Hi Folks, At long last my AirPods were delivered yesterday for my iPhone 7 Plus - and YES they were well worth the wait! The AirPods look exactly like EarPods - except they’re cordless - YAY (I hate cables)...
The AirPods feel very comfortable in my ears, and stay in place. More comfortable than the EarPods and they don’t fall out like the older ones (from the weight of the cables). The Charging Case is really neat - drop the AirPods into the charging case when not using them. The lid of the case snaps shut magnetically and the AirPods snap into the holes in the case magnetically. A Lightning cable plugs into the bottom of the case for charging the AirPods as well as a battery in the case. The case provides extended battery life if you are on the move; drop the AirPods in to recharge whenever necessary and you get more than 24 hours of listening time, or up to 11 hours of talk time. If you charge your AirPods for 15 minutes, you get up to 3 hours of listening time or over 1 hour of talk time. I haven’t tested thoroughly as yet to how accurate these times are. Bluetooth - The AirPods rely on Bluetooth, as numerous other audio accessories do, but Apple has refined the standard Bluetooth experience with the addition of the company’s new W1 chip. It’s designed to optimize wireless connectivity, audio quality, and battery life. Pairing was extremely painless. As soon as I opened the charging case, the AirPods and my iPhone could instantly see each other. A set-up process ensued via an attractive animation; I tapped Connect and then Done. That’s it. Pairing other Bluetooth accessories is rarely so simple. AirPods in Use - The AirPods lack a power button but switch on automatically when you remove them from their case. Put them in your ears, and you’ll hear a tone to indicate they are ready. Choose the AirPods as an audio output on your device, press play in an audio app, and audio starts to play. When you take one of the pods out of your ear, audio pauses, and it resumes if/when you put it back in — handy when someone needs your attention. Double-tapping one of the AirPods can make different things happen. The default setting activates Siri or answers an incoming phone call. You can change the behavior in Settings > Bluetooth to use double taps for pausing and playing. Tap the i icon next to your AirPods to see these settings. Multi-device Support - It’s easy to use AirPods with multiple Apple devices, assuming they are all logged in to the same iCloud account. Set up the AirPods with one iPhone, iPad, or Mac, and they’ll be ready to go on all your iOS devices and Macs. Also on Apple TV as well (I haven’t tried this as yet, but I’m sure it will work as easily & efficiently as with above devices) Non-Apple Devices - The good news is that AirPods do work with non-Apple gear — they are Bluetooth accessories, after all — but using them is more of a hassle. For starters, the setup drill is different. There’s a tiny button on the back of the AirPods’ charging case. With the AirPods in the case, press the button until the little light between the pods begins to blink white. That’s your cue to look in Bluetooth settings on your Android handset or Windows PC for the AirPods to appear in the device list. To read more of this TidBits report - <http://tidbits.com/article/16963 <http://tidbits.com/article/16963>> Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage macOS Sierra 10.12.2
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