But even if you have an Apple Watch, you still need to lift your wrist, press the side button, select the 'now playing' app (hopefully it was the last one used so it's the first one to choose), then you can skip tracks and control volume with the crown.
Not exactly as easy as 'double click remote control' on wired earphones.
I don't really understand - they should have the capacity to basically mirror the existing remote.
- single tap play/pause
- double tap skip
- triple tap rew
You could add volume control to the other ear.
- press and hold : volume up until you let go
- tap once and then press and hold: volume down until you let go
- double tap for Siri if necessary
Missing basic blind controls for playback makes this funademtally flawed IMO. I'd even consider a separate remote I could clip to my shirt or something.
It can become easier with the Apple Watch if you have the Playing Now complication.
On the other hand some commands you suggest don’t seem feasible with the AirPods technology.
There’s a good reason why they require double tap to Siri (or play/pause, depending on your settings) and not just single tap: you don’t want it to get it accidentally activated all the time. Touch your head, that’s a tap, lean on the bus window, that’s a tap, adjust the AirPods themselves, that’s a tap. You get the idea. While a double tap is a more intended and deliberate gesture. So for 3 different commands, you’d be having from double tap to quadruple tap. That’s a lot of taps.
Secondly, there’s no button or touch sensor on the AirPods. So there isn’t “hold” input. It only has a motion sensor, which works binarily. It either moves, which is registered as an input, or it doesn’t. To hold them, for them it’s the same as they are staying put after being touched.
But I agree there’s much that could be done, especially on the left/right front.
