Apple updates AirPods Pro 2 firmware to 7A302, AirPods 4 firmware to 7A304 with bug fixes
Apple on Wednesday released a pair of software updates for some of the company’s most popular wireless earbuds, including the AirPods Pro 2 with MagSafe Charging Case (USB-C), AirPods Pro 2 with MagSafe Charging Case (Lightning), AirPods 4, and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation.
The updates, dubbed version 7A302 and version 7A304 respectively, come just over a week after the Cupertino-based company upgraded the functionality of the AirPods Pro 2 with MagSafe Charging Case (USB-C) and AirPods Pro 2 with MagSafe Charging Case (Lightning) to version 7A294 with a bevy of improvements and new features tailored toward iOS & iPadOS 18 users, macOS Sequoia users, and watchOS 11 users.
Among the latest software updates, version 7A302 is intended only for the AirPods Pro 2 with MagSafe Charging Case (USB-C) and Airpods Pro 2 with MagSafe Charging Case (Lightning), while version 7A304 is intended only for the AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation.
Apple lists both of the aforementioned updates on its About Firmware Updates for AirPods web page and cites “Bug fixes and other improvements” in the change log for each without any specific detail into what kinds of bug fixes and improvements these updates provide.
Because of the vagueness, it’s likely that the updates are particularly insignificant, offering improvements that most ordinary users likely wouldn’t even notice, such as tweaks to sound quality, Bluetooth connectivity, behavior, or something else of benign nature.
To check and see what firmware version your AirPods are running, you can simply navigate over to Settings → Bluetooth and tap on the information (i) button. From this interface, you can see what firmware your AirPods are running, as depicted below:
There isn’t an easy to way to upgrade the firmware on your AirPods like you can on most other Apple devices; instead, the process happens automatically when the following criteria are met:
- AirPods must be connected to power and charging
- AirPods must be within Bluetooth range of your iPhone, iPad, or Mac
- Your iPhone, iPad, or Mac must be in range of and connected to a Wi-Fi network with internet access
For those who can’t meet these criteria, either because they don’t own any other Apple devices or because they don’t have Wi-Fi, they can visit an Apple Store to get help updating the firmware. For an update this small, however, such a trip might be considered unnecessary, whereas the update to version 7A294 was a more impressive update that I’d consider the stop for.
Have your AirPods Pro 2 or AirPods 4 updated to the latest firmware version yet? Let us know in the comments section down below, and be sure to let us know if you noticed any difference in functionality post-update if they did.
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