AirPods?Max Technical Specifications

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 in 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 6.64 inch width.

168.6?mm (6.64?inches)

Illustration of AirPods Max from the side showcasing the 7.37 inch height and 3.28 inch width.

83.4?mm (3.28?inches)

187.3?mm (7.37?inches)

  • Weight: 386.2 grams (13.6 ounces)

Smart?Case

Illustration of AirPods Max Smart Case. The case weighs 4.74 ounces.
  • Weight: 134.5 grams (4.74 ounces)
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

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