Product Features

• Force sensor
• Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking
• Sweat and water resistant: AirPods and charging case
• H1 chip
• Up to 6 hours of listening time on one charge
• Up to 30 hours of listening time with charging case
• Automatic switching
• Lightning Charging Case

Audio Technology

• Adaptive EQ
• Custom high-excursion Apple driver
• Custom high dynamic range amplifier
• Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking

Sensors

• Skin-detect sensor
• Motion-detecting accelerometer
• Speech-detecting accelerometer
• Force sensor

Microphones

• Dual beamforming microphones
• Inward-facing microphone

Chip

• H1 headphone chip

Controls

• 1 tap: Press once to play, pause, or answer a phone call
• 2 tap: Press twice to skip forward
• 3 tap: Press three times to skip back

Size and Weight

• Height: 30.79mm
  Width: 18.26mm
  Depth: 19.21mm
  Weight: 4.28g

• Lightning Charging Case

Height: 46.40mm
Width: 54.40mm
Depth: 21.38mm
Weight: 37.91g

Battery

• AirPods (3nd generation)

Up to 6 hours of listening time with a single charge (up to 5 hours with Spatial Audio enabled)

Up to 4 hours of talk time with a single charge

• AirPods (3nd generation) with Lightning Charging Case

Up to 30 hours of listening time

Up to 20 hours of talk time

5 minutes in the case provides around 1 hour of listening time or around 1 hour of talk time

Sweat and Water Resistance

• Sweat and water resistant (IPX4): AirPods and charging case

Connectivity

• Bluetooth 5.0

In the Box

• AirPods (3nd generation)
• Lightning Charging Case
• Lightning to USB-C Cable
• Documentation

Accessibility

• Live Listen audio
• Headphone levels
• Headphone Accommodations

System Requirements

• iPhone and iPod touch models with the latest version of iOS
• iPad models with the latest version of iPadOS
• Apple Watch models with the latest version of watchOS
• Mac models with the latest version of macOS
• Apple TV models with the latest version of tvOS

Compatibility

• iPhone Models

iPhone 14 | iPhone 14 Plus | iPhone 14 Pro | iPhone 14 Pro Max | iPhone 13 mini | iPhone 13 | iPhone 13 Pro | iPhone 13 Pro Max | iPhone 12 mini | iPhone 12 | iPhone 12 Pro | iPhone 12 Pro Max | iPhone 11 | iPhone 11 Pro | iPhone 11 Pro Max | iPhone XS | iPhone XS Max | iPhone XR | iPhone X | iPhone 8 | iPhone 8 Plus | iPhone 7 | iPhone 7 Plus | iPhone 6s | iPhone 6s Plus | iPhone SE (3rd generation) | iPhone SE (2nd generation) | iPhone SE (1st generation)

• iPad Models

iPad Pro (12.9‑inch, 5th generation) | iPad Pro (12.9‑inch, 4th generation) | iPad Pro (12.9‑inch, 3rd generation) | iPad Pro (12.9‑inch, 2nd generation) | iPad Pro (12.9‑inch, 1st generation) | iPad Pro (11‑inch, 3rd generation) | iPad Pro (11‑inch, 2nd generation) | iPad Pro (11‑inch, 1st generation) | iPad Pro (10.5‑inch) | iPad Pro (9.7‑inch) | iPad (9th generation) | iPad (8th generation) | iPad (7th generation) | iPad (6th generation) | iPad (5th generation) | iPad Air (5th generation) | iPad Air (4th generation) | iPad Air (3rd generation) | iPad Air 2 | iPad mini (6th generation) | iPad mini (5th generation) | iPad mini 4

• iPod Models

iPod touch (7th generation)

• Apple Watch Models

Apple Watch Ultra | Apple Watch Series 8 | Apple Watch Series 7 | Apple Watch Series 6 | Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) | Apple Watch SE (1st generation) | Apple Watch Series 5 | Apple Watch Series 4 | Apple Watch Series 3 | Apple Watch Series 2 | Apple Watch Series 1

• Mac Models

MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, early 2015–2017) | MacBook Air (11-inch, mid 2012–early 2015) | MacBook Air (13-inch, mid 2012–2017) | MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018–2020) | MacBook Air (M1, 2020) | MacBook Air (M2, 2022) | MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, late 2012–early 2015) | MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, mid 2012–mid 2015) | MacBook Pro (13-inch, mid 2012–2020) | MacBook Pro (15-inch, mid 2012–2019) | MacBook Pro 13-inch (2020, two ports) | MacBook Pro 13-inch (2020, four ports) | MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020) | MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2, 2022) | MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021) | MacBook Pro 16-inch (2021) | MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) | iMac (21.5-inch, late 2012–2017) | iMac (27-inch, late 2012–late 2013) | iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, late 2015–2019) | iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, late 2014–2020) | iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) | iMac Pro (2017) | Mac mini (late 2012–late 2018) | Mac mini (M1, 2020) | Mac Studio (2022) | Mac Pro (late 2013–2019)

• Apple TV Models

Apple TV 4K | Apple TV HD