Apple’s H2 chip is central to the Pro 2’s performance, enabling stronger ANC, efficient processing, stable behavior, and many adaptive features. It also underpins the low-latency lossless connection mode designed for Apple Vision Pro use.
Because the Studio Pro use a custom Beats chip instead of Apple’s H2, they miss out on H2-specific features and future upgrades seen in AirPods Pro 2 and likely upcoming Apple and Beats models, which reviewers describe as a misstep for a 350 dollar Apple-owned headphone.
AirPods Max still rely on H1 chips rather than Apple’s newer H2, so newer AirPods features like adaptive audio and conversation awareness are not available.
Momentum 4 does not include Apple’s H2 chip, so it lacks AirPods-style ecosystem perks such as one-tap pairing, Apple-chip-driven device switching behaviors, and iOS-exclusive enhancements tied to that hardware.