Just like you pull the right ear out to ask a question or hear the player pause, and continue playing after putting the headset back to your ear. The headset does begin to bother my ears after an entire day of use, but this is hardly to be unexpected. My phone is always 100% charged now. Comfortable and the straps don?t seem to irritate my skin and seem to be holding up just fine and not falling apart yet. I?m happy that I get to charge my AirPods wirelessly. I finally just wore one shoe down and had to replace them and ended with this crap! These are not just slippers. I am already using Audio-Technica m50x. Great value for pees Id hoped Id be one of the lucky ones.