AirPods Max won`t support lossless audio over Lightning either
(iMore iPhone)

Another hope bites the dust. What you need to know AirPods Max will not support Apple Music lossless audio over Lightning. It is still unclear if you can use an analog to digital converter. It`s sounding like AirPods Max, in any state, will not support the upcoming lossless audio feature on Apple Music. Earlier today, Apple announced that it was bringing lossless audio as well as spatial audio with Dolby Atmos support to Apple Music. At that time it was also revealed that AirPods Max would not support lossless audio over Bluetooth due to its limitations and the fact that the headphones do not support Apple`s new ALAC audio format. At the time, we hoped that perhaps AirPods Max would at least support lossless if you plugged in the Lightning to 3.5mm cable. Apple had already pointed out that the high-res lossless audio would require special USB hardware to work, but it doesn`t mention any special requirements for the standard lossless quality. You can listen to lossless...