How to Change AirPod Settings
However you want to customize your AirPods, you always begin with the same set of steps. For all of the sections in the rest of this article, start with these four steps:
How to Change AirPods Name Settings
By default, your AirPods are named “[your firstname]’s AirPods.” You won’t see the name of your AirPods often—just when you try to connect them to a device or if you use Find My AirPods to look for them when they’re lost. Still, you may want to give them a different (and maybe more fun) name. To find out how, check out how to rename AirPods.
How to Change AirPods Double-Tap Settings
You can cause different actions to happen when you quickly double-tap your AirPods, including playing/pausing audio or activating Siri. You can control the action happens on the double-tap and assign different settings to each AirPod by following these steps:
How to Change AirPods Automatic Ear Detection Settings
By default, when you put your AirPods in your ears, the audio playing on devices that you’ve connected your AirPods to—like an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or other device—automatically gets sent to the AirPods. This is smart and convenient, but you may not want it to happen. To stop your AirPods from automatically picking up any audio that’s playing when you put them in your ears move the Automatic Ear Detection slider to off/white.
How to Change AirPods Microphone Settings
Both AirPods have a microphone in the bottom that picks up your voice when you’re making a phone call or using Siri. By default, either AirPod work as the mic, which means you can just have one in your ear and it still works. You can also choose to have just one AirPod always have the microphone work, while the other never will by following these steps:
Change AirPod Settings on Mac
In addition to changing AirPod settings on the iPhone and iPad, you can also change them using a Mac. Here’s how:
