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Apple announced the AirPods Max 2 today, following up\u00a0the original AirPods Max<\/a>, which were announced in December 2020. The new model brings improved active noise cancellation (ANC) and other new features via an updated H2 chip.<\/p>\n

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\n The AirPods Max 2 are available in the same five colorways as their predecessor.
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Apple introduced the H2 with the AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)<\/a>, which came out in September 2022. The original AirPods Max released in 2021 with an H1, meaning the new over-ear headphones should be more in line with Apple\u2019s AirPods series in terms of features.<\/p>\n

Apple claims that the new chip, combined with new computational audio algorithms, makes ANC up to 1.5 times \u201cmore effective\u201d on the AirPods Max 2 compared to the original AirPods Max.<\/p>\n

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Apple announced the AirPods Max 2 today, following up\u00a0the original AirPods Max, which were announced in December 2020. The new model brings improved active noise cancellation (ANC) and other new features via an updated H2 chip. The AirPods Max 2 are available in the same five colorways as their predecessor. Credit: Apple Apple introduced the H2 with the AirPods Pro (2nd Generation), which came out in September 2022. 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