This is how you can update your AirPods to new firmware

Apple updates its AirPods products periodically with new firmware, which installs automatically in the background. But while the process was a mystery for years, the company now offers step-by-step instructions for how to manually trigger a firmware update yourself.

Step-by-step instructions for installing AirPods firmware

Apple offers on its AirPods firmware support page step-by-step instructions on how to walk through the process.

Here are the six steps to follow for updating…