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Does Putting AirPods Max in the Freezer Actually Fix Them? 🎧🥶

It sounds crazy, but some cold therapy might resuscitate your expensive Apple headphones if you suddenly find they’re not working. Here’s one weird way CNET senior tech writer Jeff Carlson was able to rescue his AirPods Max from the “three amber blinks of death.” Would you try this chill hack? #applehack #airpodsmax #apple #headphones #airpods

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It sounds crazy, but some cold therapy might resuscitate your expensive Apple headphones if you suddenly find they’re not working.

Here’s one weird way CNET senior tech writer Jeff Carlson was able to rescue his AirPods Max from the “three amber blinks of death.”

Would you try this chill hack? #applehack #airpodsmax #apple #headphones #airpods

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  1. @eezeedoesit

    November 17, 2025 at 12:07 pm

    Works better after 30 secs in a microwave!

  2. @Royce16727

    November 17, 2025 at 12:08 pm

    Lol, maybe Apple will start recommending this in order to decrease the amount of voices calling for Right To Repair legislation. They won’t have to certify third-party repair technicians and sell OEM parts if everyone has a freezer 🤣

  3. @solracm7783

    November 17, 2025 at 12:12 pm

    I don’t have AirPods to put in the freezer because they still work but once in a while every time I update my Iphone and I want to get it cool fast again I put it in the freezer for one minute just so I can get it cool, not cold or freezing. And it works. It makes the phone faster. But there has been accidents where I had left the phone for a few hours by accident and then I take it out and then I turn it on and it works. I’m pretty sure that every time that happens my battery has gone bit lower but none of my phones since 2018 has never been messed up completely from that. Thank you Lord. But I have a question. I have a Roland fantom X7 synthesizer and I bought it in 2006. And the motherboard that has the flash internal memory battery probably die or stop working. They say sometimes this chips have a coin battery, but mine didnt have a coin battery. So I guess the memory either is dead or something is not making the connection. Do you think if I put the whole chip the size of a paper sheet. Maybe we can somehow make some connection again? Let me know. if that can make it work where it’ll finally turn on just like your AirPods. maybe by freezing it somehow the connections can come together again let me know. i’m blind, so please if you can answer me yes or no and why just so I don’t feel that I wrote so much for nothing here.

    • @EhCloserLook

      November 17, 2025 at 12:30 pm

      Brilliant!!!

    • @solracm7783

      November 17, 2025 at 12:42 pm

      @EhCloserLook are you talking about the putting the phone in the freezer every time I do an update for one minute? But I still didn’t get an answer about the main board of my Piano the motherboard.

  4. @ChristusComunista

    November 17, 2025 at 1:18 pm

    I think microscopic changes in the metals due to cooling and rewarming might untangle or unshort something

    • @veenaB-t3b

      November 17, 2025 at 11:21 pm

      Science stuff

    • @SpongeBob_circle_pants

      November 18, 2025 at 9:36 am

      Nah u r wrong lol it can’t untangle or unshort anything

  5. @MiKE_CCCLXV

    November 17, 2025 at 1:43 pm

    You just convinced me not to buy this product!

  6. @Reigninsuds

    November 17, 2025 at 3:34 pm

    Worked for about a month and a half on my end. Unfortunately the freezer trick didn’t work a second time. RIP.

  7. @jeanbutinfrench

    November 17, 2025 at 7:10 pm

    mine died for a some months, will try this

  8. @subjectbigy

    November 17, 2025 at 7:27 pm

    Shouldn’t have to do this, stop letting manufacturers get away with silly myths.

  9. @Castleinferno

    November 17, 2025 at 7:47 pm

    Is today April 1st?

  10. @GlitterGuru

    November 17, 2025 at 8:51 pm

    Or just buy a pair of Sonys…?

  11. @GriffinMikee

    November 17, 2025 at 11:35 pm

    planned obsolescence…nowhere to run…nowhere to hide, it’s coming to get you, they want your money. Just take a look at buying a printer, you get free printer cartridges but you have to pay for a membership to the HP mic…key…mouse club. How about buying, let’s say, a security camera system and let’s not forget that no matter what we buy, we hand over all our rights that are sold, screwed, blued and tattooed even certain memberships…what gives them the right??? AI response… AirPods do not require a membership to function, but they are designed to work seamlessly with Apple’s ecosystem, including Apple Music, which does require a subscription for full access to its features. The Apple Music subscription is not free, but new users may be eligible for a free trial period when purchasing eligible AirPods, such as AirPods Pro, AirPods (2nd or 3rd generation), AirPods Max, or other Apple hardware.
    This promotion typically offers a 6-month free trial of Apple Music, but it is only available to new subscribers who have not previously used a free trial or subscribed to Apple Music.
    If you already have an active or recent Apple Music subscription, you will not qualify for the 6-month free trial offer.
    The trial can be activated by setting up the AirPods, signing in to the Apple Music app with your Apple ID, and following the on-screen prompts, which may appear in the Listen Now tab.
    For users who have already used a free trial or are current subscribers, alternative options like a one-month free trial or promotions through carriers such as Verizon, EE, O2, Rogers, or Orange Spain may still be available.

    AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.

  12. @NylonStrings83

    November 18, 2025 at 12:23 am

    mom whats for lunch –
    oh its garlic fish and sautéed airpods max

  13. @류-q343

    November 18, 2025 at 2:28 am

    There’s space in freezer?

    • @PlasticSquare

      November 18, 2025 at 9:15 am

      Do you have someone in there?

  14. @victorutomo7244

    November 18, 2025 at 4:55 am

    Nice feature!
    Tim really cooks…

  15. @minimalist1911

    November 18, 2025 at 5:29 am

    Just take it to the repair store! Freezer? Seriously! This is how people get wrong ideas. Take this video down please….

  16. @minimalist1911

    November 18, 2025 at 5:35 am

    I have reported this video to YouTube.

  17. @MarkAntony1481

    November 18, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    For the cost of those things, you shouldn’t have to do that. Just another horrible Apple design that has flaws.

    Just another reason to just go buy Sony XMs

  18. @gjphekkelman

    November 18, 2025 at 7:06 pm

    that’s insane! When you pay this much for a headset it should just work for it’s lifetime or it should be repaired or replaced by apple…

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