Apple Help reveals 5 issues that you simply in all probability did not know your AirPods can do

Apple Help just lately added a video to its YouTube channel that features 5 useful AirPods ideas. The primary one explains that should you’re carrying your AirPods, you possibly can share the audio you are listening to with one other AirPods person. In Management Heart, faucet the button to your AirPods. Then faucet on share audio. If the individual you need to share audio with is already carrying his AirPods, when he brings his iPhone close to yours, faucet the “be a part of” button.

In case your pal’s AirPods are nonetheless within the case, have him carry the case close to your iPhone. When a picture of his AirPods seems in your iPhone display, have him raise the lid of the carrying case and press the button in your iPhone display that claims “Share Audio.” Press and maintain the setup button on the again of his carrying case for just a few seconds. This can briefly join his AirPods along with your telephone so the audio might be shared.

Subsequent, you possibly can rename your AirPods. Whereas carrying them, in Settings faucet in your AirPods and faucet on the present title. Sort within the new title that you simply need to name them, faucet the “Carried out” key on the digital keyboard, and that’s it.

Reside Hear is a characteristic that permits what your iPhone’s microphone is selecting as much as be heard over your AirPods utilizing them nearly like a listening to help. From Settings, faucet on Management Heart. Scroll down and faucet the “add (or plus) button” subsequent to Listening to. Open Management Heart and faucet the listening to icon which appears like an ear. With the AirPods linked, faucet on Reside Take heed to activate the characteristic. 

If you need to flip this off, faucet on Reside Hear once more. For these laborious of listening to, utilizing AirPods as a listening to help would possibly take away a few of the embarrassment that a few of these laborious of listening to really feel after they don a listening to help.

With Listening to Controls added to Management Heart, you possibly can play background sounds in your AirPods to attenuate distractions when utilizing your iPhone. From the Listening to Controls faucet on Background Sounds. Faucet the Background Sounds icon to show the characteristic on (faucet it once more to show it off). Faucet one of many sounds and use the quantity slider to regulate how loud the background sound is. Choices embody rain, ocean, darkish noise, vibrant noise, and balanced noise.

Lastly, you possibly can have Siri announce notifications by means of your AirPods when you’re carrying them. Go to Settings > Notifications. Faucet on Announce Notifications and on the subsequent web page, toggle Announce Notifications on. When your iPhone display is locked and darkish, Siri will announce notifications from supported apps together with messages and reminders.

Now you will have 5 helpful and useful ideas to your AirPods that come straight from Apple Help.