Questions & Answers for AirPods

They can be connected at the same time over the Apple Account associated with the AirPods. Audio is not played from each device at the same time. They will intelligently switch audio between the Apple watch and iPhone based on which is being used though.

• Answered by Dylan R from Monmouth
• Apr 7, 2018
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No, absolutely not.

• Answered by Richard B from Fort Worth
• May 4, 2018
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When your AirPods are nearby and ready to use with your Mac, you can use them to listen to music, use Siri, or handle phone calls.

If your AirPods are connected to your iPhone
If you already connected your AirPods to your iPhone, they’re ready to use with your Mac (your Mac must support Handoff and you must be signed in to iCloud using the same Apple ID).

Open the AirPods case, click the Volume control in the menu bar on your Mac, then choose AirPods.

Pair your AirPods with your Mac
If your AirPods are not connected to your iPhone, you can pair them directly with your Mac.

With your AirPods in their case, open the lid.

Press and hold the setup button on the back of the case until the status light flashes white.

On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Bluetooth.

Select AirPods in the Devices list, then click Pair.

To use Siri or handle phone calls, double-tap one of the AirPods (you only have to be wearing one). For more information, go to the AirPods Support website.

(Directly From Apple)

• Answered by Luke V from Geneva
• Apr 9, 2018
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You can control volume from your phone or double tap either AirPod to ask Siri to raise or lower the volume for you.

• Answered by Dylan R from Monmouth
• Apr 7, 2018
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No they don’t. If you install the “Bluetooth Explorer tool” on imac & you force to use “AptX if available” in the audio options, you can see the Airpods use codec AAC.

• Answered by Glenn R
• Dec 18, 2017
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From my. experience not only with AirPods, but with at least a dozen other bluetooth headsets, they all will connect with with any bluetooth device they have first been paired with, they will not connect without a first pairing. It is no different with the AirPods. In my apartment where I use my Airpods every day usually for 3 -4 hours, it has been my experience that they connect quickly and easily with the last device they were used with. I have them pared with my MacMini, My iPan Air2' my iPhone 6S and my Apple TV. All of these devices have bluetooth on 7 x 24 ( Apple TV excluded) plus my wife has her bluetooth on 7 x 24 on both her iPhone 5S and iPad Pro. I mostly use my AirPods with my iPhone. When I put the first AirPod in my ear, they always connect almost immediately with my iPhone and no other device. But if I happened to have used them last with my iPad, they will connect with the iPad, no matter where the iPad is in my apartment. From this experience I concluded that it will connect automatically with the last device I used if that device is in range. I have experienced that if the last connected device is not in range and the device I want to use it with now is in range, Then I have to go to settings, Bluetooth and tap connect for AirPods. Therefore, I Believe you are missunderstanding how bluetooth and AirPods works in general, your concerns are unwarrented.. In all the years I have been using all kinds of blutooth devices, I have never experienced them gratuitiously conneting to any device that had not first been pared with, and pairing is a manual process. True AirPods do invoke pairing if they are in the case and the case button on the back is pressed, but even that requires a manual resposne on the device. Your safe guard is the fact that to pair the iPod to a new device, you must have the case, the AirPods must be in the case, and you press the case button. They are supposed to be able to connect with any BT receiver in general.

• Answered by Charles M from Virginia Beach
• Aug 16, 2017
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It will theoretically work with Bluetooth 5 devices of the future, as Bluetooth 5 standard is backwards compatible with previous Bluetooth versions. With this said however, all Bluetooth 5 specific features (such as longer distances) will not work with AirPods, as it does not have a Bluetooth 5 chip in it.

• Answered by Vincent N
• Jun 12, 2017
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The AirBuds are compatible with any bluetooth Macs running MacOS Sierra or above.

• Answered by Kai H
• Dec 16, 2016
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The case they come in contains a battery to charge them. The case can be connected to a power source via Lightning cable to charge the case.

• Answered by Joseph B from Easton
• Sep 12, 2016
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