Skip Songs, Use Siri and More With Headphone Controls

The headphones that come with the iPhone 5 do more than just push music to your ears. The built-in microphone and control switch lets users perform a variety of actions without taking the iPhone out of a pocket.

Tap here to do more with the iPhone 5 headphones.

The most common control is to use it to change volume, but it does much more. Here are a few things you can do with the iPhone headphones.

• Launch Siri – Hold for about 2 seconds
• Pause Music – 1 tap
• Skip a track – 2 taps
• Remote Shutter – one tap of volume up while the camera is open.

This works with the standard Apple headphones and many made for iPhone replacement headphones as well.