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When you’re on the go, you want things to be as quick, easy and seamless as possible, and that includes everything from grabbing your morning coffee to changing the song on your headphones. While you may not be able to speed up the queue at your favourite cafe, you can learn how to control wireless earbuds quickly and effortlessly so that you never need to take your phone out of your pocket or your tablet out of your bag to do so.
When you’re using Bose earbuds, you can start and pause music and answer phone calls with a quick touch.
With Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds, the touch surface is located on the outer portion of each earbud, and the touch controls can be used on the right or left earbud. To start or pause your media, use one finger to tap either earbud – a light touch is fine; there’s no need to press down. Double tap to skip forward to the next track. This will save you from having to take out your phone, making it a particularly convenient option when you’re commuting, working in the office, or even exercising at the gym.
When you want to drown out the noise around you, Bose earbud controls let you adjust the volume via touch controls.
In the Bose app, go to the settings menu and scroll down to “product control.” There’s a sliding button labelled “voice touch control.” Toggle the button to engage or disengage this feature.
Once the setting is on, you’re ready to adjust your volume on the fly. All you have to do is use your finger to swipe up on the right earbud to increase the volume or swipe down to decrease the volume. This gesture also works on the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones, which have a touch surface on the front portion of the right ear cup. With these larger headphones, you can also swipe forward to skip to the next track or swipe backward to return to the previous one.
If your earbuds have Bose’s world-class noise cancellation technology, you can toggle through different settings by touching and holding either earbud. By default, there are two noise cancellation levels set as favourites, including:
Have a quick question for Siri? You can access your phone’s voice assistant using your Bose earbuds, but you’ll need to turn this feature on first. You can do so in the Bose app by going to the settings and scrolling down to “Product control.” Tap “Shortcut” and then there is an option to select a shortcut for the left ear, including “Access Your Voice Assistant.”
To access your voice assistant on the go, touch your left earbud and hold your finger there until you hear a tone. Then release your finger and say your request. The microphone on the left earbud acts as an extension of the microphone in your smartphone, allowing you to look up information, play a podcast, make a phone call and more with ease.
Once you’ve learned how to control your wireless earbuds using gestures, you can adjust your media, phone calls and voice assistant more readily, making your everyday routines faster and more convenient, whether you’re conducting them at the office, on the plane, or during your daily run.
