The AirPods Max 2 lineup.<\/p>\n
The H2 chip also supports Siri interactions, allowing you to respond to a request with a nod or shake of your head.<\/p>\n
Other upgrades include better power efficiency, better spatial audio, a new amplifier that promises cleaner audio and 24-bit lossless audio support (at least when wired via USB-C).<\/p>\n
One thing that\u2019s no surprise: The AirPods Max remain a premium-price product, with the second generation selling for $1149 (the same price as the previous model).<\/p>\n
Apple\u2018s first-generation AirPods Max already lead the pack for frequent flyers, according to the New York Times\u2019 Wirecutter, which said: \u201cIf you\u2019re willing to pay more for the absolute best active noise cancellation and a more-luxurious design, the Apple AirPods Max over-ear headphones sound great and reduce the most noise in the airplane band of any set we\u2019ve tested.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was my experience, too, pitting the AirPods Max gen 1 against Sony\u2019s WH-1000XM6 on a plane, though the M6\u2019s ANC is very close. <\/p>\n
Orders open March 26 via Apple\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
Chris Keall is an Auckland-based member of the Herald\u2019s business team. He joined the Herald in 2018 and is the technology editor and a senior business writer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AirPods Max 2 lineup. The H2 chip also supports Siri interactions, allowing you to respond to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[178551,50374,27309,5646,351,9442,178552,138952,1333,5702,4960,33813,111,139,35921,69,8780,4460,8244,699,18833,88,145,7322,14043],"class_list":["post-332829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-15x","tag-active","tag-added","tag-airpods","tag-apple","tag-better","tag-cancelation","tag-coda","tag-get","tag-headphones","tag-live","tag-max","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-noise","tag-nz","tag-premium","tag-product","tag-recent","tag-releases","tag-round","tag-surprise","tag-technology","tag-translation","tag-upgrade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}