Audio
Technology
Apple-designed dynamic driver
Custom high dynamic range amplifier
Active Noise Cancellation
Adaptive Audio1
Transparency mode
Conversation Awareness1
Voice Isolation2
Personalized Volume3
Loud Sound Reduction
Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking4
Adaptive EQ
Studio-quality audio recording
Lossless Audio and ultra-low latency audio via USB‑C5
Live Translation
Live Translation for communicating across languages6

Sensors
Optical sensor (each ear cup)
Position sensor (each ear cup)
Case-detect sensor (each ear cup)
Accelerometer (each ear cup)
Gyroscope (left ear cup)
Microphones
Nine microphones total:

Eight microphones for Active Noise Cancellation
Three microphones for voice pickup (two shared with Active Noise Cancellation and one additional microphone)
Chip
Apple H2 headphone chip (each ear cup)

Controls
Digital Crown

Turn for volume control
Press once to play or pause media
Press once to answer a call or mute or unmute7
Press once for camera remote8
Press twice to end a call
Press twice to skip forward
Press three times to skip back
Press and hold for Siri
Listening mode button

Press to switch between listening modes
Siri

Say just “Siri”9 or ”Hey Siri” to do things like play a song, make a call, or get directions
Siri Interactions10
Size and Weight11
AirPods Max 2, including cushions