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After you've paired your AirPods with an iPhone or iPad, you can change the gesture commands. This How.com.vn will teach you how to customize your AirPods using an iPhone or iPad.
Steps
Changing the Press-and-Hold Action
Open your AirPods case. You'll want them to be on and connected to your iPhone or iPad so you can change the settings.- AirPods Pro have three noise control modes: Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency mode, and Off. When you press and hold the force sensor located on the stem of the left or right AirPod, you, by default, can cycle through these settings. This method will show you how to change the default action of these buttons.
Open Settingson your iPhone or iPad. You'll find this grey gear app icon on one of your Home screens or in the Dock.
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Tap Bluetooth. This is usually located in the first grouping under your name next to a Bluetooth icon.
Tap the information iconnext to your AirPods. You should get a new detail page about your AirPods.
Tap Left or Right under "Press and Hold AirPods." You'll then see a drop-down menu of all your options you can use for that AirPod's button.- You can select to activate Siri on one ear while the other AirPod cycles through noise control modes.[1]
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Changing the Double-Tap Action
Open your AirPods case. You'll want them to be on and connected to your iPhone or iPad so you can change the settings.- AirPods Pro have three noise control modes: Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency mode, and Off. When you press and hold the force sensor located on the stem of the left or right AirPod, you, by default, can cycle through these settings. This method will show you how to change the default action of these buttons.
Open Settingson your iPhone or iPad. You'll find this grey gear app icon on one of your Home screens or in the Dock.
Tap Bluetooth. This is usually located in the first grouping under your name next to a Bluetooth icon.
Tap the information iconnext to your AirPods. You should get a new detail page about your AirPods.
Tap Left or Right under "Double-Tap On AirPod." You'll then see a drop-down menu of all your options you can use for that AirPod.- You can opt to activate Siri, play/pause the audio, skip to the next track, replay the previous track, or turn the AirPod off.
- The ability to double-tap an AirPod to skip to the next track or replay the previous track were introduced in iOS 11, so you need iOS 11 to use those features.[2]
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Expert Q&A
Tips
- You can also change the name of your AirPods from the information screen by tapping in the name field.Thanks
- You can toggle Automatic Ear Detection from the information screen by tapping the switch on and off.Thanks
- By default, both AirPods are enabled to act as a microphone, but if you only want one AirPod active, you can change that in the information screen.Thanks
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1. Open your AirPods case.
2. Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
3. Tap Bluetooth.
4. Tap the information icon next to your AirPods.
5. Tap Left or Right under "Press-And-Hold on AirPods or Double-Tap on AirPod.
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