{"id":51204,"date":"2026-03-09T20:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=51204"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:32:54","slug":"airpods-control-center-design-in-ios-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/09\/airpods-control-center-design-in-ios-26\/","title":{"rendered":"AirPods Control Center Design in iOS 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marco Arment<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I fail using this UI at least once a week.<\/p>\n

It’s the AirPods Control Center volume pane, where I go to put my AirPods Pro into Adaptive mode (which I have configured a hundred times to be part of the long-press selection, but that always gets inexplicably forgotten).<\/p>\n

What you’re SUPPOSED to do is tap the circle to bring up the modes.<\/p>\n

But right below it is the OBVIOUS LOOK OF A DROPDOWN CONTROL, complete with the double-arrow and tint color, but it is NOT ACTUALLY A TAPPABLE CONTROL AARRGGHHH 😡<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

You’re supposed to tap the gray icon that matches the background, not the blue arrows that look like a button. What were they thinking?<\/p>\n\n

You get to this screen by long-pressing on the volume slider in Control Center. It does not work to long-press on the volume slider in the sheet that you get after tapping the AirPlay (sound output selector) button within an app.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n