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Airpods - new owners views, problems and questions
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See if this support document has anything helpful for your case (pun intended): https://support.apple.com/HT204095
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The "double tap" for Siri is _accelerometer_ based... not touch!
These not only work great with gloves... they actually work with a wool cap on! (Been out walking around NYC today with gloves and a cap on all day). Just double tap the outside of my cap (through my gloves and cap)... and Siri comes right up!
I actually expect them to work even with my ski helmet on! Just double tap my _helmet_ (which is up against my ears) and it should be enough to trigger them.
My favorite feature so far is the ability to use them one at a time. Let's me keep some music on even when I need to hear what's going on around me... AND I can just pop in the other one and it will immediately use both. Really cool!
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Weird... works every time for me. Just be aware that it's not "touch" based... its _accelerometer_ based. Don't double-"touch" them lightly... just slap your ear twice... it's the _movement_ that triggers them.
See my post above about how this is cool because it works with gloves/hats/helmets...
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There is no "single-tap" gesture as far as I know. Just double-tap for Siri.
Just An update the issue was to do with my drivers on my PC and not the AirPods. So if anyone is having issues with
Just An update the issue was to do with my drivers on my PC and not the AirPods. So if anyone is having issues with the case not charging restart your PC and update the drivers.
Just An update the issue was to do with my drivers on my PC and not the AirPods. So if anyone is having issues with the case not charging restart your PC and update the drivers.
They don't block out much noise at all. Definitely do not buy these if you require noise isolation to block out noise, I'd wait for the Beats X if you can as they are going to be much better at that due to the silicone sealing ear buds.
It is not a requirement but a nice to have though I know from experience with the EarPods which don't either, not that they should since it is open air design and not closed. I would not have purchased them if that was a requirement.
Thanks for the feedback. Mine arrive Wednesday.
I quite like them, one of my favourite features:
By selecting the Airpods from here it pipes only iTunes through to them and not any other sounds from the computer. Genius!
By selecting the Airpods from here it pipes only iTunes through to them and not any other sounds from the computer. Genius!
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Good to know it works with gloves! I was worried about summoning Siri with winter gloves on.
asking siri to raise the volume by a certain % is good. so you don't need to just say increase volume. so if you want 80% volume siri does it.
My verdict after using it a few hours:
a) The original ear pods never played nice with my ears and neither do these sadly. Definitely falls off now and then and can't use for running personally
b) Sound clarity and loudness impressed me
c) Double tap quite buggy at the moment, sometimes it just won't work no matter how many times you tap it until you start a song or something
d) Paring is easy and simple. Like how battery life is easily accessible
e) Charging case is so cool
If the fit was secure, these would be almost perfect.
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Yes, that is definitely cool. There are some things you can do with the Siri which you wouldn't be able to with the inline remote - like initiate a shuffle of the playlist, or change the play list altogether. Or even stuff not related to music like what's the weather likely to be today/tomorrow.
I can go from listening to my playlist to asking it to play "beats one radio" and it just seamlessly switches to it. Like a song? Add it to playlist/library via Siri
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a) The original ear pods never played nice with my ears and neither do these sadly. Definitely falls off now and then and can't use for running personally
b) Sound clarity and loudness impressed me
c) Double tap quite buggy at the moment, sometimes it just won't work no matter how many times you tap it until you start a song or something
d) Paring is easy and simple. Like how battery life is easily accessible
e) Charging case is so cool
If the fit was secure, these would be almost perfect.
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Yes, that is definitely cool. There are some things you can do with the Siri which you wouldn't be able to with the inline remote - like initiate a shuffle of the playlist, or change the play list altogether. Or even stuff not related to music like what's the weather likely to be today/tomorrow.
I can go from listening to my playlist to asking it to play "beats one radio" and it just seamlessly switches to it. Like a song? Add it to playlist/library via Siri
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This is in fact an option FYI.
Use the phone
When a call comes in, Siri can announce it. Double-tap to answer. Later, you can double-tap to hang up or switch to another call.
*If you prefer, you can change your settings so that a double tap plays or pauses music instead.
Yes double tap is an option - a reviewer mistakenly said they were able to assign single taps to these functionality.
They are good, but if they could have just added some kind of gesture support for volume and skip they would have been excellent.
Biggest complaint is that the switching between devices isn't as seamless as advertised. Going from iPhone 7 to rMBP take at least 20 seconds. Still better than re-pairing everytime though.
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No one tap options. By default double tap is for Siri but you can also make it play pause. Alternatively, just take one out of your ear and music will pause. Place it back in ear: music starts up again
Has anyone tried using just one? I am deaf in one ear so I would only be using one.
Tap to pause (obviously no one sane would leave Siri set) doesn't work reliably, audio quality is mediocre (same as Earpods), I get occasional wireless interference (cut outs) when using them.
Humorously, Apple doesn't include a USB-C lightning cable. Why can't Apple get on board with their own decisions? If the future is USB-C, ship USB-C. No charging brick is included either, which hurts.
Apple wants to sell me wireless earbuds, but what I want is another lightning port on the phone. Or, better yet, a non-proprietary audio port.
I like the way the case feels, it's probably the best thing about the EarPods. Very satisfying opening/closing experience.
Humorously, Apple doesn't include a USB-C lightning cable. Why can't Apple get on board with their own decisions? If the future is USB-C, ship USB-C. No charging brick is included either, which hurts.
Apple wants to sell me wireless earbuds, but what I want is another lightning port on the phone. Or, better yet, a non-proprietary audio port.
I like the way the case feels, it's probably the best thing about the EarPods. Very satisfying opening/closing experience.
There is problems with using just one. For example I kept the right AirPod in the case and only used the left one. The problem is one of the features of AirPods is that if you take one out of your ear, the music will pause. Instead when using only one, if you take it out of your ear the music will pause, but when putting it back in the music does not start up again.
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Exactly, using just one is fine but the auto pausing and playing does not work correctly.