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With AirPods now arriving in the hands of — a few lucky — customers, AppleInsider takes you through the initial pairing process, demonstrating the ease at which Apple's W1 chip facilitates connections with both iOS and Mac devices.
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Generally I appreciate these video tutorials, but in this case you can answer in 3 words:
> "Lift the lid."
Just don't try to pair them with a modern 2016 Samsung TV. Bose and others work fine. W1 chip based devices do not work at all. Conspiracy?
I'm really pleased with the performance of mine. They work better than I thought they possibly could. The sound quality is excellent, the range spectacular and the battery life matches or bests Apple's 5 hour claims. I also love that you can use them as a mono earpiece or as stereo headphones. The synchronization problems that everybody was freaking out about are a complete non-issue. Pairing to a non-Apple device is super easy (you use the pairing button on the case) and works great.
There's just one problem: they keep falling out of my ears. I guess I should get surgery to have my ear canals match what Apple believes is the appropriate shape.
Other than that... they're really crazy good.
Yeah, about that, are you sure it's not 'I feel like it's going to fall out' instead of 'it really did fell out of the ear'? Because I occasionally have that feeling, but in actual it stuck inside my ear and won't fall out easily even with me banging my head up and down like a crazy rocker.