On Sep 9, 2016, at 4:22 AM, Simon Fogarty <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I thought from the keynote yesterday that the w1 chip was the heart
of the airpods not that the phoes / devices neede the w1 chip to
connect to the pods,
Guess we findout when they are released in about 6 weeks.
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*Subject:*Re: AirPods hands-on: They stayed in my ears and sounded
awesome
All I know is what I read in the article.
Mary
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On Sep 8, 2016, at 3:45 PM, Scott Granados <[email protected]
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How will they work with out the W1 chip say in my iPad or Mac?
Do they also support bluetooth?
On Sep 8, 2016, at 1:30 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
*Here is some more on the air pods. They will work with your
Mac or your iPad or other iPhones that are logged in to the
same iCloud as your new iPhone AirPods hands-on: They stayed
in my ears and sounded awesome*
Macworld / Susie Ochs
I didn’t want to like theAirPods
<http://www.apple.com/airpods/>, I really didn’t. But in the
hands-on area after Apple’s iPhone 7 event on Wednesday, I
found myself dancing along in spite of myself—and the AirPods
stayed put, feeling surprisingly secure. With convenient
features on both the hardware and software sides, I have to
admit that Apple’s totally-wireless AirPods kind of rocked my
world.
When they’re in your ears, the AirPods kind of look like the
old wired EarPods that someone snipped the wires off of. The
earbud part fills your ear just as before, and a plastic stem
hangs down a bit below your earlobe. They’re the same general
shape as the EarPods and made from the same hard white plastic.
Now, that plastic has been a deal-breaker for me for years—I
hate how normal EarPods feel in my ears. They don’t seem like
they’re going to stay put, and they simply fall out if I move
my head too much. Even if they do stay in, after about a half
hour, my ears just start to ache, although I don’t experience
the same pain when using earbuds with silicone or foam tips.
Since the AirPods look so similar, I expected them to feel
the same too—and I’m surprised and happy to report that I was
dead wrong.
Not only did I dance, I headbanged. I shook my head side to
side, I tossed my hair, I jogged in place, and I looked silly
doing all of it. The AirPods stayed put, and they stayed
loud. The music (more Sia, naturally) sounded full and lush
and I couldn’t hear a single word anyone around me was
saying, as if I was completely sealed off in a bubble of rock
and roll. Pretty impressive.
For Apple devices only
The AirPods’ special features are pretty impressive too, even
though that specialness means they only work with Apple
devices. You don’t need a brand-new iPhone or Apple Watch to
use them, but they only support Apple devices running the
latest operating systems: iOS 10, macOS Sierra, and watchOS
3. The AirPods use Bluetooth, so you would think maybe
there’d be a way to pair them to an Android phone or an iOS 8
device since those have Bluetooth too, but there’s no button
on the AirPods to put them into pairing mode. We’ll test to
confirm when we get review units, but it seems like the
AirPods will only be “seen” by Apple devices.
<image001.jpg>Susie Ochs
When the AirPods are in your ears, your paired iPhone will
play to them automatically. See the little AirPods icon?
When you first flip open the glossy white carrying box—which
looks like the most high-tech pack of TicTacs ever—you’ll see
a screen on your nearby iPhone offering to pair. (That’s just
the first time; you won’t have to do this every time you want
to use the AirPods.) Once you’ve paired them to your iPhone,
you can also use them the Apple Watch that’s paired to your
iPhone, as well as with any iPad and Mac that’s signed in to
the same iCloud account. I didn’t get to test how seamless it
is to switch between devices, but the idea is, you can pause
music on your iPhone, start playing songs stored on your
Apple Watch, and the AirPods will just switch.
Each AirPod has infrared sensors, so they know when they’re
in your ears or not, and an accelerometer so you can
double-tap either AirPod to invoke Siri. They don’t have any
traditional buttons, unlike some Bluetooth headphones: No
on/off switch, no pairing button, no play/pause or
call-answering buttons, and no volume controls. Instead, you
can double-tap to get Siri—this pauses your music, but you
can at least say “turn up the volume” without fishing out
your iPhone to turn it up on that device. It’s a lot more
awkward than just having volume controls built in.
Removing one AirPod from your ear while music is playing will
automatically pause it, perfect for interacting with a
cashier, barista, or nosy passerby who has questions about
your AirPods. The auto-pausing effect is incredibly cool—I
wish all my headphones did this. Just don’t remove both
AirPods, or the audio playback will automatically switch back
to your iPhone’s speakers, leaving you scrambling to pause it.
Power to go
The charging case is pretty neat on its own, too. It’s got a
Lightning port in the back, and you can charge just the case
on its own or the AirPods inside the case. That’s right—while
the AirPods themselves get about 5 hours of playback per
charge, according to Apple, the case has a battery, so you
can top off on the go. The case has enough juice for about 24
hours of playback, Apple says, which means you could recharge
the AirPods nearly five times before you have to plug the
case into a power adapter or USB port to recharge. Apple says
that popping the AirPods into the charging case for 15
minutes will get you another 3 hours of music—a tiny green
LED inside the case lets you know the AirPods are charging.
Keeping wireless headphones charged can be a major pain
point—running out of battery mid-workout or mid-commute is
the/worst/, so this could be a good solution.
<image001.jpg>Susie Ochs
Even though they look like the old EarPods with the wires
removed, I found the AirPods much more comfortable.
The AirPods have a W1 chip inside to enable all this
intelligence, and Apple built the same chip into a new lineup
of Beats headphones too. The Beats Solo3 Wireless are
over-the-ear headphones that have a more complete set of
on-ear controls and 40 hours of battery life,available now
for $300
<http://aos.prf.hn/click/camref:1100laKZ/Pubref:MW/destination:http:/www.apple.com/shop/product/MNEN2LL/A/beats-solo3-wireless-on-ear-headphones-gloss-black>.
The fitness-focused Powerbeats3 ($200) and everyday BeatsX
($150) launch later this year.
As for the AirPods themselves, sadly, they won’t launch with
the iPhone 7. They’re due later in October, sold separately
for $159. That’s steep compared to other Apple-branded
earbuds—the company’s most high-end wired earbuds topped out
at $99—but much more reasonable compared to wireless Beats or
other high-end wireless models. iPhone 7 early adopters can
use any Bluetooth headphones, of course, and Apple is also
including two more solutions in the box: a wired pair of
EarPods that connect to the iPhone’s Lightning port, and a
Lightning-to–3.5mm adapter that lets you plug any standard
wired headphones into the Lightning port.
We’ll have a full review of AirPods as soon as we can, and
we’ll compare them to Beats and other wireless options in the
same price range. Until then, any questions we can answer?
Let us know in the comments.
Original
Article:http://www.macworld.com/article/3117706/headphones/airpods-hands-on-they-stayed-in-my-ears-and-sounded-awesome.html#tk.rss_all
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