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AirPods Max in 2025? Same drawbacks, now ready for pros, and one killer feature
Apple gave AirPods Max a key 2025 software upgrade that filled one of the product's biggest gaps.
But one of the things you couldn't traditionally do with the AirPods Max was use them for professional audio and video production, because of the latency issues with Bluetooth and the lack of an effective wired option. Gamers also benefited from the ultra low-latency audio via USB-C cable to the AirPods Max because it reduced lag to near-zero to match the same experience you'd get on a Mac, iPad, or iPhone when playing sound through the built-in speakers. And when you pair the AirPods Max with an M4 iPad Pro that has a Tandem OLED screen, the quality of the audio and video experience you get feels like it could almost rival a high-quality digital movie theater.
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