How to use AirPods Pro, Airpods Max or AirPods with an Android smartphone

Even if they are produced by Apple, AirPods, Airpods Pro and Airpods Max are not limited to the ecosystem of Tim Cook’s company. It is possible to connect them to an Android smartphone to use them as Bluetooth headphones. That said, you will lose some native features. This guide explains everything to you.

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Now that the headphones have “lost the thread” and emit Bluetooth, compatibility concerns can arise, the phones operating in general either under iOS (for Apple devices) or Android (for almost all the others). So, can airpods work on other devices than iPhone ?

Jack ports are an extinction route on smartphones. Recent models simply do not offer it, and to be able to listen to your music or your videos with it, so you have to equip yourself with wireless headphones, or Bluetooth headphones. Unless you are one of those unbearable people who make their calls and listen to their music on a loudspeaker, including in public or in public transport. What we obviously do not advise you. And the headphones that have democratized this new Bluetooth trend, it is obviously Apple AirPods. If you have it, or think about getting, but have a smartphone that works under Android, know that it is quite possible to use them with a device of another brand (Samsung, Google, Xiaomi, Oppo. )). But with certain constraints.

Appeared in 2016, Apple Airpods may not be the first Bluetooth headphones in history, so they remain those who started the trend. As often with the products of the Crocked Apple brand. They are now in the 3rd generation, with even pro AirPods, and a helmet version called AirPods Max. The success is total. But while one might think that as often, this Apple product can only work with another Apple product (iPhone or iPad), know that it is nothing: AirPods are well compatible with Android devices. Even if it will not be possible to take full advantage of it.

Airpods and Android: a possible wedding, but not ideal

Do not ment: the ideal to enjoy its airpods is to integrate them into an Apple eco-system, and therefore to set them up with an iPhone. But if you have changed, going from an iPhone smartphone running Android, or if you have received AirPods Christmas gift, you are not going to throw them away. To use them, simply associate them like normal Bluetooth headphones with your Android smartphone. Here’s how to proceed:

• Place the AirPods in their charging box
• Long press the button on the back of the case
• In the bluetooth menu of your smartphone, select the AirPods, now visible, to associate them

So. Admit that the procedure is as simple as for any other Bluetooth device. And this is precisely where the “problem” rests: used with an Android device, the airpods become Bluetooth headphones like the others, losing certain features in passing.

If it is quite possible to use the basic airpods functions, such as tactile control (to pause, go up or lower the volume. ), some options are not possible on an Android device. It will not be possible that the program listened to pauses when one of the earphones is removed from the ear, or that the reading resumes when the earpiece is replaced. The detection option is therefore not compatible, as are the airpods battery levels and the charging box do not appear on the Android device. Applications like Air Battery or Assistant Trigger allow you to make up for this last problem, or also to replace the Apple vocal assistant, Siri, by Google Assistant, but the observed rewarming are far from the simplicity of use of the AirPods with an iPhone.

It is therefore quite possible to use the airpods with an Android device. But you have to keep in mind (and in the ears), that the experience will be less complete, and more “Simple, basic” As the song says.

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How to use AirPods Pro, Airpods Max or AirPods with an Android smartphone

Even if they are produced by Apple, AirPods, Airpods Pro and Airpods Max are not limited to the ecosystem of Tim Cook’s company. It is possible to connect them to an Android smartphone to use them as Bluetooth headphones. That said, you will lose some native features. This guide explains everything to you.

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Are airpods compatible with Android ?

Like Apple Airpods and Airpods Pro Airpods of Apple offer the best experience on iOS or macOS – with an iPhone, iPad, iPod or Mac. That said, Apple headphones and helmets remain conventional Bluetooth devices. If you want to take advantage of their many qualities on Android (Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Google, etc.) for example, it is quite possible.

This guide explains how to pair them … and what you lose by using them outside the homemade ecosystem.

How to use airpods (pro, max) on Android

The configuration of the AirPods Pro on a Pixel 4

First of all, you will have to pair your airpods with your smartphone. On iOS, it’s simple: you just have to open the box. On Android, it’s a little more complex.

• On your smartphone, Go to the settings, Then in the Bluetooth tab.
• Activate the search for available devices.
• Open the box of your AirPods Pro (or your airpods).
• Press the button on the back, below “Assembled in China” until the front diode flashes.
• Normally, the headphones are ready to be paired and you can connect them to your Android smartphone.

