March 24, 2025
UPDATE
Lossless audio and extremely‑low latency audio come to AirPods Max
Subsequent month, AirPods Max will change into the one :br(m)::br(l)::br(xl):headphones that allow musicians to each create and :br(m)::br(l)::br(xl):combine in Customized Spatial Audio with head monitoring
Subsequent month, a brand new software program replace will carry lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio to AirPods Max, delivering the last word listening expertise and even larger efficiency for music manufacturing. With the included USB-C cable, customers can benefit from the highest-quality audio throughout music, motion pictures, and video games, whereas music creators can expertise important enhancements to songwriting, beat making, manufacturing, and mixing.
Highest-High quality Audio
With this replace, AirPods Max will unlock 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio, preserving the integrity of authentic recordings and permitting listeners to expertise music the best way the artist created it within the studio. Lossless audio additionally extends to Customized Spatial Audio to ship a extra sonically correct, uncompressed, and immersive expertise, and customers can take pleasure in greater than 100 million songs in lossless audio with Apple Music.
Elevated Music Manufacturing
Lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio allow music creators to totally make the most of AirPods Max all through their complete skilled workflow on Logic Professional and different music creation apps. Utilizing the USB-C cable, AirPods Max will change into the one headphones that allow musicians to each create and blend in Customized Spatial Audio with head monitoring.1 By delivering lossless, high-resolution digital audio with low latency, artists can seamlessly report and blend with AirPods Max with out compromising constancy.
Immersive Gameplay and Livestreaming
Players and livestreamers may profit from ultra-low latency audio, which considerably lowers lag time, and is on par with the native built-in audio system on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. With no response delay, gameplay and livestreaming change into reliably clean and much more immersive for customers.
Pricing and Availability
- Lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio shall be obtainable in April as a free firmware replace with iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4 for AirPods Max with USB-C.
- AirPods Max are at the moment obtainable for $549 (U.S.) in 5 colours — midnight, starlight, blue, purple, and orange — from apple.com/retailer, within the Apple Retailer app, and thru Apple Approved Resellers.
- USB-C to three.5 mm audio cable shall be obtainable at this time for $39 (U.S.) from apple.com/retailer, within the Apple Retailer app, and thru Apple Approved Resellers. It may be used to attach AirPods Max to three.5 mm audio sources, just like the audio-out port on an airplane. Customers may join their iOS or iPadOS system to three.5 mm audio ports, like audio-in ports on automotive stereos or different audio system.
- AirPods Max customers can create and blend in Customized Spatial Audio when utilizing Logic Professional for Mac. iPhone with TrueDepth digicam is required to create a private profile for Spatial Audio, which is able to sync throughout Apple units operating the newest working system software program, together with iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS.
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Emily Ewing
Apple
Apple Media Helpline
