You don’t want to unlock your phone to skip songs on your playlist. Luckily, with AirPods, you can skip songs with easy gestures. So, how to skip songs with AirPods Pro? All you have to do is double-tap on one of your AirPods.
Double tapping on the AirPods is the default setting for skipping songs. Regardless of what streaming platform you are using, this method will play the next song in your current playlist, album, or queue. But AirPods don’t come with this feature activated by the manufacturer. So, how to change it?
This post is going to show you how to skip songs with AirPods and how to activate the feature of skipping songs using AirPods. Just remember that only AirPods of first and second generations allow you to change the double-tap setting and the AirPods Pro only lets you change the PRESS AND HOLD AIRPODS setting.
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How to Skip Songs With AirPods Pro?
As mentioned earlier, you can skip any song on any platform by double-tapping on one of the AirPods. You can change the way AirPods skip songs in a couple of minutes. AirPods Pro, however, only lets you change the Tap and Hold AirPods setting, which you can set to play the next song.
Change Your Settings to Skip Songs on Gen 1 and Gen 2 AirPods
- Open Settings on your Apple device.
- Select Bluetooth.
- From the list of available Bluetooth devices, select your AirPods.
- Under the Double-Tap on AirPod heading, choose the AirPod you’d want to change the setting for.
- Click on the Next Track option, if it hasn’t already been chosen as default.
Change Your Settings to Skip Songs on Your AirPods Pro
- Open Settings on your Apple device.
- Select Bluetooth.
- From the list of available Bluetooth devices, select your AirPods.
- Under the Press and Hold AirPods heading, choose the AirPod you’d want to change the setting for.
- Click on the Next Track option.
Wrapping Up
So now you know how to skip songs with AirPods Pro. It is a very useful feature by Apple. Although AirPods or iPhones don’t come with this feature turned on, you can easily activate it with the steps I have shown you. So, see you next time and Adios!
