AirPods Max (APPLE)

Audio Technology

·        Apple-designed dynamic driver

·        Pro-level Active Noise Cancellation¹

·        Transparency mode

·        Personalised Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking²

·        Adaptive EQ

·        Lossless Audio via USB‑C

Sensors

·        Optical sensor (each ear cup)

·        Position sensor (each ear cup)

·        Case-detect sensor (each ear cup)

·        Accelerometer (each ear cup)

·        Gyroscope (left ear cup)

Microphones

Nine microphones in total:   Eight microphones for Active Noise Cancellation

Three microphones for voice pickup (two shared with Active Noise Cancellation and one additional microphone)

Chip

Apple H1 headphone chip (each ear cup)

Controls

Digital Crown

• Turn for volume control
• Press once to play or pause media
• Press once to answer a call or mute or unmute³
• Press twice to end a call
• Press twice to skip forward
• Press three times to skip back
• Press and hold for Siri

Noise control button

• Press to switch between Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency mode

Hey Siri

• Say “Hey Siri”⁴ to do things like play a song, make a call or get directions

Controls

Digital Crown

• Turn for volume control
• Press once to play or pause media
• Press once to answer a call or mute or unmute³
• Press twice to end a call
• Press twice to skip forward
• Press three times to skip back
• Press and hold for Siri

Noise control button

• Press to switch between Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency mode

Hey Siri

• Say “Hey Siri”⁴ to do things like play a song, make a call or get directions

Battery

AirPods Max

• Up to 20 hours of listening time on a single charge with pro-level Active Noise Cancellation enabled⁶
• Up to 20 hours of movie playback on a single charge with pro‑level Active Noise Cancellation and Spatial Audio on⁷
• Up to 20 hours of talk time on a single charge⁸
• 5 minutes of charge time provides around 1.5 hours of listening time⁹

AirPods Max with Smart Case

• Storage in the Smart Case preserves battery charge in ultra-low-power state
• Charging via USB‑C

In the Box

• AirPods Max
• Smart Case
• USB‑C Charge Cable
• Documentation

Accessibility

Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new AirPods Max.

Features include:

• Live Listen audio
• Headphone levels
• Headphone Accommodations

System Requirements

• iPhone models with the latest version of iOS
• iPad models with the latest version of iPadOS
• Apple Watch models with the latest version of watchOS
• Mac models with the latest version of macOS
• Apple TV models with the latest version of tvOS
• Apple Vision Pro with the latest version of visionOS
• AirPods can be used as wireless Bluetooth headphones with Apple devices using earlier software and with non‑Apple devices, but functionality may be limited