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Can two people with airpods (both connected to blue tooth of iPad) both listen to the same audio on the iPad at the same time?

Can two people with airpods (both connected to blue tooth of iPad) both listen to the same audio on the iPad at the same time? We can’t seem to get the audio to play on both sets of air pods at the same time. We have even used the feature “share audio” and it hasn’t worked.





Posted on Mar 5, 2021 9:49 PM

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Posted on Mar 12, 2021 6:10 AM

Make sure your devices are compatible and everything is set up like this: Share audio with AirPods or Beats headphones - Apple Support

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Mar 12, 2021 6:21 AM in response to JaimiAnn

AirPlay 2 extends the original AirPlay capabilities - and now has the capability of sending audio to multiple AirPlay/Bluetooth devices.


Here is a third-party overview of how to use multiple AirPods and/or other suitable headphones:

https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/06/11/how-to-share-your-audio-with-two-airpods-in-ios-13


Whist this article makes explicit reference to iOS/iPadOS13, it is equally applicable to iOS/iPadOS14 devices.

Can two people with airpods (both connected to blue tooth of iPad) both listen to the same audio on the iPad at the same time?

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