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How to connect AirPods to your Dell Computer or Laptop
Can I use AirPods with a Windows 10, 8.1, or Windows 7 computer? Yes, you can: Just make sure that your computer or laptop has a Bluetooth adapter and that it is working properly – once you connect the AirPods, you can use them as headphones with a microphone.
This tutorial details how to connect Apple AirPods or AirPods Pro to your PC or laptop, as well as possible problems you may encounter when doing so. In the context of the topic may be useful: How to connect any Bluetooth headphones to your laptop or computer and solve possible sound problems, How to connect and use AirPods with Android.
Connecting AirPods to your Dell computer
As noted above, to be able to connect, your computer must be equipped with Bluetooth, the adapter must be working properly and not disconnected, the further steps are as follows:
- Put the AirPods in pairing mode. To do this, place them in their case, open it, and then press and hold the round button on the case until the LED indicator light flashes white. If it does not start flashing, wait a little longer without releasing the button: it will glow white, flash orange a few times, and then start flashing white.AirPods Pairing Mode
- Pair your AirPods with your computer. To do this in Windows 10, go to Settings (Win+I or the gear icon in the Start menu) – Devices – Add Bluetooth or other device – Bluetooth, wait for AirPods to appear in the list and click on them, wait for the connection to complete.Connect AirPods to Windows 10
- In Windows 7 and 8.1, you can go to Control Panel – Devices and Printers – Add Device and connect to AirPods the same way.
- Turn on the sound output and microphone from the AirPods. In Windows 10, go to Settings – System – Sound and make sure that AirPods are installed as output and input devices.Setting Audio Output to AirPods in Windows 10
In Windows 7 and 8.1, go to “Recording and Playback Devices” (via right-click on the speaker in the notification area) and set AirPods as the default device for playback and recording (right-click on AirPods – use default and use as default communication device). In Windows 10, it is also better to look into such a section (see How to open Windows 10 recording and playback devices). In some messengers (e.g. Skype), you need to select the default microphone in the settings of the program itself.Setting up AirPods in recording and playback devices
As a rule, this is the end of all the settings – AirPods work with Windows and there are no problems, and reconnection is usually automatic (or without pairing, but simply by connecting the device in the device settings). The only nuance – when used with an iPhone, the headphones will have to reconnect to it.
Possible problems when connecting AirPods and AirPods Pro in Windows 10, 8.1 and Windows 7
Below are some common problems when using AirPods on a Windows computer and possible approaches to solve them. Connecting your AirPods with your Dell laptop will automatically connect the two devices the next time that Bluetooth and Pairing mode is set up.
How to Connect AirPods to Dell Laptop via bluetooth
You can also enable Bluetooth by pressing Windows + I on your Keyboard.
Bluetooth works (sees other devices) but does not find AirPods – this happens with older Bluetooth adapters (as well as cheap USB-Bluetooth adapters for PCs), or is often caused by drivers. Try to remove the existing Bluetooth driver (in the device manager, uninstall the adapter and put a mark “Remove drivers of this device”) and install it manually from the official website of the laptop manufacturer. Also, I have encountered that on the contrary, with the official driver headphones were not found, but after its removal and automatic installation of the driver by Windows 10 itself, everything worked fine. If you are not sure that Bluetooth works properly (and it happens that you have disabled the adapter, although the driver is installed and “the device works fine), read a separate guide: What to do if Bluetooth does not work on a laptop.
Communication with AirPods drops out, intermittent sound. Here again, you can experiment with different versions of drivers until you find a stable one. Sometimes disabling power saving for the Bluetooth adapter helps (go to the adapter properties in Device Manager, on the tab “Power Management” disable power saving). Also might be helpful: Sound lags in Bluetooth headphones.
Using AirPods with your Dell computer – video
In case something doesn’t work as expected when you try to connect AirPods to your laptop or computer, describe the situation, paying special attention to the model of your laptop and Bluetooth adapter, you may find a solution.
Make sure that Bluetooth is turned on. Place both AirPods in the charging case and open the cover. Press and hold the setting button on the back of the case until the status light flashes white. Select the AirPods headphones from the device list and press the Connect button
Right-click the Start button and select Control Panel. Click Hardware and Sound. Click Sound.
To make sure that the microphone works properly, specify the correct sound recording device in Windows.
Click Start and select Settings (the gear icon).
Click System.
On the left-hand menu, click Sound.
Yes, you can – as long as your computer or laptop has a Bluetooth adapter and it is working properly, you can use the AirPods as headphones with a microphone.
Click on “Bluetooth” and the device search will start. Recall that the light on the AirPods headphone case should be flashing white. When your AirPods appear in the list – click on them. The connection process will begin immediately.
How to connect bluetooth headphones to a PC
First you need to turn on Bluetooth on your computer or laptop.
In the window that appears, you must move the Bluetooth slider to the “On” state.
Then click on “Add device”.
At the same time it is necessary to turn on the stereo headphones. …
Then the pairing mode should be activated.
Connecting AirPods and AirPods Pro headphones to your iPhone
Navigate to the Home screen.
Without removing the AirPods headphones from the charging case, open the charging case and bring it to your iPhone. …
Tap “Connect.”
If you have AirPods Pro or AirPods (3rd generation) headphones, check the contents of the following three screens.
How to pair AirPods with Windows for the first time
Insert the headphones into the charging case, making sure they are at least partially charged. Open the cover of the case without removing the headphones from the case. Press and hold the round button on the back of the charging case for a few seconds until the indicator light flashes white.
How to pair AirPods with Windows for the first time
Insert the headphones into the charging case, making sure they are at least partially charged. Open the cover of the case without removing the headphones from the case. Press and hold the round button on the back of the charging case for a few seconds until the indicator light flashes white.
How to connect bluetooth headphones to a Dell PC
First you need to turn on Bluetooth on your computer or laptop
In the window that appears, you must move the Bluetooth slider to the “On” state.
Then click on “Add device”.
At the same time it is necessary to turn on the stereo headphones. …
Then the pairing mode should be activated.
Apple unveiled its first over-the-ear AirPods Max headphones, which are positioned as completely wireless. It turned out that they can still be connected by wire to your computer or smartphone, but you will have to buy one cable. AirPods Max uses a proprietary Lightning connector for charging.