Charge your AirPods and learn about battery life
Learn how to charge your AirPods and their charging case, and how to get longer battery life for your AirPods.
To charge your AirPods, put them in your case. Your case holds multiple full charges for your AirPods, so you can charge on the go. To keep your AirPods charged, put them in the case when you’re not using them.
You can charge your Wireless Charging Case with a Qi-certified charging mat. Make sure to place your case on the charger with the status light facing up and with the lid closed. The status light should show the current charge level for 8 seconds. If you have AirPods Pro, you can tap the case when it’s on the charging mat to see whether your AirPods Pro are charging (amber light) or fully charged (green light).
To charge your case via wired connection, plug the Lightning cable that came with your AirPods into the Lightning connector on your case. You can use a USB-C to Lightning Cable or a USB to Lightning Cable. Then plug the other end of the cable into a USB charger or port. You can charge your case with or without your AirPods inside. Charging is fastest when you use an iPhone or iPad USB charger or plug into your Mac.
To see the detailed charge status and charge level, see Check the charge status.
Learn about battery life
When the battery charge of your AirPods is low, you get a notification on the screen of your iPhone or iPad. You get notifications when the charge is at 20, 10 and 5 per cent remaining.
You also hear a tone in one or both AirPods when the battery charge is low. You hear the tone once when the battery charge is at 10 per cent, and a second time just before the AirPods turn off.
Here’s what you can expect with AirPods Pro:
- With multiple charges in your case, you get more than 24 hours of listening time,1 or more than 18 hours of talk time.2
- Your AirPods Pro can get up to 4.5 hours of listening time3 or up to 3.5 hours of talk time on a single charge.4
- If you charge your AirPods Pro for 5 minutes in their case, you get around 1 hour of listening time5 or around 1 hour of talk time.6
Here’s what you can expect with AirPods (2nd generation):
- With multiple charges in your case, you get more than 24 hours of listening time,7 or up to 18 hours of talk time.8
- Your AirPods can get up to 5 hours of listening time9 or 3 hours of talk time on a single charge.10
- If you charge your AirPods for 15 minutes in their case, you get up to 3 hours of listening time11 or up to 2 hours of talk time.12
If you think that your battery has an issue, learn about AirPods service and repair.
Optimised Battery Charging on AirPods Pro
Optimised Battery Charging is designed to reduce the wear on your battery and improve its lifespan by reducing the time your AirPods Pro spend fully charged. AirPods Pro and your iOS or iPadOS device learn from your daily charging routine and will wait to charge your AirPods Pro past 80% until just before you need to use them.
Optimised Battery Charging for AirPods Pro requires an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad and is on by default when you set up your device, or after you update it to iOS or iPadOS 14.2 or later. To turn off the feature, open the AirPods Case, then go to Settings > Bluetooth on your iOS or iPadOS device. Tap the information button 
next to your AirPods Pro in the list of devices. Turn off Optimised Battery Charging.
Check the charge status
You can check the charge status of your AirPods with charging case with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac.
On your iOS device
On your iPhone, open your case lid with your AirPods inside and hold your case close to your device. Wait a few seconds to see the charge status of your AirPods with charging case.
You can also check the charge status of your AirPods with charging case with the Batteries widget on your iOS device. The charge for your case appears only when at least one AirPod is in the case.
On your Mac
- Open the lid or take your AirPods out of the case.
- Click the Bluetooth icon
in the menu bar. - Hover the pointer over your AirPods with charging case in the menu.
Learn about the status light
Wireless Charging Case: The status light is on the front of the case.
Charging Case: The status light in your charging case sits between the spaces for your AirPods:
If your AirPods are in your case and the lid is open, then the light shows the charge status of your AirPods. When your AirPods aren’t in your case, the light shows the status of your case. Green means fully charged, and amber means less than one full charge remains.
When you connect your Wireless Charging Case to a charger, or place it on a Qi-certified charging mat, the status light will stay on for 8 seconds. If the light flashes white, your AirPods are ready to set up with one of your devices. If the light flashes amber, you might need to set up your AirPods again.
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