The Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic (iPhone 5 and later) and the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic (iPhone 4s) feature a microphone, volume buttons, and the center button, which lets you answer and end calls or control audio and video playback, even when iPhone is locked.
![Headset, with center button on the cord to the right earpiece](http://help.apple.com/iphone/9/en.lproj/Art/BSC_squeezeMic.png)
Use the center button to control music playback.
Pause a song or video: Press the center button. Press again to resume playback.
Skip to the next song: Press the center button twice quickly.
Return to the previous song: Press the center button three times quickly.
Fast-forward: Press the center button twice quickly and hold.
Rewind: Press the center button three times quickly and hold.
Use the center button to answer or make phone calls.
Answer an incoming call: Press the center button.
End the current call: Press the center button.
Decline an incoming call: Press and hold the center button for about two seconds, then let go. Two low beeps confirm you declined the call.
Switch to an incoming or on-hold call, and put the current call on hold: Press the center button. Press again to switch back to the first call.
Switch to an incoming or on-hold call, and end the current call: Press and hold the center button for about two seconds, then let go. Two low beeps confirm you ended the first call.