what's up guys my name is brandon and with ios 14 right around the corner
apple just released a new firmware update for the airpods
and airpods pro. so after being on version 2d27
for about three months now we finally get the next major update
which is version number 3a283 so of course in this video we're going to be
checking to see what's new in this update along with any
type of bug fixes or enhancements to the airpods
and airpods pro, so first off if you guys do not know how to update your airpods
pro or check out the version number that you're on, all
you want to do is connect your airpods to your device and then you want to go
to settings general about and then scroll down and
you should see your airpods pro right there click on
that and then you will see the firmware version right here and you
can see this is the new one that was just released today
3a283 and once again it was for the airpods
and the airpods pro and if your airpods have not been updated yet if you're
still on version 2 d27 all you need to do is plug in your
airpods with a lightning connector or set it on a wireless charging pad and
then just set it next to the iphone and it should update automatically
within maybe five to ten minutes it should not take long at all
and of course you can check inside of settings to see if it has been updated
all right so let's go ahead and discuss what's new in this update and the first
thing is the biggest feature for the airpods yet and that is spatial
audio so this is the long-awaited feature that was announced
at the worldwide developers conference a few months ago
and it is finally here with this new update and of course you do have to be
on ios 14 for this to work as well so if you go into settings and
go to bluetooth and then tap on the i next to your airpods pro
and scroll down you will see we have the spatial audio toggle
right there you can also get to this by going to your settings
go to accessibility scroll down to airpods
and then you will see down here at the bottom spatial audio
follow iphone so you do want to make sure that toggle is turned on and then
down below you can see a description of what spatial audio is and it says
when follow iphone is on audio for supported movies and tv shows
will sound like it's coming from your iphone
instead of following your head movement so basically spatial audio gives you a
fully immersive surround sound experience when watching
tv shows and movies inside of the apple tv
application and the audio actually follows your head movement
and the sounds in the shows or movies seem a lot more realistic
and directional so basically if you like had your iphone
sitting down like this and you were listening to your air pods sitting
up it would sound like the audio was coming from down below you it would
sound like it's coming from the actual iphone instead of just
being all in your ears and just being able to hear it perfectly fine in your
ears and then if you were to pick it up like this
and maybe move it to the left the audio would follow where your iphone
or your head is moving which is crazy and the way the apple achieves this
feature is pretty crazy so they use directional audio filters and subtle
adjustments to the frequencies that each airpod
receives in order to give you a true surround sound experience but that's not
it apple also uses the gyroscope and the accelerometer in
both the airpods pro and in your iphone or ipad to track your
head movement and the device location and with that
information ios 14 and this new airpods pro firmware update will remap the sound
field in real time so that the sound
essentially follows your head and it's pretty crazy because if you
turn your head when you're watching a show like if i'm just watching a show
right here and that my airpods in and i turn my head to the right
i'll hear a lot of the audio coming from the left side
and down because that's where my iphone is and my head is turned to the right so
the audio will sound like it's coming from below me
and to the left it's really crazy and i can't really describe it
you're gonna just have to install this and check it out on your own
because it is insane it sounds awesome when you're watching movies or tv shows
and once again if you go into the tv application it is supported on most of
these shows in here the one i was testing it on was the
morning show right here but it does also work for a lot of other
ones i have listened to them now also if i go ahead and put my airpods pro
in you will see that we have a new toggle here inside of the control center
as well so you can see there it switched if
we 3d touch or haptic press on the volume toggle right here when our
air pods are connected you will see we have
a new spatial audio toggle down there on the bottom right where you can easily
turn it on or turn it off and you get that little
animation when you touch it there as well
so spatial audio is just an absolutely incredible feature
for the airpods pro and again this is just an airpods pro feature
and again you do need to be on ios 14 and the latest version of the airpods
firmware in order to have this feature enabled on
your device and it is a game changer i think it's
awesome but anyways what else is new here
in this latest airpods update so this update also includes another highly
anticipated feature that apple announced at wwdc 2020 and that is automatic
switching so yes with this new firmware and ios 14 of course
you will be able to connect your airpods to any apple device
signed in with your apple id when you play audio on that device so it connects
automatically you no longer have to connect manually to a different device
so i'm going to show you guys how this feature works so you can see
here i have my iphone 11 pro and my iphone 11 pro max my iphone 11
pro is currently connected to my airpods as you can see right there
the 11 pro max is not connected to my airpods at the moment
and instead of just having to manually connect on this device like by pressing
this and then by pressing on my airpods pro
right there it will automatically connect once it detects that i'm playing
audio so i'm going to play audio here on the
iphone 11 pro as you can see it's playing right there
and then if i just go ahead and press play on the iphone 11 pro max
take a look at what happens it automatically paused
the audio on the iphone 11 pro and it shows
this up top brandon's airpods pro moved to iphone and then if we press play on
the iphone 11 pro you can see it switches right back i'll
play again on the 11 pro max switches back again and you can see how
this feature works and again it does work
for the iphones and ipads as well as long as you are on ios or ipad os 14.
so that is a super cool feature that i'm glad
is finally here with ios 14 and this new airpods firmware update
so those are the two big features in this update but there are also some bug
fixes and enhancements as well so the first thing is that noise
cancellation seems to be slightly improved and i
noticed that i cannot hear as much outdoor noise as i could in the previous
version of the airpods firmware so obviously
when the airpods pro first came out noise cancellation was perfect you
really could not hear anything and then after a few updates it just got
progressively worse and you could start hearing more
of the outside world and a lot of people complain about this myself included
and now in this new firmware it seems like it's going back
to how it was originally it still doesn't seem as strong to me
the noise cancellation doesn't but that could just be the placebo effect
but it does seem like the noise cancellation has been enhanced here
in this latest update which is really great to hear now another issue that
seems to be fixed in this update is the crackling issue so i've never had
any type of crackling issue on my airpods or airpods pro
but some people have reported it in previous versions i've seen it a lot
in my comment section and it's even been published you know
on publications as well that this was a known issue
and some people are reporting that it's actually been fixed with this update so
it's not confirmed just yet because of course this update did just come out
but it seems like some people are saying that they have not had that issue
since the update so if you are having crackling issues
you may see a fix to that with this latest airpods firmware update
so anyways guys there you have it those are the latest and greatest new features
and changes in the new airpods and airpods pro
firmware update 3a28 again this brings two highly highly
anticipated features in spatial audio and automatic switching
and once again you do need ios 14 installed to take advantage of these
great features and i highly recommend you guys check
out spatial audio in the apple tv application when
watching tv shows or movies it is just an excellent experience and
words can't really do it justice you'll have to listen to it yourself
to see how great it is and of course i would expect enhancements to this
feature as time goes on as well so i will keep
you guys updated on that but anyways if you guys enjoyed this video i would
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