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          Apple Updates AirPods Pro and AirPods Max to Support Find My

   Josh Centers

   9to5Mac reports that Apple is rolling out new firmware for the AirPods
   Pro and AirPods Max, version 4A400, that [1]adds partial support for
   tracking via Find My and the Find My network. Although the
   second-generation AirPods receive the same firmware update as well, it
   doesn't provide Find My support.

   The firmware update should install automatically when you connect your
   AirPods to your iPhone, although there's no way to initiate the update
   manually or even know that it's happening. To check the AirPods
   firmware version, go to Settings > Bluetooth > AirPods Name, tap the
   'i' icon and then look at Version (below left).

   Previously, the Find My app could only give you a general location of
   your AirPods and only when they weren't in their case. Now the Find My
   app can tell you how close you are to your AirPods'even when they're in
   their case'but since they lack the U1 chip, it cannot display arrows
   showing their relative position. Because updated AirPods Pro and
   AirPods Max work with the Find My network, other Apple devices can work
   together to relay their location to you (see '[2]The Two Faces of Find
   My,' 23 May 2021). Perhaps the most interesting Find My-related feature
   is the option to receive a notification when you leave your AirPods
   behind, with certain locations exempted (below center and right).

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