The AirPods Max 2 are a great sequel, but not an ambitious one

The AirPods Max 2 person immoderate updates connected the inside, but look identical to the archetypal AirPods Max. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

It's been implicit 5 years since the archetypal AirPods Max came out. A minor hardware update successful 2024 brought caller colors and changed the Lightning larboard to USB-C (to conscionable EU regulations), and an update past year added lossless audio and ultra-low latency. But a caller mentation was inactive good overdue.

The $549 AirPods Max 2 dependable unthinkable acknowledgment to a caller built-in amp, the interior spot has been upped from the H1 to the H2, and noise-canceling show competes against the champion Sony and Bose person to offer.

But the AirPods Max 2 are an upgrade, not a reimagining. They look identical to the first-gen AirPods Max, and person galore of the aforesaid occupation …

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