Bluetooth wireless headphones, AirPods are a delight for iPhone and Mac owners. However, nothing prevents you from using them with a PC, whether with Windows 10 or Windows 11. Here are the instructions for connecting your AirPods to your computer.
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Considered by many to be the cream of the listeners wireless, in particular for their design and ease of use, the AirPods are obviously optimized for Apple products, whether pairing them with a iPhone or one Mac. Even if there is no shortage of competing products, and some offer better sound quality, nothing prevents you from using them. with an Android smartphone or one computer under Windows.
The proof with Windows 11the last operating system of Microsoft, launched in October 2021, and present on all recent computers. A simple connection Bluetooth is enough to use AirPods, and it is a component that is still present on laptops today. On a living room PC, this is not systematic, and it will then be necessary to obtain a key if necessary USB Bluetooth. It costs less than 10 euros.
Enable Bluetooth on Windows 11
In the Windows taskbar, click on the icon representing “Access to Internet then click on the “Bluetooth” icon. The icon turns blue, and you can then connect devices as a connected speakera smart phone and therefore AirPods.
Add AirPods
In the same window, click on the “Settings” button, symbolized by a toothed wheel. The “Bluetooth and devices” window opens. With your AirPods at hand, open their case and press the small button on the back for a few seconds until the indicator light flashes. On Windows, then click on “Add device”, then on “Bluetooth – mouse, keyboards, pens, audio devices, controllers, etc. » Your AirPods then appear in the list of Bluetooth devices to connect. Select them and click “Connect”.
Connect AirPods
Once the pairing is done, the procedure does not need to be repeated. Then, when you use them, you just have to click on ” Connect ” since the headphones appear in the list of Bluetooth devices.
What limitations?
Since AirPods are designed for Apple devices first, some features are not available on Windows. It is essentially about Siri, Apple’s assistant, that can be launched by voice on an iPhone or a Mac. Another restriction: the sound quality during calls and the videoconferences. Clearly, the sound was very average. We write “was” because Microsoft has corrected the shooting via an update at the beginning of the year. Now the sound quality is equivalent to that on a Mac.
And on Windows 10?
Good news, the procedure is identical on Windows 10, and the only few differences are in the names of menus and commands. But as in Windows 11, all you have to do is open the case and press the button on the back for the Windows Bluetooth connector to detect the presence of the headphones and start installing them.
What about AirPods Pro?
The flagships of Apple’s line of wireless headphones, the AirPods Pro can also be used with Windows. The procedure is identical, and all you have to do is open the case and press the button on the back for the detection to start. Of course, it is also the same procedure for the AirPods 2.
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