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> New Experian survey explores consumer satisfaction with AirPods and other voice-first hardware > Conversational user interfaces are now mainstream. I really
by tedmiston 10y ago
> New Experian survey explores consumer satisfaction with AirPods and other voice-first hardware
> Conversational user interfaces are now mainstream.
I really like my AirPods, but... this is a strange comment to make about them. The Siri integration / audio controls is the most awkward part of using AirPods. Honestly really hoping they revisit in v2.
- reaperhulk 10y agoAgreed. I love my AirPods (they're amazing for when I want quick headphones and care less about sound quality) but they'd be a significantly better product if I could control the volume and go back/forward in songs without Siri.
- MBCook 10y agoI remapped mine from triggering Siri to simply be play/pause. I'm happy with it but I agree I'd like options. It would be nice to be able to trigger Siri once in a while or skip songs or modify volume.
- tedmiston 10y agoAgree. I really just want the same functionality that was there with the click button from the old headphones: volume up/down, play/pause/prev/next.
- MBCook 10y agoYeah. Volume doesn't bother me too much, but I'd love a next track thing. I kind of wish I could setup different things for the left and right AirPod. At least then I could have pause on one and Siri on the other (for most other tasks).
- tomp 10y agoHow did you go prev/next with the old headphones?
- tedmiston 10y agoTriple click / double click. If you hold the last click down you can also rewind / fast forward in the current track.
- mordant 10y agoYes - play/pause works better. I have Siri completely disabled.
- minimaxir 10y agoIf you have an Apple Watch, you can control audio/volume from there. (having the Now Playing complication helps too)
- tedmiston 10y agoI don't have a watch myself... I've been pulling out my iPhone and doing all of the controls there. Not sure if my AirPods are defective, but I'm getting a successful detection from a tap on the AirPod sensor maybe 1/3 of the time.
- MBCook 10y agoMine are about 100%, but it does seem to require a decent little thunk. You can't just touch it. I've heard people say they don't like it because it feels uncomfortable in your ear when you hit it hard enough. It doesn't bother me but I'm not going to say it feels good. I don't think it's capacitive, I think it's based on the little chip's gyro sensor.
- nardi 10y agoJust to be sure—you're both doing a double tap, right? It has to be a double tap. Mine responds just fine unless I hit it weird, which has only happened a couple of times.
- glhaynes 10y agoThere's not a Now Playing complication, is there? I hope I'm just missing it somehow because it'd be my most used complication by a long shot.
- mercer 10y agoMy AirPods are the pretty much my favorite piece of technology I've bought in at least two years, as far as day to day (or even hour to hour) usefulness. And yet I still reach for my phone and hold the home button to do any siri-related task...