphones do with the push of a button?
Jesus, Apple. ??‍♂️
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JCCL Avatar
29 months ago
Wanna try it? Heard it went great for HomePod users....
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
cmatuk Avatar
29 months ago
They feel snappier, battery life has been awesome, Private Relay is quick, Safari has been fixed and those raindrops sound so real you can almost feel them when it's raining.
Wait...
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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