AirPods?Max Technical Specifications

AirPods Max
Audio
Technology
  • Apple-designed dynamic?driver
  • Pro-level Active Noise Cancellation1
  • Transparency mode
  • Personalised Spatial?Audio with dynamic head?tracking2
  • Adaptive?EQ
  • Lossless Audio via USB‑C3
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 H1 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?unmute4
  • Press twice to end a?call
  • Press twice to skip?forward
  • Press three times to skip?back
  • Press and hold for?Siri

Noise control?button

  • Press to switch between Active?Noise?Cancellation and Transparency?mode

Hey Siri

  • Say “Hey Siri”5 to do things like play a song, make a call or get directions
Size and?Weight6

AirPods?Max, including cushions

Illustration of AirPods Max from the front showcasing the 168.6mm width.

168.6mm

Illustration of AirPods Max from the side showcasing the 187.3mm height and 83.4mm width.

83.4mm

187.3mm

  • Weight: 386.2g

Smart?Case

Illustration of AirPods Max Smart Case. The case weighs 134.5 grams.
  • Weight: 134.5g
Battery

AirPods?Max

  • Up to 20?hours of listening time on a single charge with pro-level Active?Noise?Cancellation?enabled7
  • Up to 20?hours of movie playback on a single charge with pro-level Active?Noise?Cancellation and Spatial?Audio on8
  • Up to 20?hours of talk time on a single?charge9
  • 5 minutes of charge time provides around 1.5 hours of listening?time10

AirPods Max with Smart Case

  • Storage in the Smart Case preserves battery charge in ultra-low-power?state
  • Charging via USB‑C
Connectivity

Bluetooth?5.0 wireless?technology

In the?Box
  • AirPods?Max
  • Smart?Case
  • USB‑C Charge?Cable
  • Documentation
Accessibility11

Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new AirPods?Max.

Features include:

  • Live Listen?audio
  • Headphone levels
  • Headphone Accommodations
System Requirements
  • iPhone models with the latest version of?iOS
  • iPad models with the latest version of?iPadOS
  • Apple?Watch models with the latest version of?watchOS
  • Mac models with the latest version of?macOS
  • Apple?TV models with the latest version of?tvOS
  • AirPods can be used as wireless Bluetooth headphones with Apple devices using earlier software and with non-Apple devices, but functionality may be?limited.

AirPods Max and the Environment

AirPods Max is designed to reduce environmental impact:12

Materials

  • 100% recycled tin in the solder of multiple printed circuit boards
  • 100% recycled gold in the plating of multiple printed circuit boards
  • 100% recycled copper plating salts on multiple printed circuit boards
  • More than 90% post-consumer recycled polyester in the canopy yarn and ear cushion yarn
  • 100% fibre-based packaging13
  • 40% recycled content in fibre packaging

Energy

  • Meets US Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems14

Waste

  • No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Programme

Smarter chemistry15

  • Mercury-, BFR- and PVC?free