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Airpod Battery Widget
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I believe the AirPods only show when connected. The case only shows when the AirPods are in them and connected.
The case's charge level is only ever shown when the AirPods are in the case from what I can see, so you've not got an error.
A quick reboot of your devices should do the trick.
yeah it's there for iPad/Pencil and on the phone for the Phone/Watch, but nothing else will show. I keep thinking I need to toggle something.
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Ha! "IT department. Have you tried turning it off and on again?"The case's charge level is only ever shown when the AirPods are in the case from what I can see, so you've not got an error.
A quick reboot of your devices should do the trick.
UPDATE: did not work.
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Oh dear! I had the same thing and it worked! Maybe re-pair AirPods?yeah it's there for iPad/Pencil and on the phone for the Phone/Watch, but nothing else will show. I keep thinking I need to toggle something.
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Ha! "IT department. Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
UPDATE: did not work.
From 9to5 Mac reviewer on what battery widget can show:
'Out of the box, I was interested to see that the batteries for each of the AirPods items, the two earbuds and the case, was dramatically different. One earbud was at 70%, the other was at 47% and the case was two-thirds full. This isn’t a criticism — it was just funny to see. Depending on context, the Batteries widget will report different AirPods battery life statistics; it can show percentages for the buds, the case or all three at once depending on the circumstances. (The AirPods come with a Lightning <-> USB-A cable in the box, somewhat amusing given the product pushes forward to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack but doesn’t promote adoption of USB-C.)"
'Out of the box, I was interested to see that the batteries for each of the AirPods items, the two earbuds and the case, was dramatically different. One earbud was at 70%, the other was at 47% and the case was two-thirds full. This isn’t a criticism — it was just funny to see. Depending on context, the Batteries widget will report different AirPods battery life statistics; it can show percentages for the buds, the case or all three at once depending on the circumstances. (The AirPods come with a Lightning <-> USB-A cable in the box, somewhat amusing given the product pushes forward to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack but doesn’t promote adoption of USB-C.)"
That did not work either. They work fine otherwise and tell me battery strength when I flip open the case but nothing in either battery widget so far.
Found this and I'm curious if this works for you:
'Or, swipe up from any page to bring up the Control Center, and swipe to the pane that shows your Music app. If your AirPods are connected, you’ll see “Now Playing on [Name’s] AirPods” at the bottom of this pane. Tap the downward-facing arrow next to that, as if you were going to change the playback device to your iPhone’s speakers, and you’ll see how much battery each AirPod has left."