Apple is finally updating AirPods Max with lossless and ultra-low latency audio

No, pigs aren’t flying, hell hasn’t frozen over and you (probably) haven’t won the Powerball jackpot, but something else nearly as unexpected is happening. Over four years after it debuted AirPods Max, Apple is set to update them with long-overdue features. The company is bringing lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio to the overear headphones when it rolls out iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4 and macOS Sequoia 15.4 in April.

It's the first (and only major) update Apple has given the AirPods Max outside of starting to offer a model with a USB-C charging port back in September. And that's the kicker: based on the wording in Apple's press release, it seems the update will only be for the USB-C version of the AirPods Max, not the original version with the Lightning port. What's more, it appears that lossless audio ...