Are you planning on buying an AirPods Max or looking to compare it with other offerings on the market? To help, we have put together a quick look at the technical specifications for AirPods Max so you can get a feel of what Apple has packed into their premium pair of headphones.
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Colors
- Sky Blue
- Space Gray
- Silver
- Pink
- Green
Audio Technology
- An Apple-designed dynamic driver
- Adaptive EQ
- Transparency mode
- Active Noise Cancellation
- Spatial audio with dynamic head tracking
Sensors
- An optical sensor in each ear cup
- Gyroscope in the left ear cup
- Accelerometer in each ear cup
- Position sensor in each ear cup
- Case-detect sensor in each ear cup
Microphones
- A total of nine microphones
- Eight microphones handle Active Noise Cancellation
- A trio of microphones for voice pickup (with two sharing Active Noise Cancellation duties and one additional microphone)
Chip
- Apple’s H1 headphone chip in each ear cup
Controls
- With the Digital Crown
- Turn for volume control
- Press a single time to play/pause media or answer a phone call. Once you’re on call, press once to mute or unmute
- Press twice to end an ongoing call
- Press twice to skip forward
- Press three times to skip back
- Press and hold to activate Siri. You can also say “Hey Siri” to invoke the voice assistant
- With the noise control button
- Press to switch between Transparency mode and Active Noise Cancellation
Size and weight
- AirPods Max with cushions
- Width: 6.64 inches (168.6mm)
- Profile width (earcups): 3.28 inches (83.4mm)
- Height: 7.37 inches (187.3mm)
- Weight: 13.6 ounces (384.8 grams)
- Smart Case Weight: 4.74 ounces (134.5 grams)
Battery
- AirPods Max
- Up to 20 hours of listening time on a single charge with either Active Noise Cancellation or Transparency mode switched on
- Up to 20 hours of movie playback on a single charge with Spatial Audio turned on
- Up to 20 hours of talk time on a single charge
- Charging AirPods Max for 5 minutes will get 1.5 hours of listening time
- AirPods Max with Smart Case
- Charges via Lightning connector
- Storing the AirPods Max in the Smart Case puts the headphones in an ultra-low power state and preserves battery
Connectivity
- Bluetooth 5.0
What’s in the box!?
- AirPods Max
- Smart Case
- Lightning to USB-C cable
- Documentation
Accessibility
- Live Listen audio
- Headphone Accommodations
- Headphone levels
System requirements
iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV running the latest version of their respective software
Note that you can also use AirPods Max with non-Apple devices such as an Android phone, Windows PC, gaming boxes, and more.
Compatible devices
- iPhone iPhone SE (1st generation), iPhone 6S and later.
- iPads
- iPad Pro all models
- iPad 5th-generation models and newer
- iPad Air 2 and later
- iPad mini 4 and newer
- iPod touch (7th generation)
- Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K
- Apple Watch Series 1 and newer
- Most Macs from 2012 and later
Note: Audio Sharing to two AirPods is not supported on older devices such as Apple TV HD, iPhone 7 and earlier, and more.
And there we go, the technical specifications for the AirPods Max. Do you plan on picking up a pair of these?
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