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I’ve just updated to iPad Air, and I may old iPad I could share with my wife to watch a movie on the plane with cable headphones, now I have a iPad Air and telling me I have got to buy air pods, is there another way?
You say you just updated to iPad Air...Do you know which model you got? If you got the newest one, then it's most likely got a USB-C connector on the bottom. You can purchase a USB-C to headphone splitter and connect a couple of sets of headphones that way. You can get one that just has two ports for headphones, or you can get something that has a USB-C port with it to allow for charging as well while both of them are plugged in. If you still have a lightning port on the bottom (if it's an older iPad Air model) you can still find the same type of splitter connector for that as well.
If you're looking to go wireless and using bluetooth then you're going to have to get a couple of pairs of bluetooth headphones that are compatible with sharing the audio which are going to be ones like AirPods or some Beats headphone models as those are the only ones that will support this feature with the OS.
Hello!
I assume that you're using Bluetooth headphones with your new iPad.
To share audio with your wife, you'll need a pair of compatible headphones.
Supported models are listed here:
Share audio with AirPods or Beats headphones – Apple Support (AU)
If you want to use two cable headphones, you can buy one of this accessories (this one is from Walmart):
They are not from Apple but they'll do the job!
I can use one pair of Bluetooth headphones which is a cheap pair, but to have two pairs of AirPods which would cost £300 to work, I have used a splitter and had two cable ones on my old iPad which is good for us, will this work work on the iPad Air?
I think that a lightning splitter will work with the latest iPad Air.
One headphones pair simply mirrors the other, in most cases.
I've seen that some splitters are MFI certified, they should work just fine!
Lwinner1 wrote:
How do I turn off the sound on my iPad so I can hear with my earbuds on the plane?
The sound to the iPad's speakers should go off automatically when you plug them in. If that's not happening, you may have an issue with the port.
Thanks for your help
I see you had an adapter for your old iPad which enabled you to have two sets of wired earphones. Could you tell me which adapter you used please?
How do I turn off the sound on my iPad so I can hear with my earbuds on the plane?
Hi how can I listen to a film on my iPad Air with my wife not using AirPods?
