Connecting your airpod to your iPhone is fairly easy since it is an Apple product. You can enjoy its benefits, like voice control with Siri, listening to music, and much more.
However, you want to use your airpod with another device like your PC simultaneously but aren’t sure how possible that would be.
I’ll explain in this article if it’s possible to connect your iPhone and PC simultaneously and, if so, how you can do it.
Yes, you can connect your airpod to your iPhone and PC at the same time. Connecting the two devices to your airpod is possible because they both have Bluetooth, which enables them to connect with the airpod. However, that doesn’t mean you can use them both simultaneously; you have to switch from one device to another when using the airpods.
Can You Connect Airpods to PC and iPhone Simultaneously?
Connecting your iPhone and your PC simultaneously to your airpods is possible. With Bluetooth, you can connect your airpods to devices.
Although airpods were designed by Apple majorly for Apple users because they use Bluetooth to connect with devices, other devices apart from Apple devices can connect to it.
With Bluetooth, you can connect your PC, even if it isn’t Mac, to your airpod.
So, connecting both devices to your airpods is possible; however, it isn’t as straightforward as connecting to just Apple devices.
Even after connecting both devices to your airpods, you can’t use them both with it. You have to switch from your iPhone to a PC before you can use your airpods.
The benefit of connecting these two devices to your airpod is that once you use either your iPhone or PC to play music, it automatically connects your airpod to the one playing.
If you do not want it to connect to the device playing automatically, you switch it manually to the device you want to connect it to.
Here’s what you need to do to switch between your iPhone and PC. First, ensure you’ve paired your airpod with your iPhone and PC.
To switch from your PC to your iPhone to listen to music;
- Remove the airpods from their casing.
- From your iPhone, click on the control center option.
- Next, click on the music control panel.
- Lastly, choose your airpod.
The steps above switch your airpods from PC to iPhone, but to switch from your iPhone to PC.
- Remove your airpods from their casing.
- Navigate to your PC taskbar.
- On the audio notification icon, right-click it. It will show a list of audio devices.
- Choose playback devices.
- Choose the airpods.
- Click on “Apply.”
Can You Connect AirPods to 2 Devices at the Same Time?
It depends. This answer isn’t straightforward, as I can’t say for all models of airpods. However, it is possible to connect your airpods to two devices simultaneously.
You can connect your airpod to two iOS devices simultaneously. Simply put, you can simultaneously listen to different audio from two devices with your airpod.
With an airpod pro, you can connect two iOS devices simultaneously. Although connecting your airpod to two different iOS devices and seamless switching is easy for airpods.
Typically, when connected to two devices, your airpod can connect to the one you are currently using and connect to another one immediately after changing it.
However, with airpod pro, it doesn’t switch from one device to the other. Instead, you get connected to both devices and can even listen to audio from both simultaneously.
The two devices don’t necessarily have to be an iPhone or a Mac. It can be between your iPhone and a smart wristwatch.
Follow the steps below to connect your airpod to two devices simultaneously:
- First, place the pair of airpods into the airpod casing.
- Then, open the lid of the case and connect the AirPods to your first device.
- After connecting your airpod to device A, remove one airpod from the pair out of the airpod casing. Ensure the other is still connected.
- Then close the airpod casing again, and get ready to use your second device.
- Next, open the lid of the airpod casing, long press the button behind your airpod casing.
- Then, a pop-up window will appear on device B with a confirmation prompt. Click on the confirm button to connect the airpod with your device.
After following the steps above, place the airpod in your ear. You’ll discover that you can hear different audio from the airpods.
That means you’ve been able to connect the device to two devices simultaneously. However, there are conditions to connecting 2 devices simultaneously to airpods.
You can’t use the pair of airpods with the two devices simultaneously. So using the two won’t work in this situation.
Most importantly, you can’t try this with separate devices that aren’t iOS. It has to be iOS for you to connect to two devices.
Can You Split a Pair of AirPods?
Yes, you can split a pair of airpods. However, splitting the pair isn’t without its drawbacks, but it is possible.
In the table below, you can see the benefits of splitting a pair of airpods and their drawbacks and decide if you want to split your airpod.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Share music with your friend. | It’s unhygienic to share airpods. |
| Pick a call with your friend. | The other party can listen in on your calls. |
| You are unable to share the airpod mic. | |
| You are splitting the stereo mode. |
The cool thing about splitting your airpod pair is that the airpods do not need to be in the same person’s ear for it to work.
Its automatic ear detection detects when the airpod is placed in an ear and not necessarily on the same head.
Here’s how you can use your airpod and enjoy the full sound effects and dialogue while splitting your airpod.
You can do that by converting the airpod mode to audio mode, and here’s how you can do it.
- Navigate from your phone to the settings app.
- Click on general.
- Click on accessibility.
- Navigate to “mono audio” and enable it.
With that, you can enjoy your movie or audio with the airpod. However, when you finish with it, ensure you turn off this mode to get the best with stereo mode when using both airpods.
In the case of sharing a call with this splitting technique, you can both hear what the caller is saying, but only one can reply because only one airpod mic can be active at a time.
To choose who can reply to the call, you can select which mic will be active. Do that by following the steps below;
- Navigate to settings.
- Select Bluetooth.
- Then, in the devices list, tap the circled “i” next to your airpods.
- Click on “microphone” and select the ear where you want the mic to be active.
How Many AirPods Can You Sync?
The maximum number of airpods you can sync is two. Therefore, you can sync two pairs of airpods with one device.
With this, you can listen to music with your friend without sharing your airpod using the same device. However, the feature that enables this is the “Apple audio sharing feature.”
To use two airpods with a device, you must ensure that the phone you connect to is running on iOS 13 or a later version.
Here’s how you can connect two airpods to a phone;
- Connect the two pairs of airpods to your phone. To do this, go to settings >> Bluetooth >> enable the button.
- Go to your homepage, put into their case the two pairs of airpods, and close the lid.
- Open the case of one of the pairs of airpods, and a pop-up appears. Click on “connect” and exit the pop-up.
- Also, open the casing lid of the second pair of airpods and long press the button behind the case for the setup animation to show.
- Click on connect, then done.
- From the top-right corner of the display, swipe down to access the Control Center and select the AirPlay icon.
- Select both pairs of AirPods by clicking the circle beside their names, then press play on any audio track. Sound should emerge from both pairs of airpods.
How Does AirPods Automatic Switching Work?
Apple, the makers of airpods, pushed out an update to help switch devices automatically when using airpods.
This update enables your airpod to connect to a device that you’ve already paired with the device currently playing.
For example, if I am listening to a podcast on my Macbook and I start playing an audio file on my iPhone, my airpod automatically switches to the iPhone.
For this feature to work, you must sign your other devices in with the same Apple ID you used with your iPhone. Also, your iOS needs to be iOS 14 or a newer version.
To enable this feature on your device, follow the steps below.
- Ensure you connect your airpods to the iOS devices.
- Navigate to settings.
- Click on Bluetooth.
- Click on the info button beside your AirPods name.
- Click on “connect to this iPhone.”
- Finally, select automatically.
Conclusion
In conclusion, airpods can connect to different devices so long as the device is Bluetooth-enabled.
However, connecting to two devices, like a PC and an iPhone, is possible, but that doesn’t mean you can use both devices simultaneously.
You can switch from one device to another to use a pair of airpods for the two.