- Custom high-excursion Apple driver
- Custom high dynamic range amplifier
- Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking
- Adaptive EQ
Sensors
- Dual beamforming microphones
- Inward-facing microphone
- Skin-detect sensor
- Motion-detecting accelerometer
- Speech-detecting accelerometer
- Force sensor
Chip
H1 headphone chip
Controls
- Press once to play, pause, or answer a phone call
- Press twice to skip forward
- Press three times to skip back
- Press and hold for Siri
- Say “Hey Siri” to do things like play a song, make a call, or get directions
- Sweat and water resistant (IPX4): AirPods and charging case
AirPods (3rd generation) Technical Specifications
Audio Technology
- Custom high-excursion Apple driver
- Custom high dynamic range amplifier
- Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking1
- Adaptive EQ
Sensors
- Dual beamforming microphones
- Inward-facing microphone
- Skin-detect sensor
- Motion-detecting accelerometer
- Speech-detecting accelerometer
- Force sensor
Chip
H1 headphone chip
Controls
- Press once to play, pause, or answer a phone call
- Press twice to skip forward
- Press three times to skip back
- Press and hold for Siri
- Say “Hey Siri” to do things like play a song, make a call, or get directions
- Sweat and water resistant (IPX4): AirPods and charging case
Size and Weight (Each)3
(30.79 mm)
- 1.21 inches (30.79 mm)
(46.40 mm)
- 1.83 inches (46.40 mm)
Charging Case
- The Lightning Charging Case works with the Lightning connector. The MagSafe Charging Case works wirelessly with MagSafe charger and Qi-certified chargers or with the Lightning connector.
Battery4
AirPods
- Up to 6 hours of listening time with a single charge (up to 5 hours with Personalized Spatial Audio enabled)
- Up to 4 hours of talk time with a single charge
AirPods with Lightning Charging Case or MagSafe Charging Case
- Up to 30 hours of listening time
- Up to 20 hours of talk time
5 minutes in the case provides around 1 hour of listening time or around 1 hour of talk time
Connectivity
- Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology
In the Box
- AirPods
- Lightning Charging Case or MagSafe Charging Case
- Lightning to USB-C Cable
- Documentation
Accessibility
Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new AirPods.
Features include:
- Live Listen audio5
- Headphone levels
- Headphone Accommodations
System Requirements6
- iPhone and iPod touch models with the latest version of iOS
- iPad models with the latest version of iPadOS
- Apple Watch models with the latest version of watchOS
- Mac models with the latest version of macOS
- Apple TV models with the latest version of tvOS
Compatibility
iPhone Models
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 77
- iPhone 7 Plus7
- iPhone 6s7
- iPhone 6s Plus7
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone SE (1st generation)7
iPod Models
- iPod touch (7th generation)
Mac Models
- MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015–2017)
- MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012–Early 2015)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012–2017)
- MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018–2020)
- MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
- MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012–Early 2015)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012–Mid 2015)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012–2020)
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012–2019)
- MacBook Pro 13-inch (2020, two ports)
- MacBook Pro 13-inch (2020, four ports)
- MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020)
- MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2, 2022)
- MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021)
- MacBook Pro 16-inch (2021)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012–2017)
- iMac (27-inch, Late 2012–Late 2013)
- iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015–2019)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014–2020)
- iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)
- iMac Pro (2017)
- Mac mini (Late 2012–Late 2018)
- Mac mini (M1, 2020)
- Mac Studio (2022)
- Mac Pro (Late 2013–2019)
iPad Models
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation)7
- iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)
- iPad Pro 10.5-inch
- iPad Pro 9.7-inch7
- iPad (9th generation)
- iPad (8th generation)
- iPad (7th generation)
- iPad (6th generation)
- iPad (5th generation)
- iPad Air (5th generation)
- iPad Air (4th generation)
- iPad Air (3rd generation)
- iPad Air 27
- iPad mini (6th generation)
- iPad mini (5th generation)
- iPad mini 47
Apple Watch Models
- Apple Watch Ultra
- Apple Watch Series 8
- Apple Watch Series 7
- Apple Watch Series 6
- Apple Watch SE (2nd generation)
- Apple Watch SE (1st generation)
- Apple Watch Series 5
- Apple Watch Series 4
- Apple Watch Series 3
- Apple Watch Series 2
- Apple Watch Series 1
Apple TV Models
- Apple TV 4K
- Apple TV HD
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