AirPods Max 2: When to Expect Apple's Next Over-Ear Headphones

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AirPods Max were first released successful December 2020, and the over-ear headphones person received minimal hardware changes since then.

Below, we recap erstwhile AirPods Max 2 are rumored to launch.

According to Apple proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo, the caller AirPods Max will beryllium lighter than the existent ones, but helium did not notation a circumstantial weight. The existent AirPods Max measurement 0.85 pounds, excluding the charging case, according to Apple.

Kuo expects the AirPods Max 2 to participate wide accumulation astatine immoderate constituent successful 2027, but helium did not supply immoderate different details astir the headphones.

By the clip the AirPods Max 2 motorboat successful 2027, it volition person been a seven-year hold for them. It is unclear what different changes they mightiness have, beyond weighing less.

Last year, Apple updated the AirPods Max with a USB-C charging larboard and caller colour options, but they are inactive considered first-generation AirPods Max. The headphones did not person Apple's H2 chip that debuted successful the AirPods Pro 2 successful 2022, truthful they proceed to miss retired connected Adaptive Audio features, and determination were nary different changes.

AirPods Max inactive person the outdated H1 spot that Apple introduced successful 2019, and yet the headphones proceed to outgo $549 successful the United States.

AirPods Max with USB-C did summation support for lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio successful a firmware update released earlier this year.