- amperes — battery charge info
- Charge your airpods
- Learn about the status light
- Check the battery percentage
- Learn about battery life
- What you can expect with airpods (3rd generation)
- What you can expect with airpods pro
- What you can expect with airpods (2nd generation)
- Learn about optimized battery charging on airpods pro and airpods (3rd generation)
- What you can expect with airpods (2nd generation)
- What you can expect with airpods (3rd generation)
- What you can expect with airpods pro
amperes — battery charge info
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Charge your airpods
Learn about the status light
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 MagSafe Charging Case or 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.
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.
Check the battery percentage
You can check the battery percentage of your AirPods with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.
Learn about battery life
What you can expect with airpods (3rd generation)
- With multiple charges in your case, you get up to 30 hours of listening time,1 or up to 20 hours of talk time.2
- Your AirPods (3rd generation) can get up to 6 hours of listening time (up to 5 hours with spatial audio enabled)3 or up to 4 hours of talk time on a single charge.4
- If you charge your AirPods (3rd generation) for 5 minutes in their case, you get around 1 hour of listening time5 or around 1 hour of talk time.6
What you can expect with airpods pro
- With multiple charges in your case, you get more than 24 hours of listening time,7 or more than 18 hours of talk time.8
- Your AirPods Pro can get up to 4.5 hours of listening time9 or up to 3.5 hours of talk time on a single charge.10
- If you charge your AirPods Pro for 5 minutes in their case, you get around 1 hour of listening time11 or around 1 hour of talk time.12
What you can expect with airpods (2nd generation)
- With multiple charges in your case, you get more than 24 hours of listening time,13 or up to 18 hours of talk time.14
- Your AirPods can get up to 5 hours of listening time15 or 3 hours of talk time on a single charge.16
- If you charge your AirPods for 15 minutes in their case, you get up to 3 hours of listening time17 or up to 2 hours of talk time.18
Learn about optimized battery charging on airpods pro and airpods (3rd generation)
Optimized Battery Charging is designed to reduce the wear on your battery and improve its lifespan by reducing the time that your AirPods Pro and AirPods (3rd generation) spend fully charged. AirPods Pro, AirPods (3rd generation), and your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch learn from your daily charging routine and will wait to charge your AirPods Pro or AirPods (3rd generation) past 80% until just before you need to use them.
Optimized Battery Charging for AirPods Pro and AirPods (3rd generation) 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 15 or later. To turn off the feature, open the AirPods case, then go to Settings > Bluetooth on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Tap the More Info button 
next to your AirPods Pro or AirPods (3rd generation) in the list of devices. Turn off Optimized Battery Charging.
What you can expect with airpods (2nd generation)
- With multiple charges in your case, you get more than 24 hours of listening time,13 or up to 18 hours of talk time.14
- Your AirPods can get up to 5 hours of listening time15 or 3 hours of talk time on a single charge.16
- If you charge your AirPods for 15 minutes in their case, you get up to 3 hours of listening time17 or up to 2 hours of talk time.18
What you can expect with airpods (3rd generation)
- With multiple charges in your case, you get up to 30 hours of listening time,1 or up to 20 hours of talk time.2
- Your AirPods (3rd generation) can get up to 6 hours of listening time (up to 5 hours with spatial audio enabled)3 or up to 4 hours of talk time on a single charge.4
- If you charge your AirPods (3rd generation) for 5 minutes in their case, you get around 1 hour of listening time5 or around 1 hour of talk time.6
What you can expect with airpods pro
- With multiple charges in your case, you get more than 24 hours of listening time,7 or more than 18 hours of talk time.8
- Your AirPods Pro can get up to 4.5 hours of listening time9 or up to 3.5 hours of talk time on a single charge.10
- If you charge your AirPods Pro for 5 minutes in their case, you get around 1 hour of listening time11 or around 1 hour of talk time.12
