How to quickly connect to AirPods in iOS 11?
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.