AirPods?Max Technical Specifications
AirPods Max
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
168.6mm
83.4mm
187.3mm
- Weight: 386.2g
Smart Case
- 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
- Apple Vision Pro with the latest version of?visionOS
- AirPods can be used as wireless Bluetooth headphones with Apple devices using earlier software and with non-Apple devices, but functionality may be?limited.
