How to Easily Change Songs Using Your iPhone Headset

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Easily change songs using your iPhone headset

How to Easily Change Songs Using Your iPhone Headset

Easiest way to stop, play, skip next, skip back, fast forward or rewind.

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Get your headset and iPhone

Get your headset and iPhone

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Plug headset in iphone

Plug headset in iphone

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Make sure you have this exact headset remote

Make sure you have this exact headset remote

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Press the middle. Press once to play. Press again to pause/stop

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Press twice quickly to skip forward to next track.

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Press 3 times quickly to skip back to next track.

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To fast forward in a song press twice but on the second press hold it down

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To rewind press 3 times but hold down on the third press.

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10 Comments
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Original iPhone mic remote headset

1 hand with a thumb :)

Joshua Haswell

Make sure the headphones are proper apple ones. Check if you can pause / play. While do is playing you can easily double tap to skip. Should all be fine. Just need those quick fingers

(author) 5 months ago

Kate Hansen

It does Henry, for me a least. Maybe check your headphones?

Kate Hansen 5 months ago

Henry Fok

Doesn't work for iOS6 :(

Henry Fok 5 months ago

Andreas Hafner

Great! Just tried it out. You gotta be real quick though…

Andreas Hafner 8 months ago

Marie-Anne B

Cool i didnt know tht... Now if only i could figure out where I placed them

Marie-Anne B 9 months ago

Bobby Polk

you can also use your inline remote for a shutter control on your cam:)

Bobby Polk 9 months ago

Kate Hansen

Knew all these but just had to say props for DLC playing!

Kate Hansen 9 months ago

Elaine Tan

Thanks! I didn't know that!

Elaine Tan 9 months ago

Flo McGee

Nice tip

Flo McGee 9 months ago

Ole Ebbesen

Great! Thanks, this has been bugging me for a while.

Ole Ebbesen 9 months ago

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