Open your case lid with your AirPods inside and hold your case close to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Wait a few seconds to see the charge status of your AirPods. You can also check the charge status of your AirPods with the Batteries widget on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
If you still don't see the battery level of your AirPods, try disconnecting them from any other device they might be connected to. Also, they won't show up if the batteries are completely drained, so try charging your AirPods and the case for a few minutes before trying again.
As long as your AirPods have been successfully paired with your smartphone, they will be ready to use if there is enough battery power. But since your AirPods are designed to always be ready for use, you will lose battery when your AirPods are not placed back in the AirPods case.
Start by either tapping and holding on a blank space on your Home screen or by pinching the Home screen with two (or more) fingers. Next, tap on the Widgets icon at the bottom of the screen. In the Widgets list, choose Battery. It should be somewhere at the beginning of the list.
AirPods typically last about 2-3 years before most users feel the need to replace them. This short lifespan is because of their lithium-ion batteries. AirPods have proven tough in several durability tests and have shown that they can withstand pressure.
During normal circumstances, the orange or amber light on your AirPods case means charging is underway. The light will remain steady, and it will switch to green when charging is complete. If your AirPods LED indicator is flashing orange, it means the AirPods have encountered an unrecoverable error.
You can see the current or last known location of your AirPods in the Find My app. On iPhone or iPad: Open the Find My app , tap Devices, then tap your AirPods. On Apple Watch: Open the Find Devices app , then tap your AirPods (requires a Wi-Fi or cellular connection).
Go to Settings > Battery, then turn on Battery Percentage. On an iPhone with Face ID, the battery percentage appears inside the battery symbol on the status bar. Tip: On iPhone models with Face ID, you can also swipe down from the top-right corner to quickly view the battery percentage in Control Center.
If you're wearing the AirPods, you can still check the battery status easily on an iPhone or iPad. Open the “Widgets” screen and the battery status of the case and the earbuds will display in the “Batteries” widget. Of course, both of these procedures need everything synced properly.
This isn't a bug. It's more of a default omission by Apple. The missing batteries widget will appear when you pair the right Bluetooth device, and it will stick around even after you remove the device.
They're convenient, but widgets are known for draining energy. Keeping widgets active requires a lot of updating and background work.
Your AirPod case will simply stop the charging process once the battery is fully charged. This makes it safe to leave the case plugged into the lightning cable or on the Qi mat overnight. There will not be any consequences or overcharging. It is also safe to charge your AirPods with someone else's case.
Most people want to turn off their AirPods to save battery life. Since you can't turn them off, the best way to conserve battery is to place your AirPods back in their charging case when you're not using them. According to Apple, when the AirPods are in the charging case they "shut down" and don't use battery power.
You do not need to carry the charging case with you in order to be able to listen to music via your AirPods.
Yes, you can use a different case to charge your AirPods. As long as the AirPods are compatible with the case, they will still charge even without being paired to it. That means you can temporarily use a friend's case to charge your AirPods. Just make sure to only use charging cases made for the AirPods model you have.