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How to Check AirPods Battery Life

iPhysicist said:
Thats BS and you know it. Nothing is to manage. The AirPods ping you at 10% and then you put them in the charging case to fill them up in less then 30 minutes.

How long does your Bose take to charge? Longer I guess. Don't get me start with Bose... you overpaid.
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Come on, you are managing batteries with AirPods (or any wireless earphones). This whole article is about managing the batteries. One either minds managing them or one doesn’t. You even described how to manage them, right after saying “Nothing is to manage”(!).
 
WeemanWise said:
Mine are down to slightly over an hour battery now (got them back the month they came out) but I’m hoping they release the new ones soon before I replace them.
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Yeah, mine mostly gets me through my 1 hour commute every morning and evening (the right one runs low first).

I'm hoping they'll release the new version soon so I don't have to re-buy the old model.
 
Porco said:
Come on, you are managing batteries with AirPods (or any wireless earphones). This whole article is about managing the batteries. One either minds managing them or one doesn’t. You even described how to manage them, right after saying “Nothing is to manage”(!).
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Come on, you have to recharge them once in a while that's it.
 
HoosBruce said:
My AirPods have gone to **** recently. At least the right one. They don’t last an hour before alerting me that they’re low on battery.
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Mine too. I've hardly used them. The microphone quality took a dump a few months ago too, for no reason. Disappointed.



ETA:

I've recently gone back to wired all the time now.

The quality and reliability is unmatched.

Jobs got it right.

Bluetooth was around for 20 years before the iPhone existed.

Jobs chose the headphone jack.

Bluetooth has always sucked and always will.
 
oneMadRssn said:
A decent single lithium cell will hold close to its original charge for about 300 cycles, and it will become pretty bad after around 500-600 cycles. The reason Apple is able to say their iPhone, iPad, and Macbook batteries hold a decent charge for 1000 cycles is because those devices have numerous cells and Apple's battery controller distributes the load and usage as evenly as possible. Whereas in the past, the first cell would get hit the most and the last cell would almost never see a single cycle; and thus the cells would "age" unevenly.

The Airpod batteries are just so small that there is just a single cell in each one. So there is no usage balancing that can be done by a controller. It's therefore expected that you would see some degradation appear after about 300 cycles, where it becomes quite noticeable after 600 cycles.

Totally off-topic, but the battery controller is one of the things that makes Tesla's battery tech so amazing. It's one thing to have a controller manage a few dozen cells in a stable environment as Apple does with Macbooks. It is entirely another thing to have a controller managing many thousands of lithium cells in a variety of harsh environments. Making a good controller is of that scale is a hard science.
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Alle iPads that are single cell, including the iPad minis, are also rated for 1000 cycles.
 
I didn't realize that there was now a Battery widget available. I'm guessing that was added in iOS 12. This actually was a very useful article. Gracias!
 
MacRumors said:



Apple AirPods offer around five hours of listening time and two hours of talk time on a single charge, and if you pop your AirPods for 15 minutes in their case, you can get up to three hours of listening time or over an hour of talk time.


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During use, you'll hear a tone when your AirPods' batteries are low, and another tone just before they run out. But you don't have to wait for these tones to know how much charge they have remaining. Here are a few other ways that you can keep a closer eye on your AirPods' battery life.

On iPhone

If you're not using your AirPods, open the charging case lid with the AirPods inside and hold the case close to your iPhone. The charge status of your AirPods and their case should appear on the device's screen, and if you take out an AirPod, you'll see individual percentages for the two earpieces.

You can also check the charge status of your AirPods using the Batteries widget in your iPhone's Today View, accessed by swiping right on the Lock screen or on your Home screen's first screen of apps.

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If you're wearing both AirPods, the Batteries widget will show a single percentage for the two of them that's rounded down to the earpiece with the lowest battery. If you place one of the AirPods in your charging case, the widget will show you individual percentages, as well as the current charge level of the charging case itself.

If you don't have it installed already, you can add the Batteries widget manually. To do so, enter the Today view, scroll to the bottom of the column of widgets and press the Edit button. Then simply tap the green plus button in the list next to Batteries and tap Done in the upper right of the screen.

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If you're a fan of Siri and you're wearing your AirPods, you can always ask the virtual assistant "How is the battery life of my AirPods?" and you should get an answer.

On Apple Watch

You can check the battery level of your AirPods from your wrist, whether they're paired with your iPhone or directly with your Apple Watch.

To do so, bring up the Control Center on your Apple Watch: Swipe up on a watch face, or when in an app, press the bottom edge of the screen then drag up the Control Center. Then tap the Apple Watch battery icon, indicated by a percentage.

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Your AirPods' battery level will be displayed as a ring below the Apple Watch battery percentage, and if you place a pod in its charging case, you'll see individual percentage charges for the lot.

On the Charging Case

If your AirPods are in their case, the light inside the case shows the charge status of your AirPods.

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If not, the light shows the status of the case. Green means charged, and amber indicates less than one full charge remains.

