A bug in iOS 18.4 stopped AirPods Max promised lossless update from working Apple has fixed the issue with firmware 7E101 You'll need your iPhone, iPad or Mac and your charging cable What do you call an Apple update that doesn't work?

When iOS 18.4 arrived earlier this week, AirPods Max users were likely the quickest to update after Apple announced last week that a new AirPods Max firmware update released at the same time would bring lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio to AirPods Max for the first time via the bundled USB-C cable.

Apple has had to re-issue a firmware update for the latest AirPods Max to enable lossless audio. Here’s how to do it and whether it works now or not.