Top 8 AirPods Tips to Master Your AirPods

AirPods is becoming Apple’s most popular accessory. Not only does it have a unique shape, but the user experience is also unexpectedly good. Even analysts have stated that the shipments of this series of products will double next year. Unlike other Bluetooth headsets, AirPods can achieve deeper functions with devices equipped with iOS, macOS, and WatchOS. If you have problems related to this device, you might as well take a look at this simple AirPods tips and related tutorial.

Tip 1: How to Connect AirPods?

1. How to Connect AirPods to iDevice?

Pairing process with iDevice only takes seconds to finish. AirPods can be easily connected to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and so on. The fastest way is to make full use of Control Center on the device. Here are the detailed steps.

Step 1. On your iDevice, you can swipe up from the bottom of the display to bring up Control Center.

Step 2. Press the Now Playing widget and then tap on the AirPlay button in the top-right.

Step 3. Make sure your AirPods is beside your iDevice and you can find the AirPods from the list. Choose your AirPods, and you can listen to your iDevice via AirPods.

2. How to Connect AirPods to Mac?

Step 1. Prepare your AirPods and Mac and make sure they are all ready.

Step 2. Flick open the AirPods case and place it near your Mac.

Step 3. Go to the Bluetooth section on your Mac via the setting panel. Usually you can find the AirPods information on the Mac display once you have opened the AirPods near the Mac.

Step 4. Then you can see your AirPods on the list, click on Connect option. Finally, the AirPods would be connected to your Mac. 

3. How to Connect AirPods to Apple Watch?

Connecting AirPods to Apple Watch would be the same as the other iDevices. There are no special tricks or tips to use AirPods on an Apple Watch. Here are the steps for you.

Step 1. Open Bluetooth on your Apple Watch.

Step 2. Prepare your AirPods and place the AirPods case near your Apple Watch. Then the AirPods would show in the Bluetooth list.

Step 3. Select your AirPods in the list and it would be connected to your Apple Watch immediately. Then, you can listen to the music or audio tracks on your Apple Watch with AirPods. 

4. How to Connect AirPods to Non-Apple Device?

Not only be used to pair with Apple devices, AirPods, to put it in a simple way, but also a professional smart headsets for other phones and devices. In order to connect AirPods to non-Apple devices, the pairing process would be as well easy to complete. For the details, please refer to the following steps.

Step 1. Put your AirPods in the case and open up the lid.

Step 2. Press and hold the small button on the rear of the charging case until a white light flashes.

Step 3. Go to your non-Apple devices and locate the Bluetooth settings on the device. Then, your AirPods would show up in your device’s Bluetooth-pairing settings.

Step 4. Choose AirPods in the Bluetooth list and then start connecting AirPods to your non-Apple device.

Tip 2: How to Reset AirPods?

Although you do not need to reset the pairing of your iPhone or iPad with AirPods to reset the AirPods, it is still recommended that you delete them from your account and then reset AirPods again. These instructions are mainly for iPhone and iPad users, but these steps can be similarly copied to any hardware you own.

Step 1. First enter the Bluetooth settings of the mobile phone or iPad. Access this menu by opening the Settings application and then selecting Bluetooth.

Step 2. Find your AirPods from the list of paired devices. Click the "i" information icon next to the headset name.

Step 3. Next, select Forget this device to unpair the AirPods.

Step 4. Reset your AirPods. Now it's time to wipe the Apple AirPods. Before you start, put both earplugs in the charging case and close the lid for at least 30 seconds.

Step 5. Next, open the lid of the AirPods case. Turn the case over and find the settings button on the back of the device. Press and hold the button until the status indicator of the chassis flashes amber and then flashes white continuously. This process may take up to 20 seconds.

Tip 3: How to Rename Your AirPods?

By default, the name of AirPods is named after your Apple ID name. If you want to give other names to your AirPods, you can do like this.

Step 1. Go to Settings on your iPhone.

Step 2. Locate Bluetooth under the Settings panel and beside it you can find the info icon, enter it and you can find Name option.

