Additional sensors on the AirPods Pro 3 make sense. Apple is already all-in on health and fitness via the Apple Watch, and having additional health data via the AirPods will make that tracking more accurate and useful. However, I’m looking for improvements to the AirPods Pro’s original wireless music mission.

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Discover lossless audio, ultra-low latency, and wired playback on the 2025 Apple AirPods Max with iOS 18.4. Upgrade now!

That took a while, but it's finally real: Apple's AirPods Max over-the-ear headphones now support lossless audio. Apple announced the upgrade in late March, and now the new firmware for the AirPods Max is out, adding support for lossless audio, as well as ultra-low latency audio, for AirPods Max.

Discover the latest AirPods firmware updates for iOS 18.4, including hearing health tools, lossless audio, and ultra-low latency features.

The Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 supply impressive battery life, effective head-tracked spatial audio and top-tier in-ear security. Sure, they’re not the most sonically adept wireless earbuds on the market and they’re far from cheap, but with a slick design, trusty hear-rate monitor feature and solid call quality, there’s still a lot to love.

The iPhone maker spent years trying to move production of some products out of China to avoid tariffs. But now that may not matter.

A bug in the iOS 18.4 update has forced Apple to delay the rollout of the lossless and ultra-low latency audio features to the AirPods Max.