Can AirPods be used without having phone or iPad with you?

My son wants AirPods to use on bus from and to school he is 10 and he has a iPad but not a phone and he won’t be taking his iPad to school so can AirPods work without having the iPad with him ?

Posted on Sep 7, 2023 9:03 AM

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Posted on Sep 7, 2023 9:14 AM

There needs to be a device with him to use the airpods. It does not need to be an iPhone or an iPad, but something the AirPods can pair to and provide the sound the Airpods can play. Anything that supports bluetooth headphones can be used.


He can't just put the Airpods in his ears and have sound magically come out of them if they aren't paired to and near a paired device that produces the sound or the music.


They are not standalone devices.

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Sep 7, 2023 9:14 AM in response to Debchar9270

There needs to be a device with him to use the airpods. It does not need to be an iPhone or an iPad, but something the AirPods can pair to and provide the sound the Airpods can play. Anything that supports bluetooth headphones can be used.


He can't just put the Airpods in his ears and have sound magically come out of them if they aren't paired to and near a paired device that produces the sound or the music.


They are not standalone devices.

Can AirPods be used without having phone or iPad with you?

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