AirPods Pro 2 Beta without installing Sequoia?

I had my phone set up earlier with developer mode already on before 18 Betas came out. In my settings I can see the install pre-release software for AirPods, and it's turned on, but nothing has installed yet.

I don't have Sequoia running on my computer at all...is this something that absolutely HAS to be on in order to get the AirPods beta, or is that step simply only needed to turn on developer mode?

AirPods Pro 2 Beta without installing Sequoia?
 
 
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