Apple updated its standard AirPods with a major redesign and price cut in 2024, but it’s been quite a while since the other models were last updated: The AirPods Pro 2 arrived in September 2022, and the AirPods Max debuted in December 2020. So updates are long overdue.
Apple hasn’t completely ignored the AirPods Pro and AirPods Max, but it hasn’t given users much of a reason to upgrade either. In September 2024, the AirPods Max got a minor update with USB-C instead of Lightning and a few new colors, while the AirPods Pro got its USB-C case a year prior. Other than some new features enabled via software, the current models are the same as the ones released years ago.
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