Use Live Listen with AirPods or Beats - Apple Support (2024)

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Use Live Listen with AirPods or Beats - Apple Support? ›

With your AirPods or Beats in your ears and connected to your iPhone or iPad, Open Control Center on your iPhone, or open Control Center on your iPad. Place your iPhone or iPad in front of the person that you want to hear. If you can't hear well enough, make sure to adjust the volume on your device.

On Beats Studio Pro and other MFI devices, including AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, Powerbeats Pro, and Beats Fit Pro, the Live Listen feature can also be used as a monitoring device because it uses the ‌iPhone‌ as a microphone and relays what the ‌iPhone‌ picks up to the Beats, even if the AirPods are in another ...

While you wear AirPods, you can share what you're listening to with a friend who's also wearing compatible AirPods or Beats. Both sets of headphones must be paired with a supported iPhone or iPad.

Yes, the Beats Studio Pro can automatically switch between iPhone, iPad, and MacBook under certain conditions: AirPods are connected to your iPhone and Apple Watch at the same time.

Can You Live Listen on an Android? No, you can't use this iPhone feature on Android.

Tap the AirPlay button (an upward arrow pointing into a concentric set of rings), then tap Share Audio. At this point, you'll need to connect the second pair of headphones. For AirPods and AirPods Pro, hold them close to the phone in their case, then open the case lid.

Wear your AirPods, and make sure they're connected to your device. , tap the name of your AirPods, then tap Live Listen. , add it to Control Center—go to Settings > Control Center, then choose Hearing. Position your device near the sound source.

Use Sound Amplifier to filter, augment, and amplify sounds around you and on your device, to provide a more comfortable and natural listening experience. Is there an iOS version? The Sound Amplifier app for Android is the equivalent of the Live Listen option included in basic iPhone settings.

To use Live Listen with your AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, Powerbeats Pro, Beats Fit Pro, or Beats Studio Pro, your iOS or iPadOS device needs iOS or iPadOS 14.3 or later. You also need to connect your AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, Powerbeats Pro, Beats Fit Pro, or Beats Studio Pro to your device.

Tap the AirPlay icon in Control Center or in the app you're listening to. Tap Share Audio. Enter pairing mode with your second set of Beats headphones or AirPods and follow onscreen instructions.

Can you talk through Beats AirPods? ›

You can listen to music, make phone calls, use Siri, and more with your Beats Studio Buds or your Beats Studio Buds +.

There's a microphone in each Powerbeats Pro earbud, so you can make phone calls and use Siri.

If you pair your Beats Studio Buds or your Beats Studio Buds + with your iPhone, your earphones pair automatically with any iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or Apple TV that you're signed in to with your Apple ID.

Passive noise isolation

Adjustable-fit eartips on earphones and extra earcup padding on headphones minimize unwanted external noise. These barriers also help prevent people around you from hearing your music.