- Apple deploys lossless audio and ultra-show-Laté support for AirPods Max with USB-C
- You will always need a cable: Apple has presented a new USB-C audio option at 3.5 mm
- This is the first major software update for Apple’s ears, which were refreshed with USB-C in September 2024
Although iOS 18.4 will not introduce the Siri infused with AI, it will expand all the features and capacities of Apple AirPods. The headphones related to the flagship ear of the Cupertino giant received an update for the last time in September 2024, with a USB-C port and new colors, but no modification of audio performance.
This will change with iOS 18.4, however, because when Apple sends the software update in April, AirPods Max will obtain the care of loss and ultra-basic latency audio when used with a cable. Yes, note the capture: it will not be available wirelessly.
Although you can think that you are limited to a USB-C cable in USB-C, that is to say. Whoever comes to the box with AirPods Max, Apple is also – Finally – Reduce a 3.5 mm USB-C audio cable to allow you to listen to better quality with more devices. Yes, you will have to get one, but if you wanted to listen to the exit without Apple Music on some of the best high -resolution audio readers, this is now an option.
From now on, Apple Music loss audio on AirPods Max with a cable will be supported up to 24 bits / 48 kHz, a healthy improvement that everything you get Bluetooth. It is also an improvement compared to the AirPods Max with lightning, as when used with a cable, you could Hit 24 -bit / 48 kHz Audio, but he has undergone additional treatment.
It should be noted, however, that this is lower than the maximum high resolution output of Apple Music – that is to say 24 bits / 192 kHz – so you would need one of the best headphones to unlock the full potential of the streaming service.
Even so, this should improve the listening experience, and loss -free audio here will also be compatible with “personalized space audio” to improve immersion, and dynamic head follow -up will always be activated here. Apple also notes that this means that the Max AirPods are the first helmet to allow you to create, mix and listen in the space audio standard with the track follow -up.
If you are looking for the lowest possible latency, perhaps for the first listening to a new album or to give you one step ahead when you play an AAA title like Resident Evil 3 or Assassin’s Creed Shadows, plug in via the cable is worth it.
Apple says that the ultra-data experience with AirPods Max is tied with the speakers integrated into the iPhone, iPad and Mac. This means that the AirPods Max should offer a significant improvement in the drop in offset, which is better for games or even live your game live.
Two features arriving in the form of a free update is excellent news, but Apple also publishes a 3.5 mm USB-C audio cable is a fantastic new. It was a strange omission not to offer this alongside the original launch of AirPods Max with USB-C, and it is a very welcome addition to the range of Apple cables.
The cable is now up to $ 39.99 / £ 39 / / At $ 65 In a size – 1.2 meters – and only comes in white color. I hope that Apple could possibly drop it into color options for the Max AirPods with USB -C – Violet, Blue, Orange, Midnight or Starlight – however.
We also know that iOS 18.4 – as well as iPados 18.4 and MacOS Sequoia 15.4 – will arrive in April 2024, and you will have to install it on your iPhone, iPad or Mac to get your AirPods Max with USB -C to be updated. In fact, a few weeks ago, Apple finally highlighted the way to update your airpods.
There is also no change for prices for AirPods Max with USB-C, in any color, these ear cans are $ 549 / £ 499 / $ 899 in. Although at the moment, in the United States, in Amazon, they only cost $ 479.99.
Like an adaptive audio or the characteristics of hearing health arriving for AirPods Pro, Apple continues to have an excellent model here – and this offers new features of months as free upgrade for its AirPods customers.
It considerably stretches the value, in particular for a product as AirPods Max, which does not refresh as often as Airpods Pro or Airpods – it is pleasant to see drops of functionalities like this.
Hopefully there will be more in store at Apple WWDC 2025, which should take place in a few months in June 2025 if this tradition continues.
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