Twelve South AirFly gives your Apple AirPods a plastic pal with a headphone jack

So you’re on a plane or in a gym, faced with a 3.5mm headphone port, and suddenly realise your fancy wireless AirPods are about as useful to you as someone filling your ears with trifle. But before you get all sad (or distracted by the thought of tasty treats), grab an AirFly ($40). Weighing in at 15g, and about the size of the AirPods charging case, this little dongle when charged has enough juice to last eight hours. After pressing a button and pairing it with your bluetooth headphones, you plug it into a device still partying like it’s 1999, and smugly yell “COURAGE!” at the top of your lungs – until someone forcibly ejects you from the gym or flight, most likely without the aid of a parachute.

Craig Grannell Contributor

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I’m a regular contributor to Stuff magazine and Stuff.tv, covering apps, games, Apple kit, Android, Lego, retro gaming and other interesting oddities. I also pen opinion pieces when the editor lets me, getting all serious about accessibility and predicting when sentient AI smart cookware will take over the world, in a terrifying mix of Bake Off and Terminator.

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Mobile apps and games, Macs, iOS and tvOS devices, Android, retro games, crowdfunding, design, how to fight off an enraged smart saucepan with a massive stick.