AirPods Max 2 Repair

Apple's highly-anticipated AirPods Max 2 were announced via press release on March 16th, 2026. They are premium wireless over-ear headphones, featuring Bluetooth 5.3 and Apple's H2 chip, which enables better noice cancellation and Live Translation. Design-wise they're completely unchanged from the previous iterations.

The original AirPods Max were released in December 2020. In September 2024, Apple refreshed the AirPods Max, updating the Lightning port to USB-C, and in five new colors: Blue, Purple, Midnight, Starlight, and Orange.

The available AirPods Max 2 are also available in Blue, Purple, Midnight, Starlight, and Orange. The price has stayed unchanged for all three models: $550 USD.

AirPods Max can be identified by their signature aluminum oval ear cups, magnetic cushions, and mesh headband.

The industrial design of the original AirPods Max, AirPods Max (USB-C), and AirPods Max 2 are all the same. Besides for Lighting vs. USB-C and what colors were available for which model, it's difficult to tell the models apart.

The only way to tell the difference between AirPods Max (USB-C) and AirPods Max 2 is the model number, printed on the inner ear cup, underneath the magnetic ear cushions.

Audio:

• 40 mm dynamic drivers
• Pro ANC
• Adaptive EQ
• Bluetooth 5.3
• AAC audio codec

Sensors:

• Optical sensor (each ear cup)
• Position sensor (each ear cup)
• Case-detect sensor (each ear cup)
• Accelerometer (each ear cup)
• Gyroscope (left ear cup)

Microphones:

• 8x ANC microphones
• 1x dedicated voice pickup microphone

Chip: Apple H2 (one in each ear cup)

Battery: Up to 20 hours of listening time with ANC on

Dimensions: 6.64 x 3.28 x 7.37 in (168.6 x 83.4 x 187.3 mm)

Weight: 13.6 oz (386.2 g)

• Apple: AirPods Max tech specs
• Wikipedia: AirPods Max