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How to Enable AirPods Pro Noise Cancellation with Just One Earbud

Apr 8, 2020 - 1 Comment
AirPods Pro noise cancellation and transparency features

Did you know you can use the AirPods Pro Active Noise Cancellation feature even if you only have one of the earbuds in? Indeed you can use ANC on a single earbud. This is a great feature if you use a single AirPods Pro earbud for phone calls, conversations, podcasts, or listening to audio. If … Read More

How to Answer Phone Calls on AirPods

Jan 14, 2020 - 2 Comments
Answering and ending phone calls on AirPods

Handling phone calls with AirPods and AirPods Pro is a wonderfully convenient feature to use. If you’re wearing AirPods and receive a phone call, you might wish to answer a phone call while wearing the AirPods earbuds. And of course you can also hang up phone calls with AirPods too, so you’re not going to … Read More

How to Find AirPods Serial Number (& AirPods Pro)

Jan 7, 2020 - 1 Comment
AirPods in case

Need to find the serial number of AirPods or AirPods Pro? Perhaps you want to check the warranty status of AirPods, you’re going to use an AppleCare service claim, you need their serial number for insurance purposes, or for any other number of reasons that you may need the unique serial number for AirPods. There … Read More

How to Change How Long You Need to Squeeze & Press AirPods Pro

Jan 1, 2020 - 1 Comment
AirPods Pro noise cancellation and transparency features

Squeezing the AirPods Pro are how you can interact with the earbuds in different ways, but have you ever thought to change the squeeze duration to be longer or shorter to activate the feature you intend to use? You can change all kinds of things about how they work, like how long you need to … Read More

How to Change What AirPods Pro Stems Do When Squeezed

Dec 27, 2019 - 4 Comments
AirPods Pro settings

When Apple released AirPods Pro it changed the way they are controlled compared to standard AirPods. Whereas tap controls of the earbuds handled playback controls and Siri of AirPods, AirPods Pro now have a squeeze gesture. This new gesture can be used to either toggle active noise cancellation (ANC) and transparency modes, or invoke Siri … Read More

How to Customize AirPods Tap Controls

Dec 26, 2019 - 1 Comment
AirPods outside of their case

You can change how AirPods respond when you double-tap on them while they’re in your ears. For example, if you want to be able to double-tap on the left AirPod to summon Siri, and double-tap on the right AirPod to play or pause audio, you can configure that easily. There are a variety of double-tap … Read More

How to Use AirPods as Hearing Aids

Dec 9, 2019 - 14 Comments
How to Use AirPods as Hearing Aids

Did you know AirPods can be used as hearing aids of sorts? Thanks to a handy and little-known accessibility feature called “Live Listen”, you can use AirPods as hearing aids to boost the audio volume of sounds around you. Apple’s AirPods have become the best selling wireless headphones worldwide in no time, they’re wildly popular … Read More

How to Enable AirPods Pro Noise Cancellation & Transparency Modes

Nov 15, 2019 - 2 Comments
AirPods Pro noise cancellation and transparency features

Apples AirPods Pro are the first AirPods to offer both Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and Transparency mode. Both of them are useful in different situations and you’ll probably want to make good use of them. Here, we’ll discuss these features a bit, and we’ll show you how to quickly and easily switch between both noise … Read More

How to Test That AirPods Pro Fit Your Ears Properly

Nov 5, 2019 - 7 Comments
AirPods Pro fit test

Apple’s AirPods Pro are the first AirPods that fit into your ear canal, rather than just sitting in the outside of your ear. That means that they can create a much better seal, resulting in better sound quality, and a better overall experience. But for all that to work properly you need to make sure … Read More

How to Pair AirPods Pro with iPhone or iPad

Nov 3, 2019 - Leave a Comment
AirPods Pro connection screen

Apple’s AirPods Pro are fantastic headphones, whether for listening to podcasts and audiobooks, making phone calls, and of course they offer a great way to listen to music when you don’t want to have to wear massive headphones. They’re also a wonderful way of making sure that the outside world doesn’t intrude on your listening … Read More

How to Use AirPods with Android

Apr 6, 2019 - 3 Comments
How to use AirPods with Android

If you have AirPods and an Android device, you might be interested in knowing that you can use AirPods with Android phones and tablets too. Connecting AirPods to an Android device is pretty straight forward (thought not as seamlessly simple as the iOS setup) and once the two are connected and paired you’ll be able … Read More

How to Check AirPods Battery Life from iPhone

Mar 23, 2019 - 3 Comments
AirPods battery

Wondering what the battery level of AirPods? There are a few easy ways to check the remaining battery life of AirPods, and we’ll show you a few ways for how to quickly determine how much battery life you have left on AirPods that are synced with an iOS device.

How to Use AirPods with a Mac

Mar 20, 2019 - 1 Comment
How to use AirPods with Mac

AirPods are the incredibly convenient wireless headphones available from Apple that setup easily with an iPhone or iPad, but many AirPods users will likely want to use their AirPods with a Mac too. Setting up AirPods to work with a Mac is usually very simple, made especially easy if the AirPods are already configured to … Read More

New AirPods with “Hey Siri” Capability Released

Mar 20, 2019 - 2 Comments
New AirPods with Hey Siri support

Apple has released an updated version of their AirPods wireless headphones today. The new AirPods include performance improvements for faster connect times and longer talk time. Additionally, the new AirPods support “Hey Siri” for hands-free voice initiated interaction with Siri.

How to Change AirPods Name from iPhone or iPad

Mar 14, 2019 - 4 Comments
How to change name of AirPods

Want to change the name of your AirPods? You can quickly change AirPods name from the Settings app of the synced iPhone or iPad.

How to Fix AirPods Disconnecting from iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch

Mar 10, 2019 - 26 Comments
How to Fix AirPods disconnecting from iPhone or iPad or Apple Watch

“Help, my AirPods are disconnecting randomly!” AirPods generally work great once they have been setup with an iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch, but rarely some AirPods users may experience frequent random disconnections. When this is occurring, the AirPods disconnect from the iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch, and sometimes get stuck disconnecting and reconnecting with frequency, … Read More

How to Reset AirPods

Mar 7, 2019 - 2 Comments
AirPods

Resetting AirPods returns AirPods to factory default settings, this procedure can be helpful for troubleshooting various problems with AirPods, but it can also be necessary if you plan on giving used AirPods to someone else, or even to sync and connect the AirPods to another compatible device. Essentially this will be resetting AirPods to factory … Read More

How to Setup AirPods with iPhone or iPad

Dec 26, 2017 - 6 Comments
How to setup AirPods

AirPods are the new wireless earphones from Apple, they allow for completely wireless listening to music, interacting with Siri, answering phone calls, and interacting with music or audio. AirPods are particularly popular with iPhone users, but they work with most other iOS devices and Macs as well. If you got a new pair of AirPods … Read More

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