All Apple wireless earphones and headsets in the AirPods range share a notable feature:they don't have real physical buttons. You can still control the listening and even go so far as to control the iPhone, all using Siri. As part ofour practical articles on AirPods, here is a list of basic voice commands used to manage your listening, AirPods in your ears. Please note, before using the assistant, it is of course necessary to invoke it, for example, by saying “Hey Siri”.
It is then possible to use the following voice commands.
Specific commands
- Volume management:“increase the volume”, “increase the sound”, “decrease the volume”, “lower the sound”
- More precise volume management:“turn the volume to 50%”, “turn the volume down 30%”, “turn the volume up to 80%”, etc.
- Find out the battery percentage of AirPods:“battery percentage”, “battery level”
- Reading management:“pause music”, “pause”, “pause music”, “restart playback”, “restart music”, “next track”, “previous track”, “next album”, “next”, “ previous”, “next”, “back”, “shuffle”, “enable repeat”
Other useful Siri instructions with AirPods
The usual iPhone controls are also available and there Siri with the headphones in the ear opens up a wide range of possibilities:
- “Turn airplane mode on/off”
- “Call Jeanne”
- “Lance Google Maps”
- “Start playing in Podcasts”
- “Starts playback in Apple Music”
- “Create a calendar event”
- “Write an email”
- “Send a message to Thomas”
There are plenty of other non-AirPods specific voice commands you can use with them to make your life easier, we've listed somemore than 15 in this article.
This is therefore a non-exhaustive list which should help beginners with AirPods to better control them.
And then if you know of other specific voice commands, don't hesitate to share them in the comments.
Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.
