**Mastering Your AirPods: A Comprehensive Guide**

If you find this a little bit finicky for your liking, you can simply toggle it off and you can do so manually. This is a great way to customize your experience with your AirPods. Lastly, the microphone will automatically switch between each AirPod, whichever the iPhone or AirPods thinks is best to pick up your voice. However, if you find that it's not always right, you can manually configure this to the left or the right AirPod.

One of the most convenient features of AirPods is their ability to work with all Apple devices, including Mac, iPad, and even Apple Watch and Apple TV. On your Apple Watch, simply open up Control Center from the bottom and tap on the airplane menu, then tap on "AirPods" to connect them. You can also listen to music without your iPhone by going up to the volume menu in the top and opening up the AirPods app. This will allow you to see the battery for the case as well as the individual AirPods.

On your Mac, simply go up to the volume menu in the top and open up the AirPods app. You may not see your AirPods right away, but opening the AirPods app should give you the battery information for both the case and the individual AirPods. On Apple TV, hold down the play/pause button to access the audio menu and select "AirPods" to connect them.

In addition to these basic features, AirPods also offer a few more advanced options. For example, when connected to your Apple Watch, you can tap on the battery icon in Control Center to see the battery percentage for both the case and individual AirPods. This is especially useful if you're having trouble finding one of your AirPods.

If you've lost your AirPods, don't worry - they're easy to find using the Find My iPhone app or other location-tracking services. When you've located them, AirPods will play a loud noise to help guide you back to them. This feature is definitely not meant to be too startling, but it's designed to make finding your AirPods as easy as possible.

One of the most unique features of AirPods is their ability to work with any device that supports Bluetooth headphones. Simply hold the button on the back of your AirPods for a few seconds and they'll go into pairing mode. Then, jump into the Bluetooth settings on your Samsung device, Windows PC, or PlayStation, and you can use your AirPods as any standard Bluetooth headphones.

In recent updates to iOS, Apple has also added a new accessibility feature to AirPods called "Live Listen." This feature allows you to turn one of your AirPods into a listening device by tapping on it with the other AirPod in your ear. While this is primarily designed for accessibility purposes, it's also a fun feature to try out - just be aware that it's not intended for eavesdropping!

If you don't have an Apple Watch or are not wearing one, you may want to enable notifications through your headphones instead. To do this, go to Settings and then Phone, and toggle on the "Announce Calls" option. This will ensure that you receive notifications from incoming calls, even if you're not wearing your AirWatch.

Finally, for those with newer versions of AirPods (such as the wireless charging case or second-generation model), these also support wireless charging. This is a great way to charge up your headphones while always being prepared.

**Conclusion**

That's it - this article should have covered all the tips, tricks, and customization options available for AirPods. Whether you're new to using AirPods or just looking to get more out of them, we hope this comprehensive guide has been helpful. Don't forget to like this video if you found it informative, and follow Apple Insider on social media channels for the best prices on any Apple gear.

