The Apple AirPods and theirs the following be big Apple songs – but are you getting the most out of your two? Introducing some of the tricks and features you may not have discovered yet – from using your AirPods as a remote listening system to sharing audio between pairs of earbuds, here's how to optimize your hardware.
1) Keep sound in play
One of the smartest tactics AirPods can stop playing is when you plug it in or out of your ear, but you won't always want to interrupt play while temporarily ignoring the real world. When you open Settings in iOS, then tap Bluetooth and select the info button (the "i" next to your AirPods), this feature can be prevented by powering the Automatic Ear Detection Toggle switch to Off.
2) Use your AirPods elsewhere
AirPods earbuds work just as well as standard Bluetooth audio equipment for your other gadgets, or don't get the same level of intelligence when connecting them to your Android phone or Windows laptop. Place your AirPods in the case of a shut-off, press the set button on the back of the case until the primary light starts to turn white, and start the Bluetooth connection process from your other device to receive the wireless link.
3) Find Siri to read your messages
Want Siri to read your incoming messages through your AirPods? No problem – you'll be asked to enable this when you start setting up wireless rings, but you can also support them later. Notifications and Announce Messages with Siri in the iOS Settings app (tap Messages choosing when his writings are read). For this to work, your ears need to be plugged in, and your iPhone or iPad needs to be locked.
4) Get Siri to announce your calls
Your iPhone can also tell you what phone contacts to call when you have a call, so you know if you want to take or talk while wearing your AirPods. To configure how this works, open the settings, and select Phone, Announce Calls, again Heads only (or Heads and Car). To make calls with AirPods, double-tap on earbuds (or reduce the stature of one of them when using AirPods Pro).
5) Find lost AirPods
You may not see it, but AirPods are included in devices that Apple is searching for via the Find My app on iPhone and other Apple devices – these tracking is automatically enabled when you connect AirPods, without you doing anything else. If you've lost an earbud (or two), open the app, and select your AirPods: Options that already allow you to head straight to their last known location, or have them play audio.
6) Use your iPhone as a remote mic
You can use your iPhone as a remote microphone while plugged in to your AirPods, if you need to do so – it can help you find what is being said in conversations in noisy environments, or it may allow you to hear what's happening in the other room. From Settings, turn on Control Center
7) Share audio with two pairs of AirPods
You can now share audio from one iPhone to two AirPods at a time, which is very useful for watching movies or listening to songs with a friend, for example. Open Control Center by swiping down from the top right corner of the screen, tap the AirPlay icon, and select Share audio from the dialog box – once you have done that, you will need to zoom in on the second ring of your phone to make it available.
8) Use one AirPod at a time
If you take only one AirPod in its case, your iPhone will go all radio with it, which is useful if you have a long day of calls and audio streaming in front of you and want to extend the battery life available: when the first AirPod is dead, you can switch to the second one and continue. Another reason you might want to do this is to listen to music in one ear while keeping the other ear open to the sounds of the world around you.
9) Access Siri from your AirPods
On both AirPods and AirPods Pro, you can start Siri with the "hey Siri" command while they are in your ear without touching your phone at all. If you didn't allow the operation when setting up earbuds for the first time, go to Settings on your iPhone, tap Privacy & Search, then confirm Listen to "Siri Siri" enabled. For example, yYou can ask about the weather, turn the volume down, or skip the next track.
10) Change Turn cancellation from your ears
If you own AirPods Pro, you can change and cancel the audio by going to it Bluetooth and AirPods Pro from Settings in iOS, but you can also make the switch from gadgets to your ears – press and hold the earbud trunk until you hear a chime sound. One way to get to a single setting is to press and hold the AirPods Pro volume slider in Center Center (drag down from the top right of the iPhone display).
11) Check the sound balance
AirPods Pro offers you a choice of three tests with rubber tips that fit inside the box, but don't just rely on deciding which ones are best for you. Choose your own AirPods Pro from the Bluetooth menu in iOS settings, then select Ear Tip Fit TestA: You will be taken with an audio test that detects how well the signal actually works on each ear, using the ear microphone. You may need a different tip for each ear!
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