Step 3. Tap on the Name option and type your preferred new name. Tap Done and the new name has been added to your AirPods.

Tip 4: How to Check AirPods Battery Life?

In order to check AirPods battery life, you can simply check it on the Control Center on your iPhone or other devices. You can check AirPods battery life while using it.

Step 1. Swipe on the right of your iPhone to bring up your music widgets.

Step 2. Check the battery life on the screen. If your AirPods has been connected to your iPhone, you can find the Battery widget which shows the batter life in details.

Or you can simply open up AirPods case and puts it near to your iPhone, then you can find a popup shows the battery life on your iPhone’s display. Alternatively, you can call up Siri to tell you the AirPods battery life instantly.

Tip 5: How to Customize Tap Functionality?

If you want to have the customized tap functionality of AirPods, you can do it via the steps below. Usually your AirPods are equipped with accelerometers so that AirPods can respond to your tap. In order to control AirPods effectively, you can set your own preferences on the tap functionality.

Step 1. Connect your AirPods with your iPhone by following the above steps. You can put on AirPods or with the AirPods open and locate it near your iPhone.

Step 2. Go to Settings on your iPhone and choose Bluetooth.

Step 3. Besides AirPods in the Bluetooth menu, click the i Button and then you can set the tap functionality based on your own needs and habits. 

Tip 6: How to Find AirPods?

If you forget where you left your AirPods, or your AirPods is lost, then take it easy and don’t worry. You can track your AirPods via your iPhone. Here are the instructions.

Step 1. Open the Find My app on your iPhone. Sign in with your current Apple ID and password.

Step 2. Tap the entry for your AirPods and then the map would show up your AirPods’ location.

Step 3. Find the earbuds. If the earbuds have not been put back to your case, you can also find them with a sound. Tap the Actions link and then tap Play Sound. Then your AirPods would emit a beeping noise. But remember all of these instructions could be followed only if your AirPods have been paired with your Apple device.

Tip 7: How to Use Siri on AirPods?

Once you have connected AirPods with your iPhone, besides enabling the tap functionality, you can also make full use of Siri. It is quite easy to activate Siri via AirPods. You can set a tap gesture for calling up Siri with the above mentioned steps. Then tap on your AirPods to activate Siri. Siri is capable of playing songs and albums from your Apple Music Library. If you have subscribed to Apple Music, Siri can also play different music in various genres, playlists and radio stations. By the way, if you want to take up or down volume while listening to music on your device, Siri would be the only method to achieve the goal. You can practice this function on AirPods from now and then.

Tip 8: How to Download Free Music to AirPods?

Just mentioned above, AirPods can play the music and audio files in the Apple Music Library. It would be quite limited if you have not subscribed to Apple Music. In order to obtain more music for free, you can download more music tracks via different methods. Among various solutions to download audio from website and some professional music apps, Leawo Music Recorder can be adopted to capture music files from different music apps or websites, like downloading music from YouTube, Spotify and other music streaming websites. Its built-in microphone is free from the noise outside, thus improving the quality of the recordings. What's more, professional online audio recorder can also edit music tags like artist, album, album artwork, song name, and son on to recordings. Just launch the software and click the "Record" button before playing audio, and it will automatically record the audio you are playing. Users can pause or resume capturing process anytime.

Once the targeted music files have been captured with Leawo Music Recorder, now you can transfer the music tracks from computer to your iPhone with Leawo iTransfer. 

Step 1. Download and install Leawo iTransfer on your computer.

Step 2. Run Leawo iTransfer and connect iPhone to computer with USB cable. The software will recognize your iPhone.

Step 3. Click Music in the left sidebar, and the contents will be shown in the right part of the window. Or, you can click "File > Add > Add File/Add Folder" at the upper right corner of the window to add music files from your computer to your iPhone. 

Step 4. After choosing files, the software will start transferring music from PC to iPhone. The progress bar in the dialog will show you the percentage of the transfer process, and when the transfer is done, you will get the music tracks in the target folder and you can listen to the music via AirPods.