Apple AirPods Max 2 — Starlight | MHWL4 | H2 Chip | 1.5x More Effective ANC | Adaptive Audio | Personalized Spatial Audio | Live Translation | 9-Microphone Array | Digital Crown | Lossless Audio via USB-C | 20-Hour Battery | 5 Min = 1.5 Hr | Bluetooth 5.3 | Smart Case

The Apple AirPods Max 2 in Starlight are Apple's most refined and most capable over-ear headphones ever — powered by the Apple H2 chip in each ear cup to deliver Active Noise Cancellation that is up to 1.5 times more effective than the previous generation, Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking, Live Translation for real-time cross-language conversation and up to 20 hours of listening time on a single charge with ANC enabled, in the signature AirPods Max design that combines anodised aluminium ear cups, a breathable knit mesh canopy and stainless steel components in the Starlight colourway that gives the headphones a warm, luminous silver-white character that is both premium and distinctive in any setting. The H2 chip's computational audio capabilities are the foundation of everything the AirPods Max 2 deliver — processing the data from nine microphones and five sensors in each ear cup simultaneously at a level of speed and precision that enables more effective noise cancellation, more natural-sounding Transparency mode, more accurate Spatial Audio positioning and more responsive Adaptive Audio than any previous AirPods Max generation. The Starlight finish reflects Apple's most refined aluminium treatment — a warm silver tone with white undertones that catches light differently at every angle, pairing with the headphone's premium materials for an aesthetic that is as considered as the acoustic engineering inside.

The 9-microphone array — with eight microphones dedicated to Active Noise Cancellation and three microphones for voice pickup, two of which are shared with the ANC system and one additional — provides the microphone density that makes the AirPods Max 2 both the best noise-cancelling headphones Apple has ever made and one of the best call and voice-recording headphones available at any price. The new computational audio algorithms counter external noise with equal anti-noise in real time — without compromising the sound quality of the music or audio content playing simultaneously — reducing the audible impact of airplane engines, commuter train noise, HVAC systems and any other sustained broadband or tonal noise that competes with listening focus in the most demanding everyday environments. Adaptive Audio continuously reads the ambient acoustic environment and automatically blends ANC and Transparency at exactly the right proportions for each moment — transitioning from full noise cancellation in loud environments to partial transparency when conversation begins nearby, without any manual mode switching required. Conversation Awareness detects when you begin speaking and automatically lowers audio volume and increases Transparency to let the conversation through naturally, returning to the previous listening level automatically when you stop. The Apple-designed dynamic driver delivers an extended frequency range with a custom high dynamic range amplifier — producing the rich tonal detail, acoustic depth and instrumental texture that the AirPods Max's studio-quality positioning demands, with every recording reproduced as the artist and mastering engineer intended from the first note to the last.

Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking uses the accelerometer and gyroscope sensors in each ear cup to track the position and movement of your head relative to a connected Apple device in real time — anchoring the audio scene in front of you so that as you turn your head left or right, the sound field remains directionally correct and spatially stable as if you were sitting in front of a real speaker system. Live Translation brings a genuinely transformative practical capability to AirPods Max 2 — when paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone, it translates spoken conversation across supported languages in real time directly through the headphones, without requiring any additional apps or services, making face-to-face communication with speakers of different languages as natural and as continuous as listening to music. Lossless Audio and ultra-low latency audio via the USB-C connection deliver the highest available audio quality for compatible content from supported apps and services — bringing CD-quality and above resolution to a listening experience that Bluetooth audio alone cannot fully preserve. The Digital Crown provides precise, physical volume control with the same satisfying tactile feel as on Apple Watch — alongside press controls for play/pause, call management, camera remote and Siri access. The Smart Case stores the AirPods Max 2 in an ultra-low-power state that preserves battery charge between sessions, charges via USB-C and is compatible with Apple Watch chargers and Qi-certified chargers. In the box: AirPods Max 2, Smart Case and USB-C Charge Cable.