iPod touch User Guide
- iPod touch User Guide
- What’s new in iOS 13
- Your iPod touch
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off the sounds
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Open apps on the Home screen
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Search with iPod touch
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPod touch
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- Calculator
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
- Weather
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- Restart iPod touch
- Force restart iPod touch
- Update iOS
- Back up iPod touch
- Return iPod touch settings to their defaults
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell or give away your iPod touch
- Erase all content and settings
- Restore iPod touch to factory settings
- Install or remove configuration profiles
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPod touch using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Copyright
Set up and listen to Bluetooth devices on iPod touch
Using a Bluetooth connection, you can listen to iPod touch on wireless headphones, speakers, car kits, and more.
WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss and avoiding distractions that could lead to dangerous situations, see Important safety information for iPod touch.
Pair a Bluetooth device
Follow the instructions that came with the device to put it in discovery mode.
Note: To pair AirPods, see Set up AirPods with iPod touch.
On iPod touch, go to Settings
> Bluetooth, turn on Bluetooth, then tap the name of the device.
iPod touch must be within about 33 feet (10 meters) of the Bluetooth device.
Play audio from iPod touch on a Bluetooth audio device
On your iPod touch, open an audio app, such as Music, then choose an item to play.
Tap
, then choose your Bluetooth device.While audio is playing, you can change the playback destination from the Lock screen or Control Center.
The playback destination returns to iPod touch if you move the device out of Bluetooth range.
Unpair a Bluetooth device
Go to Settings > Bluetooth, tap 
next to the name of the device, then tap Forget This Device.
If you don’t see the Devices list, make sure Bluetooth is on.
If you have AirPods and you tap Forget This Device, they’re automatically removed from other devices where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID.
Disconnect from Bluetooth devices
To quickly disconnect from all Bluetooth devices without turning Bluetooth off, open Control Center, then tap 
.
To learn about Bluetooth privacy settings on iPod touch, see the Apple Support article If an app would like to use Bluetooth on your device. If you have trouble connecting a Bluetooth device, see the Apple Support article If you can’t connect a Bluetooth accessory to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Note: The use of certain accessories with iPod touch may affect wireless performance. Not all iOS accessories are fully compatible with iPod touch. Turning on airplane mode may eliminate audio interference between iPod touch and an accessory. Reorienting or relocating iPod touch and the connected accessory may improve wireless performance.