BrowserMetrics’s Air Pods
This past Christmas I was fortunate to hold the final number in our annual Kris Kriminal game. Apple AirPods had been revealed already so I stole ’em. Luckily, I ended up the night with them. Most likely the best Kris Kriminal present I had chanced into. So, with that, you know this review will be mostly positive.
Once they were officially mine, I opened the box, pulled them out of the charging case, put them in my ear, and pressed play. Music came through smoothly. I was mostly amazed that the pairing happened almost instantly. It wasn’t as quick as my description lets on, but it wasn’t a hassle. I didn’t even have to open the Blue Tooth settings to start the pairing. It just happened.
I really only tried it that night once and left them in my gift pile for the next few weeks. It wasn’t until the new year that I decided to put them to the test. I have kept them in my pocket for the last two weeks. I don’t use them every day, but I do pull them out once in a while to listen to Nogizaka jams during work. I am always in amazement that they fit in the ear just right and do fall out. Admittedly, I have not exercised with them in but they feel snug, never loose or ready to fall out. YMMV.
I love the carrying case. It fits in your pocket and also doubles as the charger. You can keep it forever in your pocket, ready to deploy at a moments notice.
My only problem so far is pairing with other devices. I believe you have to erase its knowledge of the previous device in order to add a new one. I think. I didn’t read the directions.
Anyhow, it’s pretty neat and should make up for the lack of input jack on the newer iPhones.
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Any device on your iCloud account already knows about AirPods. They will see them and you can tap them in the AirPlay menu to change pairings. Sometimes it takes a few seconds for it to go from device to device but it ain't bad. You can even pair them to things outside your iCloud while keeping the iCloud knowledge. I have them paired to my work computer even though that isn't logged into my iCloud. Only bad thing is I notice that it keeps paired to my work Mac even after I'm done using and put in case so it burns through battery. Have to remember to pair back to my phone or disconnect from the Mac.
How's it handle two different iCloud accounts? Considering my iPhone is on a separate account than the iPad and MacBook Pro. It gets confusing. I wish Apple would allow account concatenation…
Not sure how that works. Also they are different country stores so
concatenation wouldn’t work.