Apple has released new updates for almost all AirPods models. Unless you own the first generation, which is almost a relic, like mine, or you own the new AirPods Pro 2, everyone else has received new improvements and bug fixes. In other words, the updates are intended for the models of AirPods 2 and 3, 1st generation Pro and Max. You don’t have to do anything special, because the good thing is that they update silently, in the background, although you can manually check if yours already has the latest version.
Apple today introduced the new firmware 5B58 for AirPods 2, AirPods 3, Original AirPods Pro and AirPods Max. The last update released was back in May when we were able to see the in action version of firmware version 4E71. At this time, we don’t know what news Apple may have included in this new update, as the company hasn’t offered any notes on what has been included. We believe these were performance improvements and bug fixes and released alongside iOS 16.1.1 and iPadOS 16.1.1 which fixed various issues. It will probably be an adaptive update of this new operating system for iPhone and iPad.
As we said before, there is no manual way to update AirPods. These update. All we have to do is connect them to an iOS device. Put the AirPods in the case, connect them to a power source, then pair them with an iPhone or iPad. This should force the update after a short time. What we can do is check if they have indeed been updated. For this we can connect the AirPods or AirPods Pro to an iOS or iPadOS device. We open the Settings application. Click General > About > AirPods > Firmware Version.
