Bring your AirPods Max within Bluetooth range of your iPhone, iPad, or Mac that’s connected to Wi-Fi. Plug your AirPods Max into a charger or port. Wait 30 minutes for the firmware to update. Reconnect your AirPods Max to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

There's a new Apple Support doc about AirPods updates Spoiler: You're doing it correctly already If things go wrong, try, try again Apple's AirPods, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max aren't like other Apple products: where iPhones,

Rather than leave it up to chance, you can take steps to update your specific AirPods model to the latest software version.