You can therefore use the AirPods and Airpods Pro on your Android smartphone for calls, watch movies or series. You can also use the button on the rod to go from transparency mode to active noise reduction mode.

For AirPods Max, The method differs a little.

• On your smartphone, Go to the settings, Then in the Bluetooth tab.
• Activate the search for available devices.
• Press Long on the noise reduction control button until the diode flashes white.
• Normally, the helmet is ready to be paired !

That said, especially with the AirPods Pro and Max, you will lose several things.

What doesn’t work with Android

Several things unfortunately do not natively work on Android with AirPods or AirPods Pro, even if applications like Assistant Trigger allow you to restore some features.

• Stopping music (and noise reduction) When you remove a earpiece is not supported.
• Buttonsare not configurable, But you can configure them on an iOS device and keep the functions then on Android.
• Say Siri is not replaced by Ok Google and the trigger of Google Assistant cannot be done natively.
• Intermediate mode is not available : you cannot use airpods without noise reduction or transparency mode.
• The remaining battery display is not visible.
• Music sharing is not available : you cannot “share” a song listened to on airpods with a person also having his airpods.

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How to use the AirPods and AirPods Pro on Android ?

Can we use AirPods AirPods 2 or AirPods Pro on an Android smartphone ? Of course, but without taking advantage of the same integration as on the iPhone. With the help of applications, we still manage to keep part of the features of Apple Bluetooth headphones. We explain to you how

While the first AirPods were launched in September 2016, Apple multiplied the variants with its AirPods 2, its AirPods Pro, its AirPods 3 and its AirPods Pro 2. Not to mention the AirPods Max helmet. And if the wireless headphones and the headphones are above all designed for use with Mac, iPhone and iPad, they can be used almost normally on Android.

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A pairing: a little less easy than on iOS

AirPods 2, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max and AirPods 3 incorporate a homemade chip, Apple H1, which is responsible for managing pairing in Bluetooth 5 in a transparent way or to support the request ” Say Siri »». On the AirPods Pro 2, there is a similar chip, the Apple H2. On iPhone, just open their box-which also acts as a charging station-near the phone, and a pop-up window appears.

On Android, you have to go through a classic Bluetooth association, after pressing the button on the back of the case for a long time. During our tests, they were detected at the first blow in this way.

Once associated, they work as we expect, at least for basic uses. Airpods are initiated when you get them out of their charging box. The integrated accelerometer is taken into account and we can thus make a double TAP on one of the two headphones to put the music on pause and restart it, or to take the communication during a call. On the AirPods Pro 2, the volume of a finger slide can also be adjusted just as easily.

As on iPhone, you can very well leave one earphones in the case, and the other will switch to mono. If you listen to podcasts and want to stay connected to the outside world, it’s a good point !

No detection of port or space audio

On the other hand, the proximity sensors, which detect the presence of the AirPods in your ears, do not work, depriving the headphones of one of their sympathetic features: the automatic pause of the audio when one withdraws, and its recovery when you put it back in place.

The same goes for the space audio function, offered on the AirPods 3, the AirPods Pro 2 or the AirPods Max. This function which will follow the movements of the head thanks to accelerometers can only work on condition that you use the headphones or headphones with Apple products. It is therefore impossible to make it work on Android.

Replace Siri with Google Assistant

Airpods, on iOS, are integrated into Siri. The interface allows, for each headset, to assign the pause of the reading, or the start of the virtual assistant. Some applications nevertheless make it possible to change assistants and associate a gesture with Google Assistant in particular.

Among these application, we can cite assistant trigger, airbattery or capods. These applications promise, in addition to operating Google Assistant, displaying the airpods battery level in the notification bar of your phone as well as cutting music when one of them is removed from the ear.

The fact remains that these applications are not always updated, are often deflected by advertisements, sometimes display a distorted estimate of the battery level and do not necessarily work with all Apple headphones models. Above all, they do not link with Apple servers. Therefore, they will not be able to update the firmware of your wireless headphones. To do this, the easiest way is to ask a loved one, a colleague or a family member equipped with an iPhone to connect your headphones to his laptop so that the updates can be done.