AirPods Max to receive Spatial Audio and ultra-low latency update!
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28.03.2025

AirPods Max to receive Spatial Audio and ultra-low latency update!

Apple AirPods Max update Spatial Audio
Words by Mixdown staff

Next month, AirPods Max will become the only headphones that enable musicians to both create and mix in Personalised Spatial Audio with head tracking.

Next month, a new software update will bring lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio to Apple’s AirPods Max, delivering the ultimate listening experience and even greater performance for music production. With the included USB-C cable, users can enjoy the highest-quality audio across music, movies and games, while music creators can experience significant enhancements to songwriting, beat making, production and mixing.

Ultra low latency

With this update, AirPods Max will unlock 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio, preserving the integrity of original recordings and allowing listeners to experience music the way the artist created it in the studio. Apple Music subscribers can enjoy more than 100 million songs in lossless audio.

Read all the latest product & music industry news here.

Logic Pro

Lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio enable music creators to fully utilise AirPods Max throughout their entire professional workflow on Logic Pro and other music creation apps. Using the USB-C cable, AirPods Max will become the only headphones that enable musicians to both create and mix in Personalised Spatial Audio with head tracking.1 By delivering lossless, high-resolution digital audio with low latency, artists can seamlessly record and mix with AirPods Max without compromising fidelity.

AirPods Max are currently available for RRP A$899 inc. GST in five colours — Midnight, Starlight, Blue, Purple and Orange — from the Apple Store app and through Apple Authorised Resellers.