Comment by daft_pink
21 hours ago
Two questions not answered by their press release:
1. Will it have sleep detection like all other H2 based Airpods? 2. Did they make any changes to the goofy sleep case, where the only turn off the Airpods max is their weird case?
These are the two things that I'm looking for in an upgrade to my current Max's.
It doesn’t look like it. The AirPods Max “bra” case used to feel like it was the bane of my existence when I would always return to my dead AirPods outside the case, after I hurriedly took the headphones off.
But now, thanks to makerworld and 3D printers, I have a stand with integrated neodymium magnets for home that puts them to sleep on my desk and nightstand.
I’m equally surprised I had to print something Apple doesn’t sell and Apple hasn’t improved the design for what feels like a decade (other than USB-C and lossless and now old H2)
Why, who is gonna be sleeping with those?
Or do you mean while sitted, on an airplane ride?
> where the only turn off the Airpods max is their weird case
Trying to parse this...I don't have these, so I don't have context for what this could mean.
The original Airpods Max (and presumably these) had a 'case' that only covered the earmuffs and not the band. Some people called it a 'diaper' due to its appearance. By default, at least the earlier firmware revisions (don't know if this got changed), the headphones would stay on unless they were put into their case and it would kill the battery.
Essentially, you cannot ever turn off the Airpods unless you put them in this fabric thing that wraps around the cups. It's really dumb and they really should have went with an on off button that just senses when you aren't wearing them and just turns them off.
not sure how one can even sleep in those, unless only on the back
I just fall asleep in front of the TV with them on. I like to wear them in front of the TV, because I often fall asleep there and when I used to do this with regular Airpods, they would always fall off and get lost in the cushions. The Airpods Max don't have that problem.
I think OP means sleep as in, the headphones go to sleep when not on your head. Regular AirPods do this if you just put them on a table or something.