AirPods Max technical specifications

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.

A person using AirPods Max with iPad

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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
Buttons on AirPods Max

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)
AirPods Max Smart Case

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.

Pairing AirPods Max with iPhone

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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