The new AirPods combine intelligent design with breakthrough technology and crystal-clear sound. Powered by the new Apple H1 headphone chip, AirPods now feature hands?free access to Siri using just your voice. And up to 3 hours of talk time on a single charge.¹

Key features

• Automatically on, automatically connected


• Easy setup for all your Apple devices²


• Quick access to Siri by saying “Hey Siri”


• Double-tap to play or skip forward


• New Apple H1 headphone chip delivers faster wireless connection to your devices


• Charges quickly in the case


• Case can be charged using the Lightning connector


• Rich, high-quality audio and voice


• Seamless switching between devices


• Listen and talk all day with multiple charges from the Charging Case³

Technical specifications

• Bluetooth


• Wireless

Weight

• AirPods (each): 4g


• Charging Case: 38g

Dimensions

• AirPods (each): 16.5mm x 18.0mm x 40.5mm


• Charging Case: 44.3mm x 21.3mm x 53.5mm

Connections

• AirPods: Bluetooth


• Charging Case: Lightning connector

Accessibility

• Live Listen audio⁴

AirPods Sensors (each)

• Dual beamforming microphones


• Dual optical sensors


• Motion-detecting accelerometer


• Speech-detecting accelerometer

Power and Battery

• AirPods with Charging Case: more than 24 hours of listening time,⁵ up to 18 hours of talk time⁶


• AirPods (single charge): up to 5 hours of listening time,⁷ up to 3 hours of talk time¹


• 15 minutes in the case equals up to 3 hours of listening time⁸ or up to 2 hours of talk time⁹

System Requirements

• iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models with iOS 12.2 or later


• Apple Watch models with watchOS 5.2 or later


• Mac models with macOS 10.14.4 or later

Compatibility

iPhone Models

• iPhone Xs


• iPhone Xs Max


• iPhone Xr


• iPhone X


• iPhone 8


• iPhone 8 Plus


• iPhone 7


• iPhone 7 Plus


• iPhone 6s


• iPhone 6s Plus


• iPhone 6


• iPhone 6 Plus


• iPhone SE


• iPhone 5s

iPad Models

• 9-inch iPad Pro (3rd generation)


• 9-inch iPad Pro (2nd generation)


• 9-inch iPad Pro (1st generation)


• 11-inch iPad Pro


• 5-inch iPad Pro


• 7-inch iPad Pro


• iPad (6th generation)


• iPad (5th generation)


• iPad Air (3rd generation)


• iPad Air 2


• iPad Air


• iPad mini (5th generation)


• iPad mini 4


• iPad mini 3


• iPad mini 2

Mac Models

• MacBook (early 2015 or newer)


• MacBook Air (mid 2012 or newer)


• MacBook Pro (mid 2012 or newer)


• Mac mini (late 2012 or newer)


• iMac (late 2012 or newer)


• iMac Pro (2017)


• Mac Pro (late 2013; mid 2010 and mid 2012 models with recommended Metal-capable graphics cards)

Watch Models

• Apple Watch Series 4


• Apple Watch Series 3


• Apple Watch Series 2


• Apple Watch Series 1

Apple TV Models

• Apple TV 4K


• Apple TV (4th generation)

iPod Models

• iPod touch (6th generation)

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¹Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. Volume was set to 50 per cent. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge with a mobile phone call until the first AirPod stopped playing call audio. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.

²Requires an iCloud account and macOS 10.14.4, iOS 12.2 or watchOS 5.2.

³Battery life varies by use and configuration.

⁴Requires the latest version of iOS.

⁵Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50 per cent. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge while playing audio until the first AirPod stopped playback. The drained AirPods were charged to 100 per cent, then audio playback was resumed until the first AirPod stopped playback. This cycle was repeated until both the AirPods and charging case were fully discharged. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.

⁶Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. Volume was set to 50 per cent. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge with a mobile phone call until the first AirPod stopped playing call audio. The drained AirPods were charged to 100 per cent, then the mobile phone call was restarted until the first AirPod stopped playing call audio. This cycle was repeated until both the AirPods and charging case were fully discharged. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.

⁷Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50 per cent. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge while playing audio until the first AirPod stopped playback. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.

⁸Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50 per cent. Fifteen-minute-charge testing conducted with drained AirPods that were charged for 15 minutes, then audio playback was started until the first AirPod stopped playback. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.

⁹Testing conducted by Apple in February 2019 using pre-production AirPods (2nd generation), Charging Case and Wireless Charging Case units, and software paired with iPhone Xs Max units and pre-release software. Volume was set to 50 per cent. Fifteen-minute-charge testing conducted with drained AirPods that were charged for 15 minutes, then a mobile phone call was started until the first AirPod stopped playing call audio. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.