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I’m shocked Apple quietly dropped wired listening on the new AirPods Max, but there is a workaround

Apple’s release of its refreshed AirPods Max over-ear headphones in September 2024 wasn’t exactly thrilling, with the new pair merely a ‘soft’ update on the originals that launched in 2020. Sure, it ...
9to5Mac

Apple just reintroduced a missing AirPods Max feature

This morning, Apple announced a new feature for USB-C AirPods Max. Starting with iOS 18.4, they’ll now be capable of lossless audio playback, enabling ultra-low latency listening over a wired ...
gearpatrol

Apple Is Quietly Giving Your AirPods an Unexpected Hi-Fi Upgrade

When Apple announced the “new” AirPods Max this past fall, it fell pretty flat — mostly because they were identical to Apple’s original over-ear noise-canceling headphones released in 2020. Apple ...
ecoustics

AirPods Max Headphones Finally Get Lossless Audio Option

Apple is adding Lossless Audio and Ultra-Low Latency to the AirPods Max Headphones, but only when wired. Apple introduced the AirPods Max way back in 2020, and they remain popular as a wireless ...
Forbes

AirPods Max: Apple Just Fixed Its Maddening Headphones Problem

When Apple released its latest over-ear headphones, the second-generation version of AirPods Max, some critics pointed out that not much was new (different colors and a USB-C connector instead of ...
Macworld

iOS 18.4 AirPods Max update will add lossless and ultra‑low latency audio

Apple announced on Monday that the USB-C-equipped AirPods Max will soon get an update that was inexplicably left off the USB-C model: Users will be able to play lossless audio and ultra-low-latency ...
Engadget

Apple is finally updating AirPods Max with lossless and ultra-low latency audio

No, pigs aren’t flying, hell hasn’t frozen over and you (probably) haven’t won the Powerball jackpot, but something else nearly as unexpected is happening. Over four years after it debuted AirPods Max ...