AirPods?Max Technical Specifications
Color
Audio Technology
- Apple-designed dynamic driver
- Active Noise Cancellation
- Transparency mode
- Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking1
- Adaptive?EQ
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 unmute
- Press twice to end a call
- Press twice to skip forward
- Press three times to skip back
Noise control button
- Press to switch between Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency mode
Size and Weight2
AirPods?Max, including cushions
168.6 mm
83.4 mm
187.3 mm
- Weight: 384.8 grams
Smart Case
- Weight: 134.5 grams
Battery
AirPods?Max
- Up to 20 hours of listening time on a single charge with Active Noise Cancellation or Transparency mode enabled3
- Up to 20 hours of movie playback on a single charge with spatial audio?on4
- Up to 20 hours of talk time on a single charge5
- 5 minutes of charge time provides around 1.5 hours of listening time6
AirPods?Max with Smart?Case
- Storage in the Smart?Case preserves battery charge in ultra-low-power state
- Charging via Lightning connector
Connectivity
Bluetooth 5.0 wireless?technology
In the Box
- AirPods?Max
- Smart?Case
- Lightning to USB-C Cable
- Documentation
Accessibility7
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 Requirements8
- iPhone and iPod?touch 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
Compatibility
iPhone Models
- iPhone?15
- iPhone?15?Plus
- iPhone?15?Pro
- iPhone?15?Pro?Max
- iPhone?14
- iPhone?14?Plus
- iPhone?14?Pro
- iPhone?14?Pro?Max
- iPhone?13?mini
- iPhone?13
- iPhone?13?Pro
- iPhone?13?Pro?Max
- iPhone?12?mini
- iPhone?12
- iPhone?12?Pro
- iPhone?12?Pro?Max
- iPhone?11
- iPhone?11?Pro
- iPhone?11?Pro?Max
- iPhone?XS
- iPhone?XS?Max
- iPhone?XR
- iPhone?X
- iPhone?8
- iPhone?8?Plus
- iPhone?79
- iPhone?7 Plus9
- iPhone?6s9
- iPhone?6s Plus9
- iPhone?SE (3rd generation)
- iPhone?SE (2nd?generation)
- iPhone?SE (1st?generation)9
Apple?Watch Models9
- Apple?Watch Ultra?2
- Apple Watch?Ultra
- Apple?Watch Series?9
- Apple Watch Series 8
- Apple?Watch Series?7
- Apple?Watch Series?6
- Apple Watch SE (2nd generation)
- Apple Watch SE (1st generation)
- Apple?Watch Series?5
- Apple?Watch Series?4
- Apple?Watch Series?3
- Apple?Watch Series?2
- Apple?Watch Series?1
Apple?TV Models
- Apple?TV?4K
- Apple?TV?HD9
iPad Models
- iPad?Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
- iPad?Pro 12.9-inch (5th?generation)
- iPad?Pro 12.9-inch (4th?generation)
- iPad?Pro 12.9-inch (3rd?generation)
- iPad?Pro 12.9-inch (2nd?generation)
- iPad?Pro 12.9-inch (1st?generation)9
- iPad?Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
- iPad?Pro 11-inch (3rd?generation)
- iPad?Pro 11-inch (2nd?generation)
- iPad?Pro 11-inch (1st?generation)
- iPad?Pro 10.5-inch
- iPad?Pro 9.7-inch9
- iPad (10th generation)
- iPad (9th?generation)
- iPad (8th?generation)
- iPad (7th?generation)
- iPad (6th?generation)
- iPad (5th?generation)
- iPad?Air (5th generation)
- iPad?Air (4th?generation)
- iPad?Air (3rd?generation)
- iPad?Air 29
- iPad?mini (6th?generation)
- iPad?mini (5th?generation)
- iPad?mini 49
Mac Models9
- MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015–2017)
- MacBook?Air (11-inch, Mid 2012–Early 2015)
- MacBook?Air (13-inch, Mid 2012–2017)
- MacBook?Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018–2020)
- MacBook?Air 13-inch (M1, 2020)
- MacBook?Air 13-inch (M2, 2022)
- MacBook?Air 15-inch (M2, 2023)
- MacBook?Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012–Early 2015)
- MacBook?Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012–Mid 2015)
- MacBook?Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012–2020)
- MacBook?Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012–2019)
- MacBook?Pro 13-inch (2020, two ports)
- MacBook?Pro 13-inch (2020, four ports)
- MacBook?Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020)
- MacBook?Pro 13-inch (M2, 2022)
- MacBook?Pro 14-inch (M1 Pro or M1 Max, 2021)
- MacBook?Pro 14-inch (M2 Pro or M2 Max, 2023)
- MacBook?Pro 16-inch (M1 Pro or M1 Max, 2021)
- MacBook?Pro 16-inch (M2 Pro or M2 Max, 2023)
- MacBook?Pro (16-inch, 2019)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012–2017)
- iMac (27-inch, Late 2012–Late 2013)
- iMac (Retina?4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015–2019)
- iMac (Retina?5K, 27-inch, Late 2014–2020)
- iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)
- iMac?Pro (2017)
- Mac?mini (Late 2012–Late 2018)
- Mac?mini (M1, 2020)
- Mac?mini (M2 or M2 Pro, 2023)
- Mac?Studio (M1 Max or M1 Ultra, 2022)
- Mac?Studio (M2 Max or M2 Ultra, 2023)
- Mac?Pro (Late 2013–2019)
- Mac?Pro (M2 Ultra, 2023)
iPod Models
- iPod?touch (7th?generation)
AirPods?Max and the Environment
Apple takes a complete product life cycle approach to determining our environmental impact.
AirPods?Max are designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:
- Brominated flame retardant–free
- PVC-free
- Beryllium-free
- Mercury-free
