Regardless, Apple needs to make the process of updating AirPods more straightforward. For years, it has just sort of happened in the background at a random moment when your iPhone

Apple appears to have pulled a major firmware update for the USB-C AirPods Max, and it's not entirely clear why.

When iOS 18.4 arrived earlier this week, AirPods Max users were likely the quickest to update after Apple announced last week that a new AirPods Max firmware update released at the same time would bring lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio to AirPods Max for the first time via the bundled USB-C cable.