Earlier this week, Apple shipped a brand new firmware update for AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods 4. But now just a couple days later, new beta firmware has arrived too.
New firmware for AirPods available now
On Tuesday, Apple released AirPods firmware build 8A358 for several different models:
AirPods Pro 3
AirPods Pro 2
AirPods 4
Apple’s barebones official release notes said the update included “Bug fixes and other improvements.”
Now just two days later, another firmware release is here—but only for beta testers.
The new AirPods firmware is build 8B5014c, and similarly supports AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods 4.
It’s likely that this new beta firmware will ship to all users later this month when iOS 26.1 is expected to launch.
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