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MjWoNeR

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Feb 16, 2010
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AirPods double tap to play/pause does not work on iOS11. I have tested with a few apps and it seems to happen only with video apps. Play/Pause works fine with YouTube on safari.

I got my AirPods only yesterday but I have reason to believe that AirPods worked fine with iOS10 because the same bug appeared with my Bose Soundlink II Mini speaker where the Play/Pause button stopped working after iOS11. It might mean this happens with all Bluetooth devices with a Play/Pause in one button. On Friday I’ll get hold of an iPhone 5S with iOS 10 to test.

Anyone else experiencing this? Can someone confirm?


YouTube will pause with a double tap but will then not play with a double tap. While other apps like AirVideoHD will not pause with a double tap, but will play with a double tap. This happens in all my iOS11 devices. No problem with the iMac on High Sierra.
 
Fast forward to today, it turns out it’s an app issue. Apple changed something in iOS11 that changed how it works and apps need to be updated to fix this.
 
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