How to set up Xiaomi Mi True Wireless headphones: a complete guide from connectivity to fine-tuning

Introduction: Why set up Xiaomi Mi True Wireless headphones?

Xiaomi Mi True Wireless headphones (including Mi True Wireless Earbuds Basic 2, Mi Air 2 Pro and Mi AirDots) have become some of the most popular accessories thanks to a combination of price, sound quality and functionality. However, many users use them out of the box, without even realizing that the right setup can improve sound by 30-40%, increase autonomy time and add convenient control gestures.

In this article, you will find step-by-step instructions for connecting to different devices (Android, iOS, PC), fine tuning sound through a uniform equalizer, optimizing the microphone for calls, as well as solving common problems - from “headphones do not sync” to “the case is discharged quickly.”

Whether you bought headphones yesterday or have been using them for a year, after reading this article, you can get the most out of them, and let's start with the most important thing: the right connection.

1. Connecting headphones to a smartphone: Android and iOS

The first step is to sync your headphones to your device, which varies depending on the operating system, but generally takes no more than 2-3 minutes. Importantly, before connecting, make sure the headphones are fully charged (the indicator on the case burns white) and the smartphone is on Bluetooth.

For Android (including Xiaomi, Redmi, POCO smartphones):

• 📱 Open the Settings. → Bluetooth and activate device search.
• 🎧 Take both headphones out of the case – they will automatically go into pairing mode (indicators will flash red and white).
• 🔍 In the list of available devices, find Mi True Wireless (or the name of your model) and tap on it.
• ✅ Confirm the connection. Once the synchronization is successful, the headphones will light up in blue.

For iPhone or iPad:

• 📱 Go to Settings. → Bluetooth.
• 🎧 Remove the headphones from the case and hold the button on the case for 5 seconds until the indicator starts flashing white.
• 🔍 From the list of devices, select Mi True Wireless. PIN-code (default 0000 or 1234).
• ⚠️ On iOS, some features (such as transparent mode) may not work properly due to Apple’s restrictions.

⚠️ Attention: If the headphones are not defined by the system, try resetting them to factory settings. To do this, hold the button on the case for 10 seconds until the indicator flashes red and white at the same time.

2.Gestural control: how to set up taps and touches

Xiaomi Mi True Wireless headphones support touch control, but defaults are assigned to standard gestures that aren't always convenient. For example, double-touching can include a voice assistant instead of a pause. Fortunately, most models allow you to reassign actions through the Mi Home app or Xiaomi Wear.

List of available gestures (depending on model):

• 👆 Single touch: playback/pause or acceptance of a call.
• 👆👆 Double touch: next track/previous track/voice assistant call.
• 👆👆👆 Triple touch: activation of transparent mode (on Mi Air 2 Pro).
• 🔇 Retention: Turning off the sound or refusing to call.

To change the purpose of the gestures:

1. Install the Mi Home app (for Android) or Xiaomi Wear (for iOS).
2. Connect the headphones to the application through Add the device → Headphones.
3. Go to the Control Settings section and select the actions you want for each gesture.

Some models (such as Mi Air 2S) have a Game Mode feature that reduces the sound latency to 88 ms.

1. Open your Mi Home and select your headphones.
2. Go to the sound settings → Low latency mode.
3. Activate the switch. Notice that this is a mode where you increase your battery consumption.

3. Sound tuning: equalizer and effects

The sound of “out of the box” in Xiaomi headphones is often criticized for excess bass or lack of mid-range frequencies. This can be corrected using the built-in equalizer in the Mi Home app or third-party programs (for example, Wavelet for Android).

The following presets are available in the Mi Home app:

For manual equalizer setting:

1. In Mi Home, select your headphones.
2. Go to the sound settings. → equalizer.
3. Select User and adjust the sliders: 🎛️ 60Hz - bass (increase for "heavy" music). 🎛️ 230 Hz – Lower averages (responsible for the “warmth” of sound). 🎛️ 910 Hz – Medium (important for vocals). 🎛️ 3.6 kHz - upper averages (for clarity of tools). 🎛️ 14 kHz - high (for "air" in sound).

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To check your equalizer settings, use test tracks with known sounds, such as "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen) for vocal evaluation or "Seven Nation Army" (The White Stripes) for bass testing.

If the built-in equalizer is not enough, you can use the Wavelet app for Android (root rights or activation through ADB are required for full functionality).

• 🎧 Apply an auto equalizer based on track analysis.
• 🔊 Configure surround sound virtualization.
• 🎛️ Use user impulse characteristics (IR) for imitating the acoustics of concert halls.

4. Optimizing the microphone for calls

One of the frequent complaints about Xiaomi Mi True Wireless is the poor quality of the microphone during calls, usually due to noise cancellation, which is either too aggressive or not effective, and can be corrected through settings or physical cleaning of microphones.

First, check the location of the microphones on the headphones:

• 🎤 On the Mi Air 2 Pro, the microphones are on the bottom of the leg (closer to the ear).
• 🎤 On Mi True Wireless Earbuds Basic 2 - on top (near the speaker).

If the person is not listening to you:

1. Clean your microphones with a soft brush or compressed air (do not use wet wipes!).
2. In the Mi Home app, go to Microphone Settings and:

Keep your headphones closer to your mouth (but not touching your lips).

⚠️ Note: On iPhone, Mi Home microphone settings may not apply due to iOS limitations. In this case, use the standard call settings in Settings → Phone. → Microphone and select Bluetooth.

5. Solving common problems

Even after setting it up properly, users face typical problems, and here are proven solutions for the most common cases.

🔋 Quickly discharge headphones or case

• ⚡ Check out the headphone firmware version in Mi Home.Outdated versions can consume the battery faster.
• 🔌 Turn off the Game Mode and Active Noise Reduction (ANC), if they don't need them.
• 🧹 Clean contacts on headphones and in the case with a cotton swab soaked in alcohol.
• 🔄 Reset the headphones to factory settings (hold the button on the case for 10 seconds).

🎧 The headphones are not synchronized with each other.

• 🔄 Reboot both headphones: Put them in the case, close the lid for 10 seconds, then pull out.
• 📱 Remove the headphones from the list of Bluetooth devices on your phone and connect again.
• 🔧 Update the firmware through Mi Home (Update section).

🔊 The sound is interrupted or there is interference.

• 📶 Make sure there are no obstacles between the phone and the headphones (walls, metal objects).
• 📱 Turn off Wi-Fi or mobile data on your phone – sometimes they interfere with Bluetooth.
• 🔄 Switch the Bluetooth codec to AAC (in Bluetooth settings on Android).

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If the sync or sound problem occurred after the firmware update, try rolling back to the previous version via Mi Home (Service Update → Return to the previous version).

6 Hidden functions: what headphones can do, but not written in the instructions

Xiaomi often doesn’t document all the features of its devices, but here are a few hidden features that will make it even more convenient to use headphones:

• 🎵 Automatic Playback When You Wear: On the Mi Air 2 Pro and later, music automatically starts when you put on your headphones, and pauses when you take off. To activate: Open Mi Home. Go to Settings → Autoplay. Turn on the switch.
• 🔊 Mono-connection: You can only use one headphone (e.g. right earphone) to make calls. To do this, remove only one earphone from the case, the second will automatically turn off.
• 🔋 Fast charging: 10 minutes in a case give up to 1.5 hours of playback (on models with Quick Charge support).
• 🎧 Transparent mode on Basic 2:Mi Air 2 Pro, on some versions of Basic 2 It can be activated through ADB-Adb shell settings put global miui_earphone_transparency_mode 1 An unlocked bootloader and developer rights are required.