Can AirPods be used “seamlessly” between Mac and iOS devices? Apple AirPods are supposed to work for iOS devices, Apple Watches and Macs. Apple states that the OS requirements are:


  Requires iCloud account and macOS Sierra, iOS 10, or watchOS 3 (source).


I am a prospective buyer of AirPods. My question is what the experience is like, when using the same pair of AirPods to switch between an iOS device and  a Mac.


How is pairing/switching done?
Can the experience be called “seamless”?
Are there any caveats that should be known from a user-perspective?




Note: This is not a buying recommendation question, the goal is to produce an objective description of the pairing/switching process between iOS/macOS devices.
I'm an AirPods user and so far I have not found them to switch seamlessly between my 2016 MacBook Pro and iPhone 7 Plus.

The switching is manual: select AirPods on the MacBook Pro, or connect Bluetooth on the iPhone. If a call comes through on the iPhone whilst on a Skype call on the MacBook Pro, you will have to pick up on the phone.

The "simultaneous" promise, so far, is marketing BS. Maybe it will work in a future software/firmware release.