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Published on December 5th, 2011 | by Kieran

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Apple Headphones Shortcuts

I am always listening to music so it is no surprise that one of the main things I love about the iPhone is the iPod / Music function. I have a few sets of headphones with the inline remote / mic with a single button. I have always know that you can press the button once to start music playing and press it again to make it stop, but recently I have found that different combinations can do different things.

So I have put together a few useful headphone shortcuts. Apart from the shortcuts relating to answering and ending phonecalls they should all work on the iPhone, iPad and iPod.

When there is an incoming call

• Press Once to answer the call
• Press Twice to send the call to voicemail
• Press and Hold to decline the call

While on the call

• Press Once to hang up the call

When you are playing Music

• Press Once to start / stop / resume music playing
• Press Twice while music is play to skip to next track
• Press Three Times to rewind / go back to the previous song

• Press Twice and Hold fast forwards the track

Then, at anytime

• Press and Hold to activate voice recognition

Tags: apple, guide, howto, ipad, iphone, itouch

About the Author

Kieran has worked with computers and technology for over 20 years. Based in the United Kingdom, he works as a Solution Engineer for Salesforce, specialising in all things Commerce, Digital and the Internet. Predominantly blogging on KieranLane.com he can also be found on Twitter @KieranLane, Instagram and Flickr.

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