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0 pointstedmiston8y ago0 comments

I don't have a watch myself... I've been pulling out my iPhone and doing all of the controls there.

Not sure if my AirPods are defective, but I'm getting a successful detection from a tap on the AirPod sensor maybe 1/3 of the time.

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MBCook8y ago

Mine are about 100%, but it does seem to require a decent little thunk. You can't just touch it. I've heard people say they don't like it because it feels uncomfortable in your ear when you hit it hard enough. It doesn't bother me but I'm not going to say it feels good.

I don't think it's capacitive, I think it's based on the little chip's gyro sensor.

nardi8y ago

Just to be sure—you're both doing a double tap, right? It has to be a double tap. Mine responds just fine unless I hit it weird, which has only happened a couple of times.

tedmistonOP8y ago

Yeah, looks like I wasn't thunking it hard enough. I was tapping it with the force of a tap to click trackpad.

MBCook8y ago

Yes. I am.

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0 pointstedmiston8y ago0 comments

I don't have a watch myself... I've been pulling out my iPhone and doing all of the controls there.

Not sure if my AirPods are defective, but I'm getting a successful detection from a tap on the AirPod sensor maybe 1/3 of the time.

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MBCook8y ago

I don't think it's capacitive, I think it's based on the little chip's gyro sensor.

nardi8y ago

Just to be sure—you're both doing a double tap, right? It has to be a double tap. Mine responds just fine unless I hit it weird, which has only happened a couple of times.

tedmistonOP8y ago

Yeah, looks like I wasn't thunking it hard enough. I was tapping it with the force of a tap to click trackpad.

MBCook8y ago

Yes. I am.

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