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 lossless audio.

Charge Beats Pill
See Charge Beats Pill.
Turn Beats Pill on or off
Press and release the power button
on the top of the speaker.
When you turn Beats Pill on or off, the light flashes white if the battery is more than 10 per cent charged. The light flashes red if the battery is less then 10 per cent charged. See Charge Beats Pill.
Pair Beats Pill with your Apple or Android device
See Pair Beats.
Play audio on Beats Pill
Make sure your Beats Pill is 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
.
Use the centre button
on the top of Beats Pill to do any of the following:
Play and pause audio: Press
. To resume playback, press it again.
Play the next track: Double-press
.
Play the previous track: Triple-press
.
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)
.
Decrease the volume: Press (or press and hold)
.
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+.
Make sure that one Beats Pill is turned on and connected to your Apple or Android device.
Turn on the second Beats Pill.
Press and hold the centre 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.
To switch to Stereo mode, press and hold
and
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.
Optional: Press and hold
and
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 centre button on the top of Beats Pill to do any of the following:
Answer a call: Press
.
End a call: Double-press
.
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 Pill, see Customise 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.
Connect a USB-C cable to your computer or other compatible device.
Press and hold the power button
on the top of Beats Pill while plugging the USB-C cable into the speaker.
Follow any on-screen 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 Centre 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.