yes, JHC here, and FYI it did work with the products then available and it does work in wired mode. The problem is of course bluetooth codecs and bandwidth. Being more of. spiritual guru and not a technological one, I have no idea if codecs can be updated via firmware or not, so I can't tell you if it is a future option or not. Thanks for asking JHC
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AirPods, AirPods Max and AirPods Pro Don't Support Apple Music Lossless Audio
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Agreed, while I might be a little salty if I purchased AirPods Max because Apple had to know this was happening, this type of thing happens all the time with most things.
If you get super disappointed by new features you don’t have with every new release, your only options are to be disappointed all the time or not buy anything and live without since everything will not have all the nice features eventually lol.
I’m still excited for the Spatial audio and Dolby atmos in my AirPods Pro.
It seems you might be able to listen to lossless on AirPod Max with a wire connection. Airpods/airpods pro = nope. Not supported on bluetooth.
i’m sure next gen airpods will tho. Start saving up.
If you're dumb enough to buy Airpods Max without knowing lossless audio won't work it's your own fault. Bluetooth does not have enough bandwidth.
Please buy our new next gen AirPods.
Bluetooth didn’t get rid of the headphone jack. Sure you can an adapter or use lightning headphones for your iPhone and then switch to usb c for your iPad. All a mess now. Sounds like marketing bs.
Oh yeah JHC indeed! I mean it's like Apple can't possibly be thinking of introducing a new listening source huh? Or maybe they want to cater to people who are audiophiles and already have very upscale non-Apple headphones that support lossless audio. Not everybody needs a pair of Apple headphones to enjoy Apple Music. Ever thought of that?
Tell that to @btrach144 😂
Apparently i was spreading misinformation when i said earlier that bluetooth doesn’t support lossless.
People complaining have no idea how lossless and Bluetooth work. You can’t stream lossless audio on Bluetooth because it’s literally impossible. Bluetooth by design compresses the music, so by the time it reaches your ears it’s not lossless anymore. It would be great if Apple found a way to beat the laws of physics, but sadly, they haven’t. Yet.
The computational audio of AirPods Max is fantastic. No other headphone have a sound like that. Like computational photo then the computational audio go over the simply numbers, giving back the best results. With Dolby and Spatial audio for songs it will be an incredible game changer.
Why? the article says it is possible with special equipment. And whats the big deal with lossless audio? People acting like the streaming quality from apple music is the worst ever. Just be happy apple announced the other features as a free update and wait what apple does in the following weeks
I’m an early adopter of the Airpods Max.
My foot is fine.
Lossless audio is a marketing checkbox - I have done the blind tests, and I don’t have a snowball in hells chance to tell uncompressed from Apple quality AAC using either $10000 analytical speakers, nor my STAX electrostatics or magnetoplanars.
Apple is competing against a number of music services, and they can’t allow those to run free with the narrative that Apple is ”low quality”.
So they provide the checkbox features.
Outside marketing it’s irrelevant, but marketing is important to Apple.
“Introducing our new AirPods. Supports Apple Music Lossless. Available today. $150. We think you’re gonna love it.”
this whole stunt is just to shift new headsets.