AirPods (3rd generation)

Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking

Sweat and water resistant AirPods and charging case

Up to 6 hours of listening time with a single charge

Lightning Charging Case

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Audio Technology

Custom high-excursion Apple driver
Custom high dynamic range amplifier
Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking¹
Adaptive EQ

Sensors

Dual beamforming microphones
Inward-facing microphone
Skin-detect sensor
Motion-detecting accelerometer
Speech-detecting accelerometer
Force sensor

Chip

H1 headphone chip

Controls

Press once to play, pause, or answer a phone call
Press twice to skip forward
Press three times to skip back
Press and hold for Siri
Say “Hey Siri” to do things like play a song, make a call, or get directions

Sweat and Water Resistant

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

Size and Weight (Each)

Height: 1.21 inches (30.79 mm)
Width: 0.72 inch (18.26 mm)
Depth: 0.76 inch (19.21 mm)
Weight: 0.15 ounce (4.28 grams)

Charging Box wide 2.14 inches (54.40 mm)

Charging Box wide 1.83 inches (46.40 mm)

Charging Box side wide 0.84 inch (21.38 mm)

Height: 1.83 inches (46.40 mm)
Width: 2.14 inches (54.40 mm)
Depth: 0.84 inch (21.38 mm)
Weight: 1.34 ounces (37.91 grams)

Charging Case

The Lightning Charging Case works with the Lightning connector. The MagSafe Charging Case works wirelessly with MagSafe charger and Qi-certified chargers or with the Lightning connector.

Battery⁴

AirPods

Up to 6 hours of listening time with a single charge (up to 5 hours with Personalized Spatial Audio enabled)
Up to 4 hours of talk time with a single charge

AirPods with Lightning Charging Case or MagSafe 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

Connectivity

Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology

In the Box

AirPods
Lightning Charging Case or MagSafe Charging Case
Lightning to USB-C Cable
Documentation

Accessibility

Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new AirPods.

Features include:

Live Listen audio⁵
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 7⁷
iPhone 7 Plus⁷
iPhone 6s⁷
iPhone 6s Plus⁷
iPhone SE (3rd generation)
iPhone SE (2nd generation)
iPhone SE (1st generation)⁷

iPod Models

iPod touch (7th generation)

Mac Models

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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)