Description
Wireless. Effortless. Magical. Where the magic begins.
AirPods combine an iconic design and high-quality sound. Providing a magical wireless experience, hands-free “Hey Siri,”1 and a fit that’s comfortable all day. Put them in your ears and they connect immediately. Key features
- Quick access to Siri by saying “Hey Siri”1
- More than 24 hours total listening time with the Charging Case2
- Effortless setup, in-ear detection, and automatic switching for a magical experience3
- Easily share audio between two sets of AirPods on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple TV
1 Siri may not be available in all languages or in all areas, and features may vary by area.
2 Battery life varies by use and configuration. See
apple.com/batteries for details.
3 Requires an iCloud account and macOS 11.1, iOS 14.3, iPadOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2, or tvOS 14.3 or later.
AirPods Sensors (each)
- Dual beamforming microphones
- Dual optical sensors
- Motion-detecting accelerometer
- Speech-detecting accelerometer
Sensors
- Dual beamforming microphones
- Inward-facing microphone
- Skin-detect sensor
- Motion-detecting accelerometer
- Speech-detecting accelerometer
- Force sensor
Chip
Controls
- Double-tap to play, skip forwards or answer a phone call
- Say “Hey Siri” to do things like play a song, make a call or get directions
Sweat and Water Resistant2
- Sweat and water resistant (IPX4)
Size and Weight (each)3
- AirPods (each): 16.5 x 18.0 x 40.5 mm (0.65 x 0.71 x 1.59 inches)⁷
- Charging Case: 44.3 x 21.3 x 53.5 mm (1.74 x 0.84 x 2.11 inches)⁷
- AirPods (each): 4 grams (0.14 ounces)⁷
- Charging Case: 38.2 grams (1.35 ounces)⁷
Charging Case
- Works with the Lightning connector
Power
- AirPods with Charging Case: more than 24 hours of listening time,³ up to 18 hours of talk time⁸
- AirPods (single charge): up to 5 hours of listening time,¹ up to 3 hours of talk time²
- 15 minutes in the case equals up to 3 hours of listening time⁴ or up to 2 hours of talk time⁵
Connectivity
Accessibility
Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new AirPods.
Features include:
- Live Listen audio⁹
- Headphone levels
- Headphone Accommodations
System Requirements11
- iPhone and iPod touch models with the latest version of iOS¹⁰
- iPad models with the latest version of iPadOS¹⁰
- Apple Watch models with the latest version of watchOS¹⁰
- Mac models with the latest version of macOS¹⁰
- Apple TV models with the latest version of tvOS¹⁰
- Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50 per cent. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge while playing audio until the first AirPod stopped playback. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
- Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. Volume was set to 50 per cent. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge with a mobile phone call until the first AirPod stopped playing call audio. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
- Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50 per cent. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge while playing audio until the first AirPod stopped playback. The drained AirPods were charged to 100 per cent, then audio playback was resumed until the first AirPod stopped playback. This cycle was repeated until both AirPods and the charging case were fully discharged. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
- Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50 per cent. 15-minute charge testing was conducted with drained AirPods that were charged for 15 minutes, then audio playback was started until the first AirPod stopped playback. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
- Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. Volume was set to 50 per cent. 15-minute charge testing was conducted with drained AirPods that were charged for 15 minutes, then a mobile phone call was started until the first AirPod stopped playing call audio. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
- Requires an iCloud account, and macOS 10.14.4, iOS 12.2 or watchOS 5.2.
- Size and weight vary by configuration and manufacturing process.
- Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. Volume was set to 50 per cent. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge with a mobile phone call until the first AirPod stopped playing call audio. The drained AirPods were charged to 100 per cent, then the mobile phone call was restarted until the first AirPod stopped playing call audio. This cycle was repeated until both AirPods and the charging case were fully discharged. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
- Requires the latest version of iOS.
- AirPods can be used as Bluetooth headphones with Apple devices using earlier software and with non-Apple devices, but functionality is limited.
Some features require iOS 13 or iPadOS, which are not compatible with iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPod touch (6th generation), iPad Air (1st generation), iPad mini 3 and iPad mini 2.
Audio Sharing is not supported for iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE (1st generation), 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1st generation), 9.7-inch iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4, Apple Watch, Mac and Apple TV.
