Unsurprisingly, you do need an iphone or ipad in order to get the most out of the airpods max. they will work with non-apple products using standard bluetooth 5.0, but you’ll miss out on many of their unique features. ultimately, we can’t imagine anyone not already fairly well ensconced in the apple ecosystem would consider buying a pair. frankly, we’d be surprised if such a person has made it this far into this review.
assuming you are a keen apple user, the airpods max are the best wireless headphones you can buy – and not by a small margin. their authenticity, detail, crispness and spaciousness elevate them so far above the previous best in the wireless noise-cancelling class that the comparison starts to become a little redundant and you instead begin to consider them alongside proper hi-fi products.