Thursday, September 8, 2016

First Look: So feel Airpods – Apple’s new wireless headphones – MacWorld

We did not like about Apple’s Airpods. But when we got the chance to get acquainted with them after yesterday’s events we were impressed by their ability to remain safely in their ears. With smart and convenient features of both software and hardware side, we have to admit that Airpods feels like something of a bestseller.

When they sit in the ears similar Airpods actually a few classic Earpods that someone cut the cord to. The cochlea fills the cavity well, and plastic shaft reaches a little below the earlobe. Appeal lies materials, just like before the white hard plastic.



Airpods
Photo: Susie Ochs.


this unforgiving material has previously caused problems and made to Earpods tend to fall out if we move too much on the head. They can also make your ears sore, which meant that we prefer headphones with soft ear buds. Since Airpods are designed in the same hard materials that previously we assumed that these would cause ear pain. We were wrong.




Fits like a glove

You can dance and even head bang with Airpods without problems. The music (Sia, of course) sounded mellow and well how much we jumped around or jogging in place. We did not hear a peep from any of the many journalists who were in the vicinity either, which means really good sound isolating functionality. Like being in your own bubble, that is.

Airpods special features are also impressive, even though the “special” in this case means that they only work with Apple devices. You do not need a brand new iPhone or Apple Watch to use them, but they are supported only by gadgets running any of the operative IOS 10, Mac OS Sierra or watch the Olympics third

Airpods uses Bluetooth, so one would reasonably to assume that they work with an Android phone or a device running IOS example 8. however, there is no button to put the Airpods in pairing. We will of course try Airpods more detail to come, but for now it just seems like Airpods can sync with devices that can “see.”



Airpods
Photo: Susie Ochs.

Smart case with quick-charge

the matching carry case looks like a high-tech Tic Tac box, and when we loosened up its lid lights up the screen of an adjacent iPhone up. It wants to pair up, but will only offer this automatic means the first time you open the case. When paired Airpods with your iPhone, you can then use them to an Apple Watch paired with your phone. The same goes for iPads and Macs that are signed on the same iCloud account.

We did not get a chance to test how seamlessly Airpods switches between different devices, but the idea is that you can pause the music on your iPhone and immediately switch to trigger a playlist available in the Apple Watch.

Each Airpod have infrared sensors, so they know when they are in place in the ears. They also include an accelerometer that lets you double-dab any Airpod to launch Siri. They lack, unlike many other Bluetooth devices, traditional buttons. No on / off button, parkopplingsknapp or play / pause button is thus. Instead, you can choose, for example, increase the volume via a voice command to Siri if you do not want to fish up the phone to do this in the old-fashioned way. It all feels much clumsier than using a traditional volume control.

By removing a Airpod when playing music will automatically pause the audio. Perfect for interacting with humans in meat space that is. Auto Pause function is sick cool, and we wish all our different headphones worked on the same smart way. Do not remove both earphones only, because then switch to the iPhone’s built-in speakers and let the entire world know what you’re listening to music. Panic!



Airpods
Photo: Susie Ochs


Laddfodralet is pretty smooth, too. Here is a Lightning port on the back, and you can choose to only download the carry case or the Airpods’s inside. Yep, even if Airpods has a battery life of a measly 5 hours carry case also has a battery that according to Apple lasts more than a day. This allows you to recharge your Airpods up to five times before its case also out of battery power, forcing you to plug it into the charging adapter or USB port.

Apple claims that you get three hours of battery in your Airpods by letting them lie in its case in 15 minutes. A small green LED gossip about when handsets loaded. Keeping wireless headset charged and fresh has long caused us some problems, so this may actually be a smooth solution.

Airpods will unfortunately not be shipped with the iPhone 7, but released later in October. They will be sold separately for a price of around 1400 SEK, which can be seen as expensive in comparison with other Apple headphones. Those who acquire an iPhone 7 directly at launch will run on other headphones for a while, such as the included Lightning earphones or optional favorite headphones plugged into the new 3.5-millimeter-to-Lightning adapter.

Translation: Billy Ekblom.

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