How To Pause AirPods

Are you listening to a podcast or music on your AirPods but now want to take a break and resume it later? Fortunately, pausing AirPods is not that complicated.

We took the time to write a comprehensive step-by-step guide on how to pause AirPods. We will also explore the process for disabling the Automatic Ear Detection feature on AirPods.

Pausing AirPods

If you don’t know how to pause AirPods, our following 4 step-by-step methods will help you do this task easily.

Method #1: Removing AirPods From Your Ears

The best way to pause Airpods is by removing one of them from your ears by doing these steps.

1. Connect your AirPods with your iOS device.
2. Play audio on your iOS device.
3. Remove the AirPods from the case and insert them in your ears.
4. To pause the audio, remove any one of the AirPods from your ear, and the “Automatic Ear Detection” feature will pause the audio.

The audio resumes if you put the AirPods back into your ears within 15 seconds. However, if you remove both Airpods from your ears, the audio control is shifted to your iOS device.

Method #2: Double Tapping

You can also pause AirPods with a double tap. However, you first need to enable this feature from the Settings of your iOS device by following these steps.

1. Unlock your iOS device and launch Settings.
2. Tap “Bluetooth”.
3. In the “My Devices” section, tap the info icon next to your AirPods.
4. Under the “DOUBLE-TAP AIRPOD” section, you can select either “Right” or “Left” AirPod for this action. If you are using AirPod Pro, look for the “Press & Hold AirPods” function after pressing the info icon.
5. Tap “Play/Pause”.

Method #3: Using Siri

If you use Siri on your AirPods for navigation or other purposes, you can pause its voice by following the steps below.

1. Connect your AirPods to your iOS device.
2. Take out the AirPods from their case and pop them into your ears.
3. Start using Siri on your iOS device.
4. To pause the audio, say, “Hey, Siri. Pause”.

Method #4: Using the Force Sensor

Another way of pausing the AirPods is by pressing the force sensor on your AirPods by doing these steps.

1. Connect your AirPods and your iOS device.
2. Insert AirPods in your ears. 
3. Play audio on your device.
4. To pause the audio, press the force sensor on the stem of your AirPods. You can press the force sensor again to play the audio.

Disabling the Automatic Ear Detection Feature on AirPods

Sometimes, you don’t want to pause audio on your AirPods whenever you take any of them from your ear. To fix this issue, you can turn off the “Automatic Ear Detection” feature with these steps.

1. Unlock your iOS device and access the Home screen.
2. Open the case of your AirPods to connect them to your iOS device.
3. Launch Settings on your device.
4. Tap “Bluetooth”.
5. Tap the info icon next to your AirPods.
6. Turn off “Automatic Ear Detection”.

Summary

In this guide on how to pause AirPods, we’ve discussed several methods for stopping the audio: removing earbuds from the ears, double tapping, using Siri, and by the force sensor.

We’ve also shared a method for disabling the “Automatic Ear Detection” Feature on AirPods.

Hopefully, your question is answered in the article, and now you can quickly pause audio on your AirPods.

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