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hearing option it essentially turns one of your ear pods into a listening device it's obviously meant for accessibility reasons but you can really use it for eavesdropping as well go into control center tap on that with one air pod in your ear and one air pond somewhere else tap that to turn it on and now anything that is picked up on the mic on the other air pod will be channeled right into your ear it's kind of a really fun feature and kind of cool to try out but it is an accessibility feature but anyone can kind of use it whenever you have a phone call coming in your Apple watch is extremely handy to let you know but if you don't have an Apple watch or you're not wearing it you may want to be notified through your headphones that a call is coming in go to settings and go to phone and then go to announce calls you can turn this on to headphones only so whenever you have your ear pods in your ears and you don't have your watch or anything around you it'll automatically let you know 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are all the tips tricks and customizations you need to know for your shiny new air pods welcome everyone it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and whether you have the original or the second-generation there are a ton of tips tricks and customizations you should know starting off with some easy ones such as when you open the air pods case and hold it near your iPhone it'll automatically pop up with a handy card that gives you the battery life if you remove one or both of the air pods you'll notice now it tells you each individual air pod battery percentage and which one of the air pods are charging this is a good way to know if they're getting power while in the case to get to a lot of the air pond settings we'll have to go through the bluetooth menu when we open the bluetooth you will find your ear pods somewhere on this list but in most cases they're gonna say not connected that's because you have to open the case or have them in your ears before they will actually connect to your iPhone now that we have the case open you can see it has updated to say connected and when I tap on the little eye next to it I have a new menu full of different customizations that you can do I can disconnect or forget this device out of the gate or maybe you upgrade it to the second generation air pods and you want to update the name to just Andrews air pods or you have a second pair in their pods - or whatever you want to name them you can customize that name right there you can also control what happens when you tap on each individual air pod you can control Siri change tracks play or pause or turn this off completely for most users we recommend using previous track on the left ear and next track on the right ear you can use Siri with the new Siri functionality of the second generation version so that's not as useful you can also pause them automatically by taking them out of your ear so you find the previous and next track options to be the best in most situations automatic ear detection is what automatically route audio to the air pods when you place them in your ear and automatically pauses it when you remove that if you find this a little bit finicky for your liking you can simply toggle it off and you can do so manual lastly the microphone it'll automatically switch between each air pod whichever the iPhone or air Potts thinks is best to pick up your voice but if you find that it's not always right you can manually configure this to the left or the right air pod thanks to iCloud air pods will work on all your Apple devices your Mac your iPad even your Apple watch and Apple TV we'll go through each and individually so you can see how to connect them on your Apple watch you simply open up control center from the bottom tap on that airplane menu and tap on air pods now you're connected you can listen to music without your iphone over on your Mac simply go up to that volume menu in the top and you may not see your air pod is there right away simply open the air pods up and you should see in this case Andrews air pods up here and it gives you the battery for the case as well as the individual air pods on your Apple TV from the main menu I held down that play pause button and you can see the air pods showed up in my audio menu you can also access while you're playing back content as well back on the Apple watch there's a couple more things we can do when connected tap on that battery icon in control center now you'll have your ear pods case and the individual ear pods battery percentage is displayed so you can always check your battery's rate from your Apple watch you give your lose your air pods you can easily find them using the Find My iPhone app or Syria it'll make sure that these art in anyone's ears and then it'll play a loud noise now a loud noise is definitely going to be relative because really it's not super loud the last-known location will be displayed on the map you can mute either earbud because this works in or out of the case and of course you can pause the sound once you found them on the front or inside of your ear pods case you'll see a small light it's really handy to know what that light stands for for example when you remove the air pilots from your case and the light goes amber that means there is less than one full charge remaining in the case when you remove the air pods and light is green means there is at least one full charge left in the tank air pods are an Apple exclusive device they can actually work with really any device that supports bluetooth headphones simply hold that button on the back for a few seconds and these will go into pairing mode jump into the Bluetooth settings on your Samsung device your Windows PC your PlayStation whatever it may be and you can use these as any standard bluetooth headphones fairly recently Apple added a neat accessibility feature to air pods it's called live lessons from your settings go to control center and add the hearing option it essentially turns one of your ear pods into a listening device it's obviously meant for accessibility reasons but you can really use it for eavesdropping as well go into control center tap on that with one air pod in your ear and one air pond somewhere else tap that to turn it on and now anything that is picked up on the mic on the other air pod will be channeled right into your ear it's kind of a really fun feature and kind of cool to try out but it is an accessibility feature but anyone can kind of use it whenever you have a phone call coming in your Apple watch is extremely handy to let you know but if you don't have an Apple watch or you're not wearing it you may want to be notified through your headphones that a call is coming in go to settings and go to phone and then go to announce calls you can turn this on to headphones only so whenever you have your ear pods in your ears and you don't have your watch or anything around you it'll automatically let you know that a call is coming in and who it's coming from if you have one of the newer versions of ear pods with you the wireless charging case or the second-generation version these support wireless charging it's a great way to charge up your headphones and always be prepared they also include Siri functionality you can trigger with just your voice so that covers it that is pretty much every tip trick and customization there possibly is for air pods let us know down below in the comments which of these you didn't already know and if you want to pick up a pair of ear pods for yourself you can find a link with the best prices down in the description hey everyone did you guys like that video be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see and follow Apple insider in all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple Insider price guide that is updated daily and until next time we'll see you later\n"