How To Play Music From An iPhone To Two Pairs Of AirPods

This feature is only available on devices with iOS 13.1, iPadOS 13.1 or higher, and must have Bluetooth 5.0 support.

More specifically, devices that meet the requirements include iPhone 8 or later, iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation and above), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad mini (5th generation), and iPod Touch (7th generation).

As for headphones, Apple offers this feature with most AirPods and Beats headphones.

Specifically: AirPods, AirPods Pro, Powerbeats 3, Powerbeats Pro, Beats Solo 3 Wireless, Beats Solo Pro, Beats Studio 3 Wireless, and Beats X.

How to use the Audio Sharing feature

Step 1: On the iPhone or iPad, swipe down in the upper right corner of the screen (below the network signal column) to open the Control Center

If your iPhone / iPad has a Home button, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open the Control Center

Step 2: In the Control Center, tap on the Play button

Step 3: Here, click on the AirPlay button

You can also see this button when opening the Music app or the Now Playing widget on the lock screen

Step 4: Below your connected headset, you'll see the Share Audio button. Click on it

Step 5: Now, bring another iPhone / iPad with the paired headset to it, close to your device. Or you can also bring a second pair of headphones to your device

Step 6: You will see the pairing message appear. Click the Share Audio button

Now both pairs of headphones will be connected to your iPhone / iPad.

Step 7: Go back to the playlist, and you'll see there are 2 names of headphones connected. Your ones will already have tick marks, new ones won't. Now just tick it and you can play music for both pairs of headphones.

Conversely, to disconnect the headset, you just need to uncheck its mark is done. Or you can also turn off the headset or leave it in the charging box to stop sharing music.