Apple subsequently enhances the Airpods Max USB-C: A firmware update will soon unlock support for Lossless Audio, as the company announced on Monday. In order to hear loss-free audio, the over-ears can be connected to a music source by cable-for example with the supplied USB-C charging cable. The USB-C new edition of the Airpods Max originally lacked this option for wired operation.
The new firmware will be delivered after installing the upcoming updates iOS 18.4, Ipados 18.4 and MacOS 15.4. The new versions of the operating systems are expected to appear in early April. Among other things, they bring Apple Intelligence to Germany.
Lossless Audio via USB-C cable
Apple promises loss-free audio with 24 bits and 48 kHz with the new firmware version. This preserves the “integrity of the original recordings”. In addition, the update of a cable connection “Audio with extremely low latency” on the AirPods also enables “personalized 3D audio” support Lossless Audio, emphasized the manufacturer. The AirPods Max are the only headphones with which personalized 3D audio can be produced with head tracking in Logic Pro.
Apple Music has been offering music streaming in the Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) for almost four years. So far, Airpods have not benefited-except in interaction with the Vision Pro and new models of the AirPods Pro 2 and Airpods 4.. The first generation of Airpods Max with Lightning port could be operated with cables, but did not support Lossless Audio.
No Lossless update for Airpods Max Lightning
The now announced firmware update is apparently intended for the new edition of the Airpods Max with USB-C port, which Apple introduced last September. Apple offers to connect the new model to audio devices with a jack socket USB-C-on-3.5 mm audiocabel at a price of 45 euros to. There are cheaper alternatives from other manufacturers. Airpods Max cost almost 580 euros from the manufacturer.
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