Audio Technology

• Custom high-excursion Apple driver
• Custom high dynamic range amplifier
• Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking
• Adaptive EQ

Sensors

• Dual beamforming microphones
• Inward-facing microphone
• Skin-detect sensor
• Motion-detecting accelerometer
• Speech-detecting accelerometer
• Force sensor

Chip

H1 headphone chip

Controls

• Press once to play or pause media
• Press once to answer a call or mute or unmute
• Press twice to end a call
• Press twice to skip forward
• Press three times to skip back
• Press and hold for Siri

• Say “Hey Siri” to do things like play a song, make a call, or get directions

Sweat and Water Resistant

• Sweat and water resistant (IPX4): AirPods and charging case

Charging Case

• The Lightning Charging Case works with the Lightning connector. The MagSafe Charging Case works wirelessly with MagSafe charger and Qi-certified chargers or with the Lightning connector.

Battery

AirPods

• Up to 6 hours of listening time with a single charge (up to 5 hours with Personalized Spatial Audio enabled)
• Up to 4 hours of talk time with a single charge

AirPods with Lightning Charging Case or MagSafe Charging Case

• Up to 30 hours of listening time
• Up to 20 hours of talk time

5 minutes in the case provides around 1 hour of listening time or around 1 hour of talk time

Connectivity

• Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology

In the Box

• AirPods
• Lightning Charging Case or MagSafe Charging Case
• Lightning to USB-C Cable
• Documentation

Accessibility

Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new AirPods.

Features include:

• Live Listen audio
• Headphone levels
• Headphone Accommodations

System Requirements

• iPhone and iPod touch models with the latest version of iOS
• iPad models with the latest version of iPadOS
• Apple Watch models with the latest version of watchOS
• Mac models with the latest version of macOS
• Apple TV models with the latest version of tvOS