Apple announced on Monday that it’s bringing lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio to AirPods Max headphones when utilizing the included USB-C cable.
With this upcoming replace, AirPods Max headphones will unlock 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio to keep up the standard of unique recordings. Lossless audio additionally extends to Customized Spatial Audio “to ship a extra sonically correct, uncompressed, and immersive expertise,” the corporate says.
Customers will have the ability to hearken to greater than 100 million songs in lossless audio with Apple Music.
As for the ultra-low latency audio, Apple says the AirPods Max will likely be higher suited to music manufacturing. Utilizing the USB-C cable, AirPods Max customers will allow musicians to create and blend with Customized Spatial Audio and head monitoring. This implies artists can document and blend music with out dropping audio high quality, Apple notes.
Avid gamers may also profit from ultra-low latency audio, as they may expertise decrease lag time with the AirPods Max.
Lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio will likely be accessible in April as a free firmware replace with iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4 for AirPods Max with USB-C.
The brand new options will likely be accessible solely to AirPods Max with USB-C, and never the Lightning model of the headphones.