Apple Now Sells Usb-c To 3.5 Mm Cable For Wired Airpods Max Playback

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Today Apple announced a forthcoming firmware update for AirPods Max pinch USB-C that will alteration lossless audio. As portion of that news, nan institution has now started trading a caller cablegram to alteration wired playback connected its newest AirPods Max pinch a modular headphone jack.

New firmware will support wired playback, and Apple now sells a USB-C to 3.5 mm cable

Last autumn Apple announced caller AirPods Max pinch very minimal changes.

  • there were caller colors
  • a USB-C larboard alternatively of Lightning
  • and support for Personalized Spatial Audio

That’s it.

For galore of america who were expecting a due AirPods Max 2-level update, it was a large disappointment.

That letdown was amplified by a cardinal regression that nan caller USB-C exemplary brought.

While nan original AirPods Max could beryllium utilized for wired playback pinch a typical Lightning to 3.5 mm cable, location was nary specified cablegram and nary specified hardware support for wired playback complete USB-C successful nan caller model.

Fortunately, that’s changing pinch adjacent month’s firmware update.

And now, successful mentation for nan update, Apple has coming started trading a caller USB-C to 3.5 mm audio cable.

The caller cablegram costs $39 and is disposable connected nan Apple Store now.

Apple writes:

It tin beryllium utilized to link AirPods Max to 3.5 mm audio sources, for illustration nan audio-out larboard connected an airplane. Users tin besides link their iOS aliases iPadOS instrumentality to 3.5 mm audio ports, for illustration audio-in ports connected car stereos aliases different speakers.

If you’d for illustration to link your AirPods Max to a instrumentality utilizing its included USB-C cable, that will activity too. But if you request to link to a 3.5 mm headphone jack, this caller cablegram will beryllium a awesome measurement to do that.

Hopefully third-party cables, which are disposable astatine a much little cost, will activity excessively erstwhile nan caller firmware ships, but we’ll person to hold and spot connected that.

Does wired playback connected AirPods Max make a large quality to you, aliases not? Let america cognize successful nan comments.

Best AirPods Max deals and accessories

  • AirPods Max pinch USB-C (currently $479 connected sale, down from $549)
  • Spigen Premium Stand for AirPods Max
  • USB-C to 3.5 mm headphone cable
  • AirFly SE for connecting AirPods to in-flight headphone jacks

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