AirPods 3 get a new trick: Just pinch the case

Apple unveiled the AirPods 3 on Monday at its October launch event (and here’s how to buy the new AirPods). The most recent wi-fi earbuds sport a brand new design, spatial audio for a extra immersive listening expertise, sooner charging and higher battery life, in addition to sweat and water resistance. However do you know that the AirPods 3’s enhancements additionally prolong to their case? 

Apple’s power sensor, beforehand solely positioned within the AirPod Professional stem, now additionally lives within the case, which suggests you should utilize the case to play or pause music, skip songs (or audiobooks and podcasts) and reply and finish calls. 

This is how you should utilize the AirPods 3 case as a distant management to your new third-generation AirPods.

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use the power sensor on the AirPods 3 case for audio

• Play or pause audio: Squeeze the AirPods 3 case as soon as.
• Skip ahead: Squeeze the AirPods 3 case twice.
• Skip backward: Squeeze the AirPods 3 case 3 times.

use the power sensor on the AirPods 3 case throughout telephone calls

• Reply a name: Squeeze the case as soon as.
• Decline a name or grasp up: Squeeze the case twice. 

You may also nonetheless carry out these duties together with your AirPods 3 earbuds as you probably did together with your AirPods Professional. This is how: 

Management audio with AirPods 3 earbud

• Play or pause audio: Press the power sensor on the stem of one in all your AirPods as soon as.
• Skip ahead: Double-press the stem.
• Skip backward: Triple-press the stem.

Cellphone calls with AirPods 3 earbud

• Reply a name: Press the power sensor on the stem.
• Decline a name or ship it to voicemail: Double-press the sensor on the stem. 

For extra, try how to buy the new AirPods 3 and everything that was announced at Apple’s October event.