Second-generation AirPods: Underused tricks

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Key Takeaways

The 2nd-gen AirPods aren’t an old model, but they’re a great gateway to the high-priced AirPods ownership club.
You can customize the name of your AirPods for easy identification and personalization.
Activate Siri or control your audio with a double tap on second-generation AirPods — no need to take your iPhone out of your pocket.

Apple’s second-generation AirPods were released in 2019, and despite being five years old, Apple is still selling them for $129, making them the most affordable pair of AirPods you can buy. Although this classic AirPods design was replaced by the third generation, these AirPods provide an affordable entry point if you’re looking for AirPods. With five hours of battery life, 24 additional hours with the included charging case, Hey Siri support, and double touch, the second-generation AirPods still offer excellent value.

Here are four tips and tricks for less expensive Apple AirPods.

Apple AirPods (second generation)

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First released in 2019, Apple sells the second-generation AirPods as its most affordable model that offers double touch, Hey Siri support, and 5 hours of listening time.

Battery Life: 5 hours, 30 hours per case
Charging case included?: Yes
Brand: an apple
Colors: White
Charging port: Lightning
Noise Cancellation: No

1 Rename your AirPods

Customize what your AirPods are called

Renaming your device is an easy way to personalize it while making it easy to identify. Many people leave their AirPods with any default name, but changing it is easy.

To change your AirPods name: Open Settings > select your AirPods > tap Name > type whatever you want your AirPods to be called.

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2 Double tap

Control your sound with a simple tap

Did you know that your AirPods have hidden buttons to activate Siri or control your audio? Well, now you do. You can invoke a preset action by double-tapping the second-generation AirPods. Each pod can be set to request one of five available actions: Siri, Play/Pause, Next Track, Previous Track, or Off.

To set up your double-tap gesture: Open Settings > select your AirPods > select Left or Right > select which gesture you’d like to pair with this pod.

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3 Hey Siri

Get Siri to do your boring work

Save yourself the energy the next time you want to pull out your phone and have Siri do it for you. As long as ‘Hey Siri’ is enabled on your iPhone, your AirPods can recognize the voice command and relay the requested action to your iPhone. For example, I often use ‘Hey Siri’ to create reminders and skip certain lengths of podcasts without using my hands.

To enable Hey Siri: open Settings > tap Siri & Search > Listen > “Siri” or “Hey Siri.”

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Have you ever been in a situation where you are listening to something great and want to share it with someone around you? Instead of handing them one of your AirPods or taking out your AirPods and bothering those around you with the speaker, try using Audio Sharing. This feature that can be discussed below allows you to share audio between two pairs of AirPods.

To share audio with someone: Navigate to Control Center by swiping down from the top right corner of your iPhone > tap the green AirPods icon in the top right corner > Share Audio… > bring a pair of AirPods or a connected iPhone nearby > tap Share with sound if requested.