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AirPods Max’s Sound Won’t Work!

I just bought an AirPods Max and it was working perfect. I took them off my head, put them on the desk while I was in a meeting, and now I can’t get the sound to work on them again. I even hardwired them and they still won’t work. They show as connected. At first, the sound would come from my phone still, but remembering when the AirPod Pros came out, I turned the automatic head detection off and the music stopped playing from my phone, showed as playing, however no sound from my phone or the Max’s. Please Help! Thanks.

Posted on Dec 28, 2020 3:01 PM

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Posted on Dec 30, 2020 1:17 AM

Hardresetting them by pushing the crown and the button for a couple of seconds helps me with the issue. I have the same issue and after the reset I can reconnect them again but it's still happening again. I talked to the support and they started the replacement process. Hopefully we don't need to wait until March 🤞

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Dec 30, 2020 1:17 AM in response to jyllian78

Hardresetting them by pushing the crown and the button for a couple of seconds helps me with the issue. I have the same issue and after the reset I can reconnect them again but it's still happening again. I talked to the support and they started the replacement process. Hopefully we don't need to wait until March 🤞

Jan 18, 2021 1:28 PM in response to jyllian78

Same problem here. Works perfect after the 15 second reset and pair with iPhone. However, if I pick them up a 2nd time, the iPhone will say it's connected, send music to the headset, show that it's playing, etc, BUT I will not hear any audio. I can make it work again, but I have to do another 15 sec Reset of the headset and pair it again. Then it works like new.


I have to do this every single time I want to use the headsets. Very frustrating. Just called support and not many of the support personnel have heard of this issue, had to talk to senior tech support. Have to either mail them back, or take them to an Apple store for technical support with case number they provided.

AirPods Max’s Sound Won’t Work!

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