AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max get new firmware update

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• Reply 1 of 10

  charlesn Posts: 1,081member

  January 18, 2023 11:23PM

  Honestly, what the actual EXPLETIVE with these mystery airpod updates? You have no control over getting them--none--and you can't know what they're for. This from the company that markets consumer privacy as a core value. "Hey, we're going to install firmware updates on your devices, not give you an opt out choice, not tell you when it will happen and not tell you the purpose of the updates." 

  
• Reply 2 of 10

  fastasleep Posts: 6,452member

  January 19, 2023 1:32AM

  charlesn said:

  Honestly, what the actual EXPLETIVE with these mystery airpod updates? You have no control over getting them--none--and you can't know what they're for. This from the company that markets consumer privacy as a core value. "Hey, we're going to install firmware updates on your devices, not give you an opt out choice, not tell you when it will happen and not tell you the purpose of the updates." 

  If you follow the link on your iPhone, it lists the firmware updates and this one states "bug fixes and other improvements".  What more do you want? Do you think they installed malware on your headphones when you weren't looking?

  
• Reply 3 of 10

  applebynature Posts: 119member

  January 19, 2023 2:00AM

  charlesn said:

  Honestly, what the actual EXPLETIVE with these mystery airpod updates? You have no control over getting them--none--and you can't know what they're for. This from the company that markets consumer privacy as a core value. "Hey, we're going to install firmware updates on your devices, not give you an opt out choice, not tell you when it will happen and not tell you the purpose of the updates." 

  What the actual EXPLETIVE does consumer privacy have to do with Apple seamlessly improving our AirPods and routinely keeping them up to date free of charge?

  
• Reply 4 of 10

  michelb76 Posts: 682member

  January 19, 2023 10:01AM

  fastasleep said:

  charlesn said:

  Honestly, what the actual EXPLETIVE with these mystery airpod updates? You have no control over getting them--none--and you can't know what they're for. This from the company that markets consumer privacy as a core value. "Hey, we're going to install firmware updates on your devices, not give you an opt out choice, not tell you when it will happen and not tell you the purpose of the updates." 

  If you follow the link on your iPhone, it lists the firmware updates and this one states "bug fixes and other improvements".  What more do you want? Do you think they installed malware on your headphones when you weren't looking?

  It would be nice to know what got 'fixed' or 'improved' or what features got changed or removed, and would also be nice if Apple would stick to their own guidelines and not use "bug fixes and other improvements" as update messages.

  edited January 2023
• Reply 5 of 10

  hosebone Posts: 1member

  January 19, 2023 8:49PM

  I don't know why the description of how to check the firmware is so different on my iPhone 11, but I have to go to 
  1 Settings 
  2 Bluetooth 
  3 select info my AirPods 
  4 read "version" -which is firmware version

  
• Reply 6 of 10

  fastasleep Posts: 6,452member

  January 20, 2023 8:27AM

  michelb76 said:

  fastasleep said:

  charlesn said:

  Honestly, what the actual EXPLETIVE with these mystery airpod updates? You have no control over getting them--none--and you can't know what they're for. This from the company that markets consumer privacy as a core value. "Hey, we're going to install firmware updates on your devices, not give you an opt out choice, not tell you when it will happen and not tell you the purpose of the updates." 

  If you follow the link on your iPhone, it lists the firmware updates and this one states "bug fixes and other improvements".  What more do you want? Do you think they installed malware on your headphones when you weren't looking?

  It would be nice to know what got 'fixed' or 'improved' or what features got changed or removed, and would also be nice if Apple would stick to their own guidelines and not use "bug fixes and other improvements" as update messages.

  They generally don't publish a list of bug fixes for anything, beyond well-known major issues. 

  
• Reply 7 of 10

  cgWerks Posts: 2,952member

  January 21, 2023 12:53AM

  Hmm, yeah, it would be nice to know what it addresses. I’ll guess I’ll just have to wait and see if it somehow magically fixes the incessant crackling on my AirPods Pro. (I love them, but it sure is crappy Apple won’t support such an expensive product with an obvious defect!)
  
  My firmware version doesn’t match either number in the article. I think maybe each type of product has its own firmware versions?

  
• Reply 8 of 10

  Phobos7 Posts: 66member

  January 21, 2023 4:35AM

  Hmm… Seems that a more descriptive update notice would offer nothing more than BRAGGING RIGHTS. I agree with MichelB Apple has always (however misguided) made my machine better.  While the R&D is truly impressive and necessary; I will presume those guys dont come cheap.
• Reply 9 of 10

  michelb76 Posts: 682member

  January 21, 2023 11:54AM

  fastasleep said:

  They generally don't publish a list of bug fixes for anything, beyond well-known major issues. 
  

  Sure, but with the amount of longstanding bugs (some have survived years of OS updates) in both iOS and MacOS, it would be nice if this behaviour changed. Right now we can only assume nothing gets fixed, you just get a new OS version with new bugs and hopefully not the older bugs that affect you.

  
• Reply 10 of 10

  cgWerks Posts: 2,952member

  January 21, 2023 2:55PM

  Phobos7 said:

  Hmm… Seems that a more descriptive update notice would offer nothing more than BRAGGING RIGHTS. I agree with MichelB Apple has always (however misguided) made my machine better. …

  Yeah, it isn’t just Apple. I hate this cutesy ‘marketing department’ trend of non-informational update release notes. A lot of companies are going even further, adding insult to injury with the, “We stomped some bugs, and made it run faster.” type notes.