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Apple's AirPods Max 2 launched March 16 with significant internal upgrades despite maintaining the original's exterior design. The second-generation headphones retained the same build, materials, and overall appearance while introducing enhanced audio processing, battery performance, and computational capabilities under the hood. Coverage focused on the gap between the devices' unchanged aesthetics and their meaningful technological improvements, with a later report detailing expanded control options across Apple's spatial audio lineup in iOS 26.