How to Set Up AirPods Pro
Once you remove the AirPods Pro out of the packaging, you will find the USB-C to Lightning charging cable for Apple’s Wireless Charging Case, as well as a little pull-tab holder for the AirPods Pro’s two extra ear tips.
Once you’re ready to set up your AidPods Pro with your iPhone just open up the case and place them near your iPhone and hit connect.
You see walk through screens that will show you how to use your new N90 -100K AirPods Pro, including a brief graphic that shows you the new Force Sensor’s press-and-hold (or tapping) functionality:
The Announce Messages feature, will prompt you for enablement a convenient way to get your message while your EarPods Pro are plugged into your ears.
Customizing your Configuration
Now that your AirPods Pro are connected to your iPhone, you can try your AirPods Pro’s features, and fine-tune the settings,.
Go to Settings, and then tap on Bluetooth.
Bluetooth—and tap on the “i” icon next to the “Connected” line for your AirPods Pro. This will pop up the primary configuration screen.
You can check to make sure you have the right-sized ear tips for your AirPods by tapping on the “Ear Tip Fit Test” link. As you tap through a bit of music in both of your AirPods Pro, which they’ll use to measure whether your seal is ideal
You can also use this screen to switch between your AirPods Pro’s Noise Cancellation and Transparency features—one blocks out the outside world and the other uses the AirPods Pro’s microphones to let it in. I recommend setting up the “Left” and “Right” Force Sensors to your liking by tapping on either within the “Press and Hold AirPods” section of this configuration screen.
When you do, considering adding “Off” to the cycle that you’ll run through whenever you gently press the Force Sensors. (I’m surprised “Off” wasn’t, er, on by default.) You can also remove any modes you know you’ll never want to use—or never want to enable by pressing the Force Sensor for the AirPod in that ear, that is—and you can switch to using Siri instead if you don’t want to cycle through the AirPods Pro’s noise-related features at all.
Finally, you can also adjust whether you want your AirPods microphone to automatically switch between your left and right AirPod while you’re talking—based on whichever sounds the best—or if you’d prefer it to only be active on one or the other. You’ll find that setting under the “Microphone,” option, which defaults to “automatic.”
And don’t forget—if you aren’t using (or don’t want to use) your AirPods Pro’s Force Sensors for any reason, you can also switch between its Noise Cancelling and Transparency modes by opening up your device’s Control Center and press-and-holding the volume slider, which will have a pair of AirPods Pro superimposed over it when they’re active.
