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Q: Siri and Airpod mic

When activating Siri from the Airpods, will the Airpod mic be used as input or will the iPhone mic be used the way earpods do?

Posted on Sep 21, 2016 3:41 PM

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Q: Siri and Airpod mic

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  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Sep 21, 2016 3:42 PM in response to Weible
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    Sep 21, 2016 3:42 PM in response to Weible

    As no one here has had any experience with this as of yet unreleased product, it would be hard to say. What I can tell you is the BT headset I have that works with Siri uses the headset microphone.

  • by Weible,

    Weible Weible Sep 21, 2016 4:08 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Sep 21, 2016 4:08 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    Thanks, I just figured out the question was based on some bad info anyway.  I've been having problems with Siri not understanding me via earpods.  When researching online I came across some posts that suggested the phone mic was being used instead of the earpod mic and accepted that was the problem. 

     

    I just realized it was actually user error.  I was holding the center button while speaking, which I'm pretty sure is how it worked once upon a time.  Figured out you hold the button till Siri activates then release the button to speak commands.

     

    Bottom line: Siri does use the earpod mic and I'm sure airpods will be the same.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Sep 21, 2016 4:56 PM in response to Weible
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    Sep 21, 2016 4:56 PM in response to Weible

    Weible wrote:

    Bottom line: Siri does use the earpod mic and I'm sure airpods will be the same.

    I suspect you're correct. I look forward to finding out.

  • by Jonathan UK,

    Jonathan UK Jonathan UK Sep 22, 2016 9:59 AM in response to Weible
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    Sep 22, 2016 9:59 AM in response to Weible

    Hi

     

    When activating Siri from either AirPod, the AirPod mic will be used.