AirPods Max 2 Brings What Apple Held Back for Five Years

Apple spent five years letting the original AirPods Max hold the line as its only over-ear headphone. That patience played out in spec-sheet silence while Sony, Bose, and Sennheiser pushed through multiple generations of refinements. On March 16, 2026, Apple broke that quiet with AirPods Max 2, and the upgrades suggest the company was paying […]