Powered by Apple's H2 chip, the AirPods Max 2 deliver up to 1.5 times more active noise cancellation than the previous generation, along with Adaptive Audio that adjusts noise control to your surroundings and Conversation Awareness that lowers the volume when you start talking. You also get Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking, lossless playback over USB-C, and up to 20 hours of battery with noise cancellation and Spatial Audio on. New this generation is Live Translation, which uses Apple Intelligence to translate a conversation in real time - it's in beta and requires a paired Apple Intelligence iPhone.
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