Customer Reviews & Ratings for AirPods

I bought AirPods expecting to possibly return them. But, I can only find two flaws.

They fit and stay put well during normal movement. They fall out when I exercise (mostly mountain biking). I purchased silicone "earhooks" and now they stay put very well during exercise.

The flaws: 1. They are not water/sweat resistant. 2. Although they fit securely, there's too much background noise making it's way in. These would be much better as in-ear headphones.

6 of 6 people found this useful

Very impressed with this product. I have a lot of Bluetooth headphones. Some cheap-cheap. Some high-end. For the price, AirPods take the cake in terms of ease and sound quality, and battery life. Also, I know the fit isn't for everybody, but they fit great on me. I'm particularly impressed on how seamlessly you can go from stereo to mono. But... It's very lame that volume can't be manually controlled. It should be a given. I shouldn't be punished for not owning an Apple Watch.

However, overall: Great product for iPhone owners. It's not a necessity, but a very neat and fairly affordable extra.

3 of 4 people found this useful

I've been regularly using my AirPods for about a month now, and these are by far the greatest wireless earphones I've ever bought overall because of the flexibility and connectivity of its "wirelessness" and the portability of the charging case it comes in.

Because of the W1 chip, the connectivity across my mac, iPhone, iPad, and even friends' Apple devices is very quick (as compared to Jaybird BlueBuds), although it isn't always lighting fast; the Bose Soundsport wireless headphones connect even faster (and even to two devices simultaneously!) However, the fit and functionality of the AirPods beat these two brands and others by far. Automatic Ear Detection, automatic microphone switching (yes, there is a mic on each of the AirPods), and a simple double-tap for play/pause or Siri is very convenient. It's important to keep in mind that if the EarPods didn't fit well with your ears, AirPods unfortunately have no flexibility to accomodate your ears (sorry ears, you're missing out).

Yes, the sound is great, and the battery life is decent (especially because of the fast charging with the case), but since it is only first generation, AirPods do lack certain features of common sense such as additional on-AirPod gestures for volume control or multiple-device connection. Although, overall, if you're okay with all the things that it lacks, AirPods give an incredible bang for your buck––They are, by far, one of the greatest accessories made by Apple.

15 of 18 people found this useful

I am normally an instant buyer of anything New from Apple but it took me a while to take the plunge to buy the AirPods, I wasn't sure if they were going to be any better than other wireless ear pods I have, however, they are terrific. Increably simple to connect and then use one any Apple device through cloud settings carried across to all your devices. It's simple and works effective and how all Bluetooth devices should connect.

Quality is as you would expect from an Apple product, beautiful. Strange look at first but icon all the same. Sound is very clear, plenty of base, miss a little vacant but you can hear the detail in songs. You would probably struggle to get much better sound for the size and cost. Certainly not disappointing by any stretch of the imagination, and the more you listen the more satisfying they seem to be.

They are a perfect fit, comfortable and I don't have any loss anxiety, just terrific from that perspective.

Siri works but just not practical to use to forward or rewind tracks and adjust volume especially if you are on public transport. It is only that reason why I have given them 4 stars, and to be fair I would probably have given them 4.5. Hopefully, Apple will add the ability to tap to forward a track or double tap to rewind as others do. Maybe tap and hold for siri.

I would absolutely recommend them whether excercise or just hanging out. Freedom from wires cannot be underestimated!

5 of 8 people found this useful

I was super excited when this package came. They were made well and the quality of the headphones and case exceeded my expectations. Listening quality is good and Siri works great. I did have to buy off amazon a adapter for when I run but other than that they stay in the ear well!

5 of 8 people found this useful

There are tons of review positive and negative. I just have to let others know of a couple of possibly important limitation I did not realize.

First - i can not control my AirPods when my iPhone or iPad is locked. My wife realized why right away, I turned off Siri when the phone is locked for security and privacy reasons. Not only you need internet connectivity, you have to enable Siri at all times.

One alternative, If you don't use Siri or don't have Internet connection, you can have limit control if you enable Voice control instead. I don't think there is volume control but you have the other music controls. Also it does not recognize my audio commands as good as Siri.

The other thing I did not realized deals with unsupported Bluetooth devices. I have two modified iPod classic and 5.5 gen iPod with a 256gb SSD for all my high data rate (Apple lossless compressed) music with 30 pin Sony Bluetooth adapter for my Sony Bluetooth headphones. I don't understand the various Bluetooth implementations, but there are apparently different ways to send out Bluetooth audio where the volume is controllable by the device, iPod in my case, or the headphones. It's like the audio can be line out or headphone jack output mode. Turns out for my Bluetooth adapter, the volume can't be commanded by the AirPod or controlled by the iPod, the music is stuck at full volume. It is useless, so be careful if using it with a non-supported device if this is important to you.

12 of 15 people found this useful

Tried it on the car ride in this morning - my wife said the sound was clearer than when I normally talk on speaker phone with her. It was super easy to connect the air pods to my phone, and it instantly recognized when I was just using the right air pod to talk on the phone. Using it with "Hey Siri" was pretty flawless - Siri itself needs a bit of work.

The charging case for these needs work- very poor execution. The charging case does not stand on its own, it flops over, which causes the lid to flap shut. The charging is also on the bottom of the device, which would indicate you should be using a charging stand with it. I am very disappointed that it feels like they are trying to sell additional accessories by limiting the design of this device. (E.g. now they will sell an 'airpod dock' for your airpod dock - in short, ridiculous, hence removing 1 star.

9 of 14 people found this useful

Smooth sound and very smart earphones, but they do fall out often. Today I walked my dogs and the right one fell out three times over a twenty minute walk. I have always had the same issues with the wired version. I have so many of those in their original packaging because they would not stay in. I guess my ear canal is not normal (no one ever said anything).

If AirPods just offered a bit more friction, they would probably work, but they are made of glassy plastic and slide out.

Otherwise, they are great.

6 of 7 people found this useful

I bought this product two months ago, it really helps me from getting in trouble with cables and wires, especially when I am in gym. But sometimes, it will lose connection with iPhone. In general, it's really worthy to purchase!

1 of 1 people found this useful

The AirPods are great. I just wish that they could fit a little more. I've always had a problem with apple earpods, but these fit a little better. Maybe make them a little more sticky? I don't know. I would just like to see them fit better.

6 of 11 people found this useful