How to Pair AirPods with Window Devices
Posted: April 26, 2022
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While most people use an iOS computer if they own AirPods or AirPods Pro, there are some cases you may want to connect them to a Windows device. Some individuals prefer Windows over iOS computers but prefer AirPods over other types of headphones, or it may be that you prefer iOS devices, but have to work with Windows. While it is easier to connect AirPods to iOS computers, it's not impossible to connect them to a Windows computer. Just note that you may not have the full functionality of the headphones.
Leif Johnson, contributor to
PCWorld, explains the easiest way to connect iOS headphones with a Windows device.
Pairing AirPods or AirPods Pro with a PC may not be as utterly simple as with an iOS
device, but it’s only marginally harder. You just connect the earbuds via Bluetooth—a straightforward, fast process in both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Just follow our steps below and you’ll be off and running.
Do note, however, that as an Apple product, AirPods and AirPod Pros lose some functionality in Windows. They work well for
listening to audio, but fall quite short of microphone quality you’d get on iOS or macOS. So while Apple’s earbuds can handle Zoom calls in a pinch, we’d steer clear of them as your main Windows headset.
Read the full article,
How to pair AirPods or Airpods Pro with Windows, on
PCWorld.