Apple reveals the hidden upgrades that improve audio on the AirPods Pro 2
The AirPods Pro 2 don't support lossless audio, but they do offer a noticeable quality upgrade over the originals.
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The AirPods Pro 2 don't support lossless audio, but they do offer a noticeable quality upgrade over the originals.
Despite Apple Music supporting lossless streaming, wireless AirPods only support lossy Bluetooth codecs. Apple engineer Esge Andersen tells WhatHiFi that's not really an issue: "We want to push the sound quality forward, and we can do that with a lot of other elements. We don't think that the codec ...
“We don’t think that the codec currently is the limitation of audio quality on Bluetooth products.”
While the AirPods Max and AirPods Pro 2 have been heralded as offering excellent audio quality for their class, neither support high-definition Bluetooth audio codecs. Instead, both peak at 256 kbps over AAC, or SBC if you are not using an Apple product. Finally, an Apple engineer has commented on why the company has elected against supporting LDAC, aptX or equivalents.
An Apple engineer has addressed the lack of lossless audio support in the second-generation AirPods Pro in a new interview. Current Bluetooth...