my airpods are showing up as bluetooth speakers and i cant change their settings

In the little volume indicator it says that my AirPods are Bluetooth speakers rather than AirPods and I am unable to change their settings

Posted on Jan 20, 2020 4:37 PM

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1 reply

MrBill3

Level 10

104,632 points

Jan 21, 2020 5:21 AM in response to Snekyboi

Hello,

See this:

Place the connected AirPods in your ears and open the cover of the charging case
Go to Settings > Bluetooth and select the circled “i” next to your AirPods
Change the name or anything else on the screen
For more detail: Adjust the settings of your AirPods

Good luck.

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