Set a Custom EQ for Your AirPods in iOS 27

Sony, Bose, and Sennheiser owners person been capable to set the audio frequence spectrum of their headphones for years, whereas AirPods owners person had to marque bash with Apple's default tuning. That's nary longer the lawsuit successful iOS 27, which adds a three-band equalizer to the AirPods settings screen.


It's worthy noting that iOS has had an EQ mounting for years – it's buried successful Settings ➝ Apps ➝ Music, but it applies lone to Apple Music playback, and works connected immoderate brace of headphones. In iOS 27, the caller EQ is specifically tied to your AirPods, truthful it applies to everything you perceive to. Your customized EQ illustration besides carries implicit to iPad and Mac erstwhile you brace your AirPods with them.

What You Need

Custom EQ requires Apple's H2 chip, truthful it supports AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, AirPods 4, and AirPods Max 2. Earlier models, including the archetypal AirPods Max, aren't compatible with the feature.

You'll besides request existent AirPods beta firmware. If the Equalizer enactment described beneath doesn't appear, brace your AirPods with your iPhone, pat your AirPods successful Settings, past pat AirPods Beta Updates and toggle connected the beta updates option. Afterwards, enactment your AirPods successful the case, link the lawsuit to power, and permission it adjacent your unlocked iPhone to fto the latest beta firmware instal softly successful the background. It shouldn't instrumentality much than fractional an hour.

How to Adjust Your AirPods EQ

1. With your AirPods connected, unfastened Settings connected your iPhone.


2. Tap your AirPods astatine the apical of the screen.


3. Tap Audio & Routing.


4. Tap Equalizer.


5. Tap Custom, past resistance the low, mid, and precocious points up oregon down.

You should spot a media playback power supra the EQ showing the past happening you listened to, allowing you to perceive however your adjustments dependable successful existent time. Lows screen bass weight, mids transportation vocals and astir instruments, and highs grip treble item and sibilance.

To undo your changes, simply pat Reset, oregon take Recommended astatine the apical to reconstruct Apple's default profile. You'll find each the aforesaid options successful iPadOS 27, arsenic good arsenic successful macOS 27 Golden Gate (in System Settings).

iOS 27 and Apple's different upcoming bundle updates stay successful nationalist beta for now, with a wide merchandise expected sometime this September.
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