Jiří Filip Automation doesn't always have to be a win. A great example are the AirPods headphones, for which Apple has implemented automatic update installation, which means that Apple fans do not have to worry about them, but on the other hand, in the end, they cannot even influence how quickly, and thus when, the new firmware will be installed. That this is a problem has now become fully apparent.
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Apple usually does not publish any detailed information about new firmware versions for its headphones. However, he took exception to the Beats firmware released a few hours ago, revealing that the update removes a security flaw that would theoretically allow an attacker to connect a third-party headphone to his own audio source and stream his content to it. So, purely theoretically, this bug could be used for phone scams and the like. Fortunately, however, an update has already arrived that fixes it on Beats and has already fixed it on AirPods. So she had. However, some Apple users still report that they are unable to install months-old firmware on AirPods, let alone new ones.
While up until now Apple has been excusable to a certain extent, as the firmwares usually did not bring anything essential and their installation was therefore not absolutely necessary or at least suitable as soon as possible for security reasons, now it is fully shown how pointless the automatic update process is. At the same time, it would be sufficient, for example, to add to iOS an interface similar to that in the Home application, through which HomePods can be easily updated. Thanks to this, Apple users would have control over firmware updates for headphones, and the risk of late installation would therefore be eliminated. But who knows, maybe this security blunder will finally make Apple rethink the whole thing.
Isn't it some kind of media bubble again? I have AirPods Pro 1st gen., which I use regularly + I don't care about anything at all .. and I have the latest firmware (5E135).
If someone hardly uses the headphones, or quickly throws them on the charger for 20 minutes, then there is probably nothing to be surprised about. But in our family, everything from Apple works as it should...