PodPals

Control your music using airpods gestures.

Features

Works with Spotify and Apple Music desktop apps
Menu bar app with customization for sensitivity and commands
Easy (re)calibration
Detects the following gestures: nod, left flick, and right flick
Supports the following playback commands: play/pause, next track, and previous track
More features coming soon!

Installation

Requirements: macOS 14.5 or later

Download the PodPals.zip from the Releases page.
Unzip and drag the PodPals.app to your Applications folder.
Launch PodPals from your Applications folder or Spotlight.

Usage

Configure and start/stop tracking using the menu bar app
Recalibrate when starting a new session for best results

Credits

Built using the CMHeadphoneMotionManager API in CoreMotion for tracking the gyroscopic movements of your AirPods.
CoreMotion and Calibration components based off of https://github.com/DanielRudrich/Headitude