Should you’ve acquired a pair of AirPods Professional 2, you to have a brand new firmware replace to take pleasure in (as soon as iOS 18 rolls out subsequent week).
Apple has launched a brand new firmware replace for AirPods Professional 2. Firmware model 7A294 replaces model 6F8 and is accessible for each the USB-C and Lightning variations of the wi-fi earbuds. Not like the earlier betas, this replace is accessible for all AirPods Professional customers.
The replace doubtless brings with it the standard spherical of bug fixes and efficiency enhancements together with a lot of options which might be coming with iOS 18 when it launches to everybody on Monday, September sixteenth.
iOS 18 brings new options to AirPods Professional 2
The primary function now obtainable on AirPods Professional 2 by way of the firmware (as soon as your iPhone is working iOS 18) is Siri Interactions, the brand new function that allows you to shake or nod your head to work together with Siri bulletins when you’re carrying your earbuds. As Apple explains, “Siri Interactions permit customers to reply or dismiss calls, work together with messages, handle notifications, and a lot extra — all with out talking.”
Voice Isolation can also be obtainable with iOS 18 which Apple is bringing on to the earbuds after initially launching the function on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The corporate says “machine studying, working on the H2 chip in AirPods Professional and the paired iPhone, iPad, or Mac, isolates and enhances voice high quality whereas eradicating important background noise — like wind across the caller — for the listener.”
The final function obtainable now by way of the firmware replace is Personalised Spatial Audio with dynamic head monitoring for video games. Whereas that can also be coming to the AirPods 3 and AirPods Max, the corporate is reserving “improved voice high quality, together with 16-bit, 48kHz audio” for video games with AirPods Professional 2.
AirPods Professional 2 are additionally getting a lot of new well being options this fall together with the flexibility to make use of the earbuds as a clinical-grade listening to assist. You too can take a listening to take a look at and get a very customized audio profile.