{"id":161,"date":"2026-02-17T02:34:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2026-02-17T02:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:34:29","slug":"new-firmware-updates-for-airpods-and-beats-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/post\/new-firmware-updates-for-airpods-and-beats-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"New Firmware Updates for AirPods and Beats: What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apple released new firmware updates on June 25th for several of its audio products, including various AirPods models and Beats headphones. The second-generation AirPods Pro (both Lightning and USB-C versions), PowerBeats Pro, and Beats Fit Pro have been updated to firmware version 6F8. Other models, like the first-generation AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, and second and third-generation AirPods, received firmware version 6A326.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Apple hasn&#8217;t specified the exact changes, the updates likely include bug fixes and performance improvements. AirPods firmware updates are automatically installed when the devices are connected to a power source and in range of a paired <a href=\"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\" title=\"\">iOS <\/a>device or Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To check your AirPods firmware version, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Connect your AirPods to your iOS device.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the Settings app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap General.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap About.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap AirPods.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The firmware version is displayed next to &#8220;Firmware Version.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple released new firmware updates on June 25th for several of its audio products, including various AirPods models and Beats headphones. The second-generation AirPods Pro (both Lightning and USB-C versions), PowerBeats Pro, and Beats Fit Pro have been updated to firmware version 6F8. Other models, like the first-generation AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, and second and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipswdl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}