I love using wireless headphones with my Apple iPad. This allows me to listen to music, watch my favorite movies or even exercise without worrying about my headphones getting in the way. Connecting a set of Bluetooth headphones to your iPad is easy enough, but can you connect two pairs?
Can you connect 2 Bluetooth headphones to an iPad?
The iPad has a feature called Audio Sharing that allows you to directly pair two different Bluetooth headsets to your tablet. This allows both headphones to hear the exact same audio, whether it’s music, movies, shows, or anything else. This is a native feature of your iPad.
Connecting two Bluetooth headphones to your iPad isn’t that hard, but it’s easy to get lost. I’ll walk you through the entire process so you can easily pair both earphones simultaneously. You won’t need any special apps, but you will need to know where the audio sharing tool is.
Getting Started
There are a few things we need to cover before you get started to pair two Bluetooth headphones with your iPad.
This section will ensure that you are ready to start working with your headphones.
Unlike some other special features with your iPad that are only Unlocked with specific apps, pairing two wireless headphones is a native feature with your iPad.
At the same time, you should make sure that your iOS version is properly updated.
This feature was added after iOS 13.2.
If you just bought your iPad or if you haven’t updated it in a while, you may not have the correct version.
If not, take a while and update your iPad.
If the iOS version is 13.2 or later, then you should have no problem following the steps below.
Other devices
You might be wondering if you can do this with your iPhone too, since it’s very similar to an iPad.
The truth is that you can. Not only that, but the steps are exactly the same.
You just need to choose the right feature.
If you’re doing this with your iPhone, you should also make sure it’s running iOS 13.2 or higher.
All the steps are exactly the same.
Specific headsets
Another important thing is that this does not work with all pairs of Bluetooth headsets.
Apple is known for having sophisticated technology, but sometimes they only allow certain accessories to have the best features.
You can only pair two Bluetooth headphones if both use the Apple H1 or W1 Chip .
This is a select number of headphones, including official Apple Airpods, select Beats headphones, and several other brands.
Please make sure your headphones have this chip before trying. this procedure. If not, you won’t be able to pair more than one pair of headphones.
Pair and Share
The first thing you need to do is pair your headphones .
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Then you can start sharing audio between them.
While you probably already have one or both headphones plugged into your iPad, I’ll write this as if you haven’t plugged either one in.
I’d hate to see you get stuck at any point during this tutorial.
Feel free to skip if necessary.
Pairing Headphones
You must pair the two headphones you want to use.
Some people just pair one and then expect to hear audio from the other.
Start by turning on your iPad, then go to Bluetooth Settings.
This will display all nearby Bluetooth devices that it can connect to.
Make sure you plug both headphones into your tablet.
If you’re not sure if this worked, play some audio and make sure it works. You can then activate the other headphones and play audio with that.
This will test that both are working.
Once you’re satisfied, start playing the audio you want to share.
Share Audio
Open Control Center by swiping down from the right side. Next, you need to select the Music menu. This will display the headphones that are currently connected to your iPad.
You will see an option to Share Audio. Select this and confirm the headset you want to share the audio with.
If you have three or more headphones paired with your iPad, you’ll need to select the specific pair you want to share with.
You can manually change the volume of both headphones independently. This allows you to account for differences in devices along with individual preferences.
Troubleshooting Steps
While this is fairly easy , there are a few things that can go wrong. I’ll give you some troubleshooting steps that can help you resolve any issues that may arise.
Headphones charged and connected
As I said above, you want to make sure both Bluetooth headphones are connected before sharing audio.
I suggest trying them independently to make sure they work.
You can just do this making one active, play audio, and then repeat this with the second pair of headphones.
You should also make sure the headphones are charged.
If the battery is low, audio could suddenly die without warning.
Simply give the headphones time to charge and try again.
Proper Headphones
The most common reason for this failure is not using the correct headphones.
Make sure the headphones use Apple’s H1 or W1 chip. Either chip is fine, but it will fail if the chip is not present. The easiest way to do this is to use Apple Airpods.
If you don’t have an Apple product, check online to see if your headphones have any of these chips. Note that both earphones must have one of these chips.
Reset Everything
If you did everything right and it still doesn’t work, then it’s time for a reset. all. Turn both pairs of headphones off and back on again.
Do the same for your iPad by holding down the power button. This tends to clear up a lot of random issues, so it should help with this as well.
Try it and it should fix the problem.
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