Use your Beats Pill

On Beats Pill, you can use controls to play, pause, adjust volume, answer phone calls, create an amplify or stereo group with two speakers, use Siri, and more. You can also listen to listen to lossless audio.

Image of Beats Pill speaker showing the location, from left to right, of the power, center, volume down, and volume up buttons on the top of the speaker.

Charge Beats Pill

Turn Beats Pill on or off

  • Press the power button on the top of the speaker for 3 seconds, then release.

When you turn Beats Pill on or off, the light flashes white if the battery is more than 10 percent charged. The light flashes red if the battery is less then 10 percent charged. See Charge Beats Pill.

Pair Beats Pill with your Apple or Android device

Play audio on Beats Pill

  1. Make sure your Beats Pill is connected to your Apple or Android device.

  2. Go to an audio app, then play something—for example, a song in the Music app or an episode in the Podcasts app .

  3. Use the center button on the top of Beats Pill to do any of the following:

    • Play and pause audio: Press the center button. To resume playback, press it again.

    • Play the next track: Double-press the center button.

    • Play the previous track: Triple-press the center button.

Change the volume on Beats Pill

Use the volume up and volume down buttons on the top of the speaker to do either 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.

Add a second Beats Pill to create an amplify or stereo group

Sync two Beats Pill speakers using Amplify mode for double the audio experience. For a surround sound feel, use Stereo mode to split audio between two synced speakers for dedicated left/right audio channel output.

Note: If you’re using Beats Pill+ speakers, see the Apple Support article Use Amplify mode and Stereo mode on your Beats Pill and your Beats Pill+.

  1. Make sure that one Beats Pill is turned on and connected to your Apple or Android device.

  2. Turn on the second Beats Pill.

  3. Press and hold the center button on each speaker for five seconds, until the light next to the power button on both speakers turns blue.

    The speakers are now in Amplify mode—the same audio plays from each speaker. Once your speakers are in Amplify mode, you can switch to Stereo mode.

  4. To switch to Stereo mode, press and hold the center button and the volume up button on the speaker you want to play the left channel until the light next to the power button turns blue.

    The speakers are now in Stereo mode with dedicated left and right audio channels for a surround sound feel.

  5. Optional: Press and hold the center button and the volume up button on either Beats Pill to switch between Amplify mode and Stereo mode.

Answer calls on Beats Pill

You can use your Beats Pill as a speakerphone and to control calls.

Make sure that Beats Pill is turned on and connected to your phone, then use the center button on the top of Beats Pill to do any of the following:

  • Answer a call: Press the center button.

  • End a call: Double-press the center button.

  • Answer a second incoming call and put the first call on hold, or switch between two active calls: Press the center button.

  • Decline an incoming call: Double-press the center button.

  • Mute or unmute the microphone: During a call, press the center button. To unmute, press it again.

To customize the end-call and mute/unmute actions on Beats Pill, see Customize controls on your Beats.

Listen with USB-C audio on Beats Pill

Connect your Beats Pill to a supported iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Android device with a USB-C to USB-C cable to listen to music, including high-resolution lossless audio.

  1. Connect a USB-C cable to your computer or other compatible device.

  2. Press and hold the power button on the top of Beats Pill while plugging the USB-C cable into the speaker.

  3. Follow any onscreen instructions on your device to allow Beats Pill to connect.

    Note: If you don’t hear audio playing on the speaker, make sure USB-C audio is selected as the audio output on your device (in Sound settings in Control Center on Mac, for example).

    The speaker automatically turns off when you disconnect the cable.

Activate Siri or another voice assistant

Press the power button twice, and when you hear a chime, make your request.

Change Beats Pill settings

Tip: The audio cues on Beats Pill can be a bit boisterous when you turn the device on or off, or when you connect it to other devices. You can adjust the volume of the cues in Settings on Apple devices or in the Beats app on Android devices.

Siri isn’t available in all regions and languages.
This guide is for Beats Fit Pro, Beats Flex, Beats Pill, Beats Solo 4, Beats Solo Buds, Beats Studio Buds +, Beats Studio Pro, Powerbeats Fit, and Powerbeats Pro 2 on iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, or later. This guide is also for the Beats app on Android.
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