Apple's AirPods Max were announced 2 years agone today, marking the company's archetypal propulsion into the high-end over-ear headphones marketplace nether its ain marque name.

AirPods Max 2 Years Old Feature
Rumors astir Apple's enactment connected a brace of high-end headphones, astatine the clip believed to beryllium called the "AirPods Studio," heated up passim 2020. They were announced abruptly via an unexpected press release connected December 8, 2020 and went connected merchantability the aforesaid day. Orders started arriving to customers 1 week aboriginal connected Tuesday, December 15.

The ‌AirPods Max‌ connection galore fashionable AirPods features specified arsenic the H1 chip, casual pairing, Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency, automatic switching, Spatial Audio with dynamic caput tracking, but successful a premium over-ear plan for the archetypal time. They besides connection a headband made of a flexible mesh canopy, replaceable magnetic earcups, a Digital Crown for measurement control, a fastener for switching betwixt ANC and Transparency, and a Smart Case for retention and to enactment the headphones into a debased powerfulness state.

Demand for the ‌AirPods Max‌ was precocious instantly aft launch, with shipping estimates that stretched retired respective months. Initial reviews of AirPods Max were favorable, applauding the headphones for being "more than capable to vie with different high-end headphones." While the recommended retail terms remains astatine $549, the ‌AirPods Max‌ are often available with discounts up to astir $100.

The ‌AirPods Max‌ person besides been taxable to disapproval since their launch, including for their terms relative to rival sets of high-end over-ear headphones, the design of the Smart Case, condensation wrong the earcups, poor artillery life (something that was aboriginal fixed via a bundle update), and, astir recently, ANC spot being reduced implicit time.

While the ‌AirPods Max‌ are present 2 years old, determination is nary motion of a caller exemplary contempt a increasing fig of upgrades and features that could travel to the headphones. In May 2021, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that Apple was not actively moving connected second-generation AirPods Max, and speech of a color options refresh for the instrumentality seems to person diminished. The astir caller notation of a second-generation exemplary was Gurman's assertion successful October that the adjacent mentation of ‌AirPods Max‌ volition feature USB-C and motorboat "by 2024."

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