Product Description: H1 headphone chip / Double-tap to play, skip forward, or answer a phone call / Works with Qi-certified chargers or the Lightning connector
Requires an iCloud account and macOS 10.14.4, iOS 12.2, or watchOS 5.2 or later.
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using preproduction AirPods (2nd generation) and AirPods units and software paired with iPhone Xs Max and iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (3rd generation) with prerelease software. Testing consisted of switching the audio source from iPad to iPhone. Performance depends on device settings, environment, and many other factors.
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using preproduction AirPods (2nd generation) and AirPods units and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and prerelease software. Testing consisted of transferring phone call audio from iPhone to AirPods. Performance depends on device settings, environment, and many factors.
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using preproduction AirPods (2nd generation) and AirPods units and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and prerelease software. Tested with Tomb of the Mask v1.6 and Doodle Jump v2.76.4. Testing consisted of measuring the time from iPhone screen tap to audio played in AirPods. Performance depends on device settings, environment, and many other factors.
Compared to completely wireless stereo headphones.
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using preproduction AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case, and Wireless Charging Case units and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and prerelease software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50%. 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 preproduction AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case, and Wireless Charging Case units and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and prerelease software. Volume was set to 50%. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge with a cellular 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 preproduction AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case, and Wireless Charging Case units and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and prerelease software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50%. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge while playing audio until the first AirPod stopped playback. The drained AirPods were charged to 100 percent, then audio playback was resumed until the first AirPod stopped playback. This cycle was repeated until both the AirPods and 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 preproduction AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case, and Wireless Charging Case units and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and prerelease software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50%. 15-Minute charge testing 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 preproduction AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case, and Wireless Charging Case units and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and prerelease software. Volume was set to 50%. 15-Minute charge testing conducted with drained AirPods that were charged for 15 minutes, then a cellular phone call was started until the first AirPod stopped playing call audio. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage, and many other factors.
Works with iPhone 8 or later and iPod touch (7th generation) with the latest version of iOS; and 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2nd generation or later), 11-inch iPad Pro, 10.5-inch iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation or later), iPad Air (3rd generation), and iPad mini (5th generation) with the latest version of iPadOS.
Features are subject to change. Some features may not be available in all regions or all languages.
