How to quickly connect to AirPods in iOS 11? I have AirPods and I love them but I don’t love what a hassle it is to switch my phone to send audio output to the AirPods. I have my AirPods synced with multiple devices such as my Mac, so it doesn't know which one to connect to.

What I do now is:


Swipe up from the bottom edge to raise the control center. 
Force press the wave icon in the top right of the audio playback control
Tap the audio out control button on the right to raise a list of output devices.
Select the AirPods from that list.


This is too hard. There must be a simpler way. Is there?

For instance, can I configure a single tap control center button to switch to airpods? Tell Siri to do it with a properly phrased command?
Just because one device sleeps does not make the airpods sync with another device. In such a case nothing happens and you have to manually connect on the device of your choice. I also struggle with this. My devices are not equal and I do different things on my iPhone, iPad, Macbook and iMac.
What would be perfect, as mentioned, is a Siri integration. But that would mean that the Airpods understand Siri, which they don't.
Thanks for the tip to go via the media control, far less hassle but not ideal.