Apple is bringing higher-fidelity audio to its AirPods Max headphones in April, the corporate introduced as we speak. When the $549 headphones switched to a USB-C connector final yr, they misplaced assist for wired audio playback — but it surely looks as if Apple is about to rectify that with full lossless assist, which even the prior Lightning mannequin technically lacked.
“With the included USB-C cable, customers can benefit from the highest-quality audio throughout music, motion pictures, and video games, whereas music creators can expertise important enhancements to songwriting, beat making, manufacturing, and mixing,” the corporate wrote in a press release on Monday. “With this replace, AirPods Max will unlock 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio, preserving the integrity of unique recordings and permitting listeners to expertise music the best way the artist created it within the studio.” Lossless assist “extends to Customized Spatial Audio,” Apple famous.
There’s additionally an extremely low latency side to this replace, which the corporate says ought to make the AirPods Max higher suited to music manufacturing and gaming functions. The brand new firmware replace will roll out alongside iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4 someday in April.