Apple launches AirPods Max wireless over-ear headphones, priced from $549

Apple today launched its new wireless over-ear headphones AirPods Max, priced at $549, which will be available on the 15th of this month. The earmuffs are equipped with Apple's H1 chip for "computational audio" and use Apple's self-designed 40mm dynamic driver to achieve high-fidelity audio, adaptive equalizer, active noise reduction, and spatial audio functions.

The new headphones come in five colors, the only exception being black. They are: space gray, silver, sky blue, green and pink.

To improve wearing comfort, the headphones use a "breathable knitted mesh" across the stainless steel headband to distribute weight.

Additionally, the ear cups' acoustically engineered memory foam creates an effective seal, and the headband arms expand and contract smoothly and stay in place for an enhanced fit.

It is reported that the computational audio of Apple's H1 chip is processed on 10 audio cores in each ear, performing 9 billion operations per second. The H1 chip provides the headphones with adaptive equalizer, active noise reduction, transparency mode, and spatial audio. Each ear cup has three outward-facing microphones to detect ambient noise, and a microphone inside the ear cup can monitor the sound reaching the listener's ears. Using the computational audio provided by a pair of H1 chips, the noise reduction function will continuously adjust in real time according to the fit and movement of the headphones.