Current AirPods Lineup
All three current AirPods models — AirPods 5, AirPods Pro 3, and AirPods Max 2 — use the H2 chip, which powers Adaptive Audio, Personalised Spatial Audio, Conversation Awareness, and low-latency Bluetooth processing. AirPods 5 stays on the H2 too: its claimed 1.5x improvement in Active Noise Cancellation comes from a new acoustic architecture and driver, not new silicon. Every AirPods model on the older H1 is now discontinued.
AirPods 5
1 chip
H2 (c CPU / c GPU)
AirPods Pro 3
1 chip
H2 (c CPU / c GPU)
AirPods Max 2
1 chip
H2 (c CPU / c GPU)
Chip Comparison
| Spec | H2 |
|---|---|
| Current Devices |
AirPods 5 AirPods Pro 3 AirPods Max 2 |
| Semiconductor Tech | |
| Release date | 2022-09-07 |