AirPods Pro Beta Firmware Now Available

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

The ‌AirPods Pro‌ firmware beta includes FaceTime Spatial Audio and Ambient Noise Reduction. Custom transparency mode, including Conversation Boost, was originally supposed to be included in the beta, but appears to have been delayed for a later release.

Apple announced that the beta firmware for forAirPods Pro‌ will be available to developers earlier this year, allowing certain features or modifications of the ‌AirPods Pro‌ software to be extensively tested before they are made public, but it has not. initially given a deadline for his release.

The beta firmware is now available for download under “More Downloads” on the Apple Developers 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 their ‌AirPods Pro‌ fully loaded.

Installing beta firmware is more laborious than most other Apple Developer betas. It requires ‌AirPods Pro‌ configuration profile to be installed on an ‌iPhone‌, ‌AirPods Pro‌ to be connected to iPhone‌, iPhone‌ to be connected to a Mac running beta version of Xcode 13, settingsiPhone‌ Prerelease Beta Firmware settings to activate, ‌AirPods Pro‌ automatic beta software updates to activate, then an onscreen process to follow. 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 revert to a non-beta version of the ‌AirPods Pro‌ firmware. The only option is to turn off additional 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 plugged into power and near an ‌iPhone. or an iPad paired with an Internet connection.