Bloomberg — Apple Inc. (AAPL) presented AirPods Max 2, headphone upgrade overheads with more powerful noise cancellation and several features that have already been rolled out in the AirPods Pro line in recent years.
AirPods Max 2 offer active noise cancellation is 1.5 times more effective than the original model, which entered the market at the end of 2020, as reported by Apple this Monday in a statement. A small version of AirPods Max with a USB-C connector and lossless wired audio appeared in 2024.
headphones, 549 USD, They retain the price of the previous model and are available to order from March 25. AirPods Max 2 are expected to hit stores in early April. Apple offers headphones in five colors: blue, purple, orange, midnight and star (pale gold).
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Additionally, Apple has replaced the aging silicon in its premium headphones with its latest H2 chip, which provides features such as live translation and speech recognition, which lowers the audio volume when the user speaks. AirPods Max 2 also offer Adaptive Audio, which balances the level of noise cancellation for a given environment.
The loud sound reduction This is another benefit that carries over to the AirPods Pro series and allows the headphones to reduce the intensity of sirens, construction noises and other piercing sounds.
Additionally, Apple has improved the AirPods Max 2 microphones to offer a “studio quality sound recording” and features reduced wireless latency for improved performance when wearing headphones while gaming.
Monday’s announcement follows a flurry of new Apple products earlier this month, which included the iPhone 17e, the $599 MacBook Neo and the new Studio Display XDR, as well as upgraded versions of the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPad Air and Studio Display.
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