AirPods have been one of Apple's most praised products in recent years. Its compact size, more than acceptable audio quality and excellent autonomy They make, along with the "magic" of automatically connecting to all your Apple devices, those who buy them are more than satisfied with them.
However they have a big flaw, unforgivable for many: poor controls. Apple opted for Siri to control playback, but we are not yet used to talking to a virtual assistant, much less on the street or in public. With iOS 11 Apple allows us to customize the controls of each headset independently, leaving more or less the demands of the majority in this regard. We explain how to do it.
As we show you in the video, it is very quick and easy to configure these controls. With the AirPods connected to our iPhone we will have to access the device's Settings and search for our AirPods within the «Bluetooth» menu. As the devices are ordered alphabetically, they will appear in the first positions of the list, and we will click on the «i» that appears on the right. We insist that it is essential that the AirPods are connected to the iPhone or iPad, otherwise those customization options will not appear.
Once inside we will see all the customization options that are offered to us, such as changing the name or activating or not the automatic ear detection. In the middle part we see the controls of each AirPod, and there we can choose for each one, independently, up to five options, including the possibility that nothing happens. Personally I would choose the option to move forward or backward track, since starting or pausing playback occurs automatically when you remove a headset from your ear. We lack the possibility of raising or lowering volume, which for now we will have to continue using Siri for it.
