Apple Officially Retires Beats Updater Utility

Apple has officially retired the Beats Updater utility in favor of over-the-air updates. The company announced the change in a support document updated yesterday.

Beats Updater is officially retired—no new versions will be available. If you'd like to remove it from your Mac, learn how to delete Beats Updater.

Apple's current instructions on how to update your Beats headphones are as follows...


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Update your Beats wireless headphones or earphones
If you paired your Beats wireless headphones or earphones with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, your Beats will update automatically. Make sure that you have the latest version of iOS or iPadOS and one of these Beats products:

● Powerbeats
● Powerbeats Pro
● Powerbeats3 Wireless
● Solo Pro
● Beats Solo3 Wireless
● Beats Studio3 Wireless
● BeatsX

If you paired your Beats with an Android device, download the Beats app for Android from the Google Play store to update your firmware.
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Despite the announcement, the Beats Updater utility is still available for download.


More details in the support document linked below...

Read More [via MacRumors]