Last updated
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.
For more reviews, news, tips, features and more, subscribe to AppleInsider on YouTube.
We're also interested in your questions! If you want to know anything about AirPods, chime in on our forums and we'll address it.
Amazon's deals for the New Year continue to trickle in, with today's latest markdown hitting Apple's current 16-inch MacBook Pro.
Owners of the Kuxiu magnetic charging stands made for recent iPad models complain that their devices are no longer charging after updating to iPadOS 18.3. It is unclear if it is a beta bug.
Gamers are finding themselves banned from "Marvel Rivals" for 100 years, after finding ways to play the Windows version of the game on macOS.
Apple's high-performance Mac models, including the Mac Studio and Mac Pro, are expected to get a big upgrade in 2025. Here's how powerful we expect that they'll be.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has slapped Apple with a violation regarding missing safety warnings on AirTags — here's how Apple's fixing the problem.
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit, accusing the company of violating user privacy due to recording conversations after accidentally activating Siri.
The Competition Commission of India is reportedly set to announce its finding that Apple has committed antitrust violations with the App Store, and has informed the company.
A new report backs up claims that Samsung is developing a rival to Sony's iPhone camera sensor, and adds more details about how exactly this could benefit buyers of the iPhone 18 in 2026.
{{ summary }}
AppleInsider Staff
Christine McKee
Wesley Hilliard
Malcolm Owen
Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen
Amber Neely
William Gallagher
12 Comments
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.