Use your Beats Solo 4

When you’re wearing your Beats Solo 4 headphones, you can use controls to play, pause, adjust volume, answer phone calls, use Siri and more. You can also listen to lossless audio when connected to a supported device.

Image of Beats Solo 4 showing the location of the power button on the right ear cup, and the location of the “b” button, volume up button and volume down buttons on the left ear cup.

Charge Beats Solo 4

See Charge Beats Solo 4 or Beats Studio Pro.

Turn Beats Solo 4 on or off

Press and hold the power button on the left ear cup for one second.

Pair Beats Solo 4 with your Apple or Android device

See Pair Beats.

Play audio on Beats Solo 4

Wear your Beats Solo 4 and make sure they’re connected to your Apple or Android device.
Go to an audio app, then play something — for example, a song in the Music app or an episode in the Podcasts app .
Do any of the following on the left ear cup:
- Play and pause audio: Press . To resume playback, press it again.
- Play the next track: Double-press .
- Play the previous track: Triple-press .
- Fast-forward through a track: Double-press and hold on the second press.
- Rewind a track: Triple-press and hold on the third press.

Change the volume on Beats Solo 4

Press above and below on the left ear cup to do any of the following:

Increase the volume: Press (or press and hold) the volume up button.
Decrease the volume: Press (or press and hold) the volume down button.

Listen to lossless audio on Beats Solo 4

Beats Solo 4 have a built-in digital-to-analogue converter (DAC), so you can listen to lossless audio when your headphones are connected to a device with a USB-C cable or 3.5 mm audio cable.

Do either of the following:
- Connect Beats Solo 4 to a supported iPhone, iPad, Mac or Android device using the included USB-C cable.
  When connected using the included USB-C cable, your headphones charge while you listen to audio.
- Connect the included 3.5 mm audio cable to the headphone jack on Beats Solo 4 and to the input jack on your audio source (such as a synthesiser or in-flight entertainment).
  When connected using the 3.5 mm audio cable, your headphones don’t require any battery power — you can enjoy playback without needing to charge.
Make sure lossless audio is turned on for your source audio.
See Turn on Lossless Audio in Apple Music for Apple Music.

Beats Solo 4 automatically turn off when you disconnect the USB-C cable.

Listen to Spatial Audio on Beats Solo 4

See Control Spatial Audio and head tracking on Apple devices.

Make and answer calls on Beats Solo 4

Do any of the following on the left ear cup:

Make a call: Press and hold . When you hear a chime, make your request.
Answer or end a call: When you receive a call, press . To end the call, press it again.
Answer a second incoming call and put the first call on hold, or switch between two active calls: Press .
Decline an incoming call: Double-press .
Mute or unmute the microphone: During a call, press . To unmute, press it again.

To customise the end-call and mute/unmute actions on Beats Solo 4, see Customise controls on your Beats.

Ask Siri on Beats Solo 4

Set up Siri (if you haven’t already done so).
Do either of the following:
- Say “Hey Siri”.
- Press and hold on the left ear cup.
When you hear a chime, make your request.

Learn how to change your settings to activate Siri or to use Siri to announce calls or notifications on your Beats.

Change Beats Solo 4 settings

See Customise controls on your Beats.

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Beats User Guide