Apple is officially entering the booming business of over-ear headphones after years of speculation and announced its pricey new AirPods Max on Tuesday in an unusually quiet fashion. Apple says its long-rumoured over-ear headphones with active noise cancelling will get you up to 20 hours of audio, video or talk time with noise cancelling activated, putting them roughly on par with rivals from Bose and Sony. For controlling playback and volume, answering calls and activating Siri, Apple has added the same kind of crown it uses on the Apple Watch, possibly the most unusual feature of the headpho…

Apple unveils AirPods Max over-ear headphones with noise cancelling
