Apple AirPods Max 2 Teardown: What’s Actually New @iFixitYourself

Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Do you miss Tiger King, and toilet paper sculptures, and that guy who wasn’t a cat? Apple must be nostalgic for 2020, because the new AirPods Max 2 are basically the same as the headphones they put out six years ago.

The first revision came in 2024 where, as far as anyone could tell, the only change was to swap out the Lightning port for USB-C.

So the question is, from 2024 to now, have these headphones changed at all to warrant calling them a whole new generation?

AirPods Max written teardown: ifixit.com/Teardown/AirPods+Max+Teardown/139369

Chapters
00:00 AirPods Max 2: Same Headphones Again?
00:24 AirPods Max 2 H2 Chip (What’s New)
01:12 AirPods Max 2 CT Scan (No Real Changes)
02:01 Opening AirPods Max 2 (Design Breakdown)
02:24 AirPods Max 2 Battery Removal
03:32 AirPods Max 2 Driver & Adhesive Issues
04:30 AirPods Max 2 USB-C Port Repair
04:53 AirPods Max 2 H2 Chip Internals
05:26 AirPods Max 2 Condensation Problem (Still Exists)
06:01 AirPods Max 2 Dual Chip Design
06:24 AirPods Max 2 Repairability Problems
07:08 AirPods Max 2 Final Verdict

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