Article Link: How to Check AirPods Battery Life on iPhone and Apple Watch
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I don’t have AirPods. So can someone set up a go fund me for them. Also I asked Siri what my AirPods battery percentage was and she said 52%. Same percentage as my phone
 
iPhysicist said:
Thats BS and you know it. Nothing is to manage. The AirPods ping you at 10% and then you put them in the charging case to fill them up in less then 30 minutes.

How long does your Bose take to charge? Longer I guess. Don't get me start with Bose... you overpaid.
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Couldn't be more wrong. The Bose headphones are the best headphones I have ever bought. Amazing audio, especially compared to the Beats they replaced, and on top of that you get to use Alexa instead of Siri, which trust me, is a tremendous breath of fresh air. Just the little things. I mean, when you ask her to tell you a story, she actually does. She can tell you camping stories, love stories, summer stories, among others. I get that Amazon bought Audible, and that's probably where most of these stories are coming from, but Apple isn't exactly wanting for cash, so if they wanted to, they could most definitely come up with some sort of solution. Most personal assistants are far more advanced than Siri in terms of what they can do, and they tend to be more accurate with interpreting your words. Siri is quite an embarrassment, when honestly compared with the alternatives.

and, to answer your question about charging, I often forget to charge them overnight. I plug them in when I get up, they're sometimes plugged in for ~1hr, and they are usually near 100% when I leave, even if they started at 0. That's fair though. They have a much larger battery than the AirPods, so it naturally takes a bit more time. But, they have a pile of features the AirPods don't have, so I don't really get how you can compare the two in the first place.
 
Aston441 said:
Mine too. I've hardly used them. The microphone quality took a dump a few months ago too, for no reason. Disappointed.



ETA:

I've recently gone back to wired all the time now.

The quality and reliability is unmatched.

Jobs got it right.

Bluetooth was around for 20 years before the iPhone existed.

Jobs chose the headphone jack.

Bluetooth has always sucked and always will.
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Erm. You have a broken AirPod so you think that makes all AirPods junk? Nobody can tell when I’m on AirPods. They’re amazing. Now, I did have to replace mine because the battery went down the toilet after 2 years of HARD use, but they’re one of the best products Apple has ever made.
 
Emanuel Rodriguez said:
Couldn't be more wrong. The Bose headphones are the best headphones I have ever bought. Amazing audio, especially compared to the Beats they replaced, and on top of that you get to use Alexa instead of Siri, which trust me, is a tremendous breath of fresh air. Just the little things. I mean, when you ask her to tell you a story, she actually does. She can tell you camping stories, love stories, summer stories, among others. I get that Amazon bought Audible, and that's probably where most of these stories are coming from, but Apple isn't exactly wanting for cash, so if they wanted to, they could most definitely come up with some sort of solution. Most personal assistants are far more advanced than Siri in terms of what they can do, and they tend to be more accurate with interpreting your words. Siri is quite an embarrassment, when honestly compared with the alternatives.

and, to answer your question about charging, I often forget to charge them overnight. I plug them in when I get up, they're sometimes plugged in for ~1hr, and they are usually near 100% when I leave, even if they started at 0. That's fair though. They have a much larger battery than the AirPods, so it naturally takes a bit more time. But, they have a pile of features the AirPods don't have, so I don't really get how you can compare the two in the first place.
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You like BOSE and that's fine with me. But the thing with Alexa. She's a spy and even a spy that tells stories is nothing but a storytelling spy. But I really appreciate your input there. Enjoy your headphones.
 
I have had my AirPods for almost exactly 2 years now. I can't be on a call for more than 35 minutes without hearing the low battery sound. I can listen to music for about 2 hours. I can live with those battery drain times for a little while longer but I hope Apple releases a new version before my battery degrades to unacceptable levels. I have used them every day for two years so I can't complain too much.
 
Why are some comparing massive, heavy, over-the-ear style wireless Bose headphones with tiny weightless "completely forget you're wearing them" AirPods that fit in a case the size of a Tic Tac box?

To each their own, but someone could offer me those Bose headphones for free and I'd still pay for AirPods that I greatly prefer.
 
Eriamjh1138@DAN said:
Two year-old AirPods last about one hour each on music. Less on phone. So much for five hours of use per charge.

Case is probably still good for five charges.

That pop-up widget is very unreliable. Most of the time, it pops up the instant I give up waiting and my touch makes it disappear.
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You should forget them from Settings>Bluetooth. Then pair again.
 
7thson said:
It wasn’t for me either but for a brief moment. Played some audio on my iPhone and now it shows up consistently on my AW S3.
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Hmmm I can’t see the battery level on my AW regardless of whether the Watch or my iPhone is playing music - what are you pressing when you swipe up on Watch?
 
Dunno that this widget is that big a deal. If I plug in generic BT earphones, this battery indicator appears in the menu next to the headphone plugged in icon. It is more than adequate to gauge how much listening time has elapsed/is left and seems pretty accurate. I don't really get the same feedback on an Android phone, so chalk one up to Apple on user-friendliness here.

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These cheap things cost a tenth of the AirPods, sound as good and give five hours listening, too. That seems to be the limit these days with small self-contained earphones and Li-Ion batteries. Until there is a shift in battery technology, I'm not sure I want to spend any more on disposable audio gear.
 
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