Amaya Toman Did you find Apple AirPods wireless headphones under the Christmas tree this year? If you have already unpacked them from the box, you must have noticed that pairing and use as such does not even require instructions. But you can get a lot more out of your AirPods with the right tricks. How to customize them to the maximum?
To pair with your iPhone, just turn on Bluetooth, open the headphone box and press the small button on the back. Your iOS device's display will prompt you to connect your headphones. Once you pair the headphones with one of your devices, they can automatically recognize all your other Apple devices connected to the same iCloud account.
1) White, orange, green: What does the light in the box mean?
Inside the charging box for AirPods there is a small, colored diode. When the headphones are placed in the box, the diode shows their status. If they are removed, the diode shows the status of the box itself. Green color means full charge, white flashing means your AirPods are ready to pair with another device. If the status light is flashing orange, it means you need to reset your headphones.
2) Pairing with a non-Apple device
If you want to pair your AirPods with a non-Apple device, place them in the box and leave the lid open. Then hold the button on the back of the box until the status light flashes white. At that point, your AirPods should appear in the list of items in your device's Bluetooth settings.
3) Name for AirPods
By default, AirPods bear the name that is set on your iOS device. But you can easily change the name. On iOS, just go to Settings -> Bluetooth. Find your AirPods in the list of connected Bluetooth devices, tap the small “i” in the blue circle to the right of their name and then on Name, where rename them.
4) Master the controls
We will stay in the settings for a moment. You can also customize the control of AirPods here. In the section Double tap on AirPods you can choose how both headphones behave after a double tap. You can set to activate Siri, play and pause, go to the next or previous track, or turn off the double-tap function completely. You can also set up AirPods in macOS: How to Customize AirPods Settings in macOS.
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5) Save battery
AirPods last about five hours on a single charge, recharging in the box is very fast. If you want to save the battery of your headphones, you can use only one of them for a phone call, for example, while the other is quickly charged in the box (this is often how AirPods are used by couriers, for example). Sophisticated technology from Apple will take care of a balanced sound when using one headphone.
6) Set the microphone for only one earpiece
V Settings -> Bluetooth after tapping on the small “i” in the circle next to the name of your AirPods, you will also find an option Microphone. Here you can set whether the microphone will switch automatically or if it will only work with one of your headphones.
7) Find out the battery status of the headphones and the box
There are several ways to check the battery status of your AirPods. One of them is to create a widget. Unlock your iOS device and swipe the home screen to the right to go to the widgets page. Scroll all the way down and tap on the inscription Adjust in a wheelbarrow. Find the widget named Battery and click the green button on the left to add it to the appropriate page.
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The second option is to place both headphones in the box and open it near the iPhone. You will see a pop-up window on the iPhone display with information about the battery status of your headphones.
The last option is to activate Siri and ask "Hey Siri, how much battery is left on my AirPods?".
8) Find your lost AirPods
When Apple first introduced its wireless headphones, many were concerned about the easy possibility of losing them. But the truth is that the headphones stay in the ear perfectly even when moving and losing them is not so easy. If this unpleasant event does happen to you, launch the Find My iPhone application on your iOS device, with the help of which you can easily locate your headphones.
9) Update
Updating the firmware of your AirPods is very easy - just have the case with the headphones near the synced iPhone. It is even possible to find out what firmware version is currently installed on your AirPods. On your iPhone, run Settings -> In general -> Information -> AirPods.
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10) AirPods as a hearing aid
With the arrival of iOS 12, AirPods can also function as a hearing aid, which can be especially useful if you are in a noisy environment. When using this function, the iPhone works as a microphone and the AirPods as a hearing aid - so just speak into the iPhone and the person wearing the AirPods will hear everything without any problems. In order to enable the function, you must Settings -> Control Center -> Edit controls add an item Hearing. Once you've done that, just view control center, click here ear icon and clicking on Live listening activate the function.
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11) When a problem occurs
Whether there's a problem with the battery, the microphone, or perhaps the pairing process, you can fix your AirPods fairly easily (if it's not a hardware issue). Just open the case with the headphones inside and then press the button on the back for at least 15 seconds. During the reset, the LED inside the case should flash yellow a few times and then start flashing white. This resets the AirPods and you can pair them with your devices again.
By renaming the headphones, I got the most out of them. Thanks for the great tutorial!
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SAME SOUND
LUXURY
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Great, the article came in handy as I am a new owner ;-)
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Great, thanks for making my day, fake Petra. how old are you 10? Certainly not anymore. The real Petr Mára would never have written this...
No way, small children shouldn't be given mobile phones under that tree.
There is a trick to increase the listening volume beyond the basic scale, or range? The headphones play even at maximum volume, making it very difficult to listen to anything even with low ambient noise.
I don't know how to talk into one earpiece (like a microphone) so that a good sound can be heard. According to the instructions, it doesn't work for me, I tried turning it off and on but nothing :( . Can someone please advise me?
The headphones don't want to connect to me. What should I do with it?
Pls write back as soon as possible
Is it normal that the cow drains quickly after purchase? Thank you