The ultimate over-ear personal listening experience in five vibrant colors with up to 1.5x more Active Noise Cancellation than the previous generation. Footnote ⁴ AirPods Max 2 deliver stunningly detailed high-fidelity audio. Adaptive Audio ensures optimal listening across every environment. Footnote ²⁴ Live Translation helps you communicate across languages. Footnote ¹¹ Conversation Awareness makes it easy to talk to those around you. Footnote ²⁴ USB-C enables Lossless Audio Footnote ⁸ and easy charging. And you get up to 20 hours of listening time on a single charge with Active Noise Cancellation enabled. Footnote ¹⁶
Audio Technology
Apple-designed dynamic driver
Custom high dynamic range amplifier
Active Noise Cancellation
Adaptive Audio1
Transparency mode
Conversation Awareness1
Voice Isolation2
Personalized Volume3
Loud Sound Reduction
Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking4
Adaptive EQ
Studio-quality audio recording
Lossless Audio and ultra-low latency audio via USB‑C5
Live Translation
Live Translation for communicating across languages6
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 total:
Eight microphones for Active Noise Cancellation
Three microphones for voice pickup (two shared with Active Noise Cancellation and one additional microphone)
Chip
Apple H2 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 unmute7
Press once for camera remote8
Press twice to end a call
Press twice to skip forward
Press three times to skip back
Press and hold for Siri
Listening mode button
Press to switch between listening modes
Siri
Say just “Siri”9 or ”Hey Siri” to do things like play a song, make a call, or get directions
Siri Interactions10
Size and Weight:
AirPods Max 2, including cushions
Weight: 13.6 ounces (386.2 grams)
Smart Case
Weight: 4.74 ounces (134.5 grams)
Battery
AirPods Max 2 (full charge)
Up to 20 hours of listening time on a single charge with Active Noise Cancellation enabled12
5 minutes of charge time provides around 1.5 hours of listening time.13
AirPods Max 2 with Smart Case
Storage in the Smart Case preserves battery charge in ultra-low-power state
Charging via USB‑C
