Apple AirPods Max 2 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones – Midnight
Price went up recentlyRose from $449.00 to $474.99 on October 29, 2026.
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#41 by sales rank of the 367 in Headphones
Above the middle of our record.
Go to AmazonAmazon’s List Price of $549.00 is above every price we have recorded for a new one since September 8, 2026.
$474.99 is above the middle of our record.
On October 30, 2026 the Apple AirPods Max 2 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones costs $474.99 at Amazon. Its usual price over the 53 days we have recorded since September 8, 2026 is $449.00; the lowest we recorded was $429.00, on October 5, 2026.
The middle price across the 53 days we have watched it, counting the days a limited-time deal was running, was $449.00. That is $25.99 less than today. It reached $429.00 at least once in that time, and the high was $509.99.
Today's price is $25.99 above its usual $449.00.
This describes the prices we recorded. It is not a forecast of where this one goes next.
Price at AmazonVerified
Apple launched the AirPods Max 2 in March 2026, from $549.00.
Apple last updated the AirPods Max in March 2026, 7 months ago; its last 3 releases came about 32 months apart. Release dates from the MacRumors Buyer’s Guide.
Price history since September 8, 2026 (53 days)
One line: the best price any tracked retailer charged, per day.
Shaded stretches are sales, from our calendar.
| Price | Now | Lowest | Highest | Usual | Average | Days recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | $474.99 | $429.00 on Oct 5 | $509.99 on Sep 30 | $449.00 | $458.56 | 53 |
- 30 days
- $429.00 on Oct 5
- All time
- $429.00 on Oct 5
Next time, from Amazon: change amazon.com to basketprice.com in a product’s address. This one is basketprice.com/dp/B0GSS4SGZR.
Sales events
Prime Big Deal Days 2026 (Oct 6–7): the lowest price during it was $429.00, within 5% of the $449.00 it usually cost in the 14 days ending two weeks before. No real sale price on this one.
Next on the calendar: Black Friday, likely November 19–30. We keep checking this price through it and report here what it did.
Waiting for a sale? How often prices for headphones move, and how far they swing, beside every other category we track.
Has Apple AirPods Max 2 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones dropped in price?
- No: $25.99 more than the $449.00 it cost on October 20, 2026: this price went up, not down.
- Below its usual $449.00 on 11 of the 53 days we have watched it here, in one stretch; the lowest, $429.00, held from October 5, 2026 to October 15, 2026.
- Cheaper than this on 66% of the 53 days we have watched it here.
Computed from our own checks at Amazon as of October 30, 2026. No line here uses a price a retailer told us about.
Where to buy
- Held for
- 1d
- Their 53-day low
- $429.00
- Checked
- 2h ago
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What it is
7 attributes, in the retailer’s own words. We record the prices; these we only pass on.
- Size
- Information Not Available
- Color
- Midnight
- Weight
- 0.85 pounds
- Dimensions
- 9.59 × 9.44 × 3.19 inches
- Model
- MHWK4AM/A
- Released
- April 2026
- Warranty
- Apple One (1) Year Limited Warranty
Cheaper in Headphones, and what changes
Things we track on the same shelf for at least 10% less than $474.99, with the attributes the retailers describe differently. Their words, not our judgement: we record prices, we do not test products.
BoseQuietComfort Headphones$319.00 at Amazon $155.99 lessSize: Regular instead of Information Not AvailableWeight: 0.53 pounds instead of 0.85 pounds
BoseQuietComfort Ultra Bluetooth Headphones$319.99 at Amazon $155.00 lessSize: Regular instead of Information Not AvailableWeight: 0.56 pounds instead of 0.85 pounds
SonyWH-1000XM6 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones$286.60 at Amazon $188.39 lessWeight: 0.56 pounds instead of 0.85 poundsDimensions: 10.4 × 8.5 × 6.7 inches instead of 9.59 × 9.44 × 3.19 inches
Every change we recorded at Amazon
Every row is a price we saw change. We write one only when a price actually moves, so a gap here means the price held.
| When | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| · 1d ago | $474.99 | +$0.99 |
| · 1d ago | $474.00 | +$25.00 |
| · 10d ago | $449.00 | −$0.99 |
| · 10d ago | $449.99 | −$49.01 |
| · 11d ago | $499.00 | +$50.00 |
| · 14d ago | $449.00 | +$20.00 |
6 older changes
| When | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| · 25d ago | $429.00 | −$80.99 |
| · 30d ago | $509.99 | +$30.99 |
| · 37d ago | $479.00 | −$20.00 |
| · 38d ago | $499.00 | +$20.00 |
| · 40d ago | $479.00 | +$29.01 |
| · 40d ago | $449.99 | +$0.99 |
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