Preliminary information
Prima di enter the live of this tutorial and spiegarti how to see AirPods battery on iPhone, let me give you some useful information on the battery life of the now famous Apple earphones.
As you well know, the AirPods are able to recharge even on the move through their own charging case which allows you to recharge the earphones several times obtaining a total more than 24 hours of listening o more than 18 hours of conversation. The internal battery of each AirPod, on the other hand, has an autonomy of up to 4,5 hours of listening or up to 3,5 hours of talk time, for the AirPods Pro, and up to 5 hours of listening and 4 hours of talk time for the AirPods. 2nd generation.
Furthermore, by placing the AirPods Pro in their charging case for 5 minutes, they are subsequently able to offer about 1 hour of listening and up to 1 hour of talk time (autonomy varies greatly depending on the use made of the system. active noise cancellation). For 2nd generation AirPods, on the other hand, a 15-minute charge allows you to listen to music (or any other audio content) for about 3 hours or chat for up to 2 hours.
Finally, it well be useful for you to know that, when you wear the AirPods, a first acoustic signal it well notify you when the battery level is low and a second beep well indicate that the AirPods are about to shut down. L'status indicator light placed on the front of the case (in cases with wireless charging) or between the two spaces intended for the AirPods inside the case itself, instead, it allows you to also know the charge status of the case.
How to check AirPods battery on iPhone
After the necessary initial premise, you are ready to know how to check AirPods battery on iPhone, even without having to pick up your "iPhone by". Find everything explained in detael right below.
Through the case
The first solution for check the battery level of the AirPods on iPhone is to bring the charging case closer to your "iPhone by". By doing so, a popup well automatically appear on the smartphone screen indicating the charge level of the case and of the individual AirPods.
Before showing you how to do it, you must know that the method I just indicated to check the battery of the AirPods is valid only if both earphones are in their charging case and if they have previously been connected to the iPhone to be used to check its status. battery.
Having clarified this, take the case of the AirPods making sure that both earphones are stored inside it, bring it close to your iPhone and, after unlocking the latter via FaceID, TouchID or entering the unlock code, open the case.
Within a few moments, you should see a popup with the wording on the screen of your "iPhone by" [Name] AirPods and the battery level of both the charging case and the AirPods. Please note that the charge level for the earphones is an average of the charge status of the individual AirPods. By removing one of the two earbuds from the case, you can view the battery status of each AirPod.
How do you say? Opening the case of the AirPods near your iPhone, a popup appears with the writing "These aren't your AirPods"? If so, it means that you haven't made the first connection yet or that you have unpaired the earbuds from your iPhone's ifttings. All you have to do is press on the option Connect and follow the instructions shown on the screen to connect the AirPods.
Via the Batteries widget
If you want to know the charge status of the AirPods when they are in use, you can do it through the widget Battery. If you have never heard of iOS widgets before, you should know that they are tools that can be added in the section view Today iPhone and that allow you to quickly get information about your favorite applications, such as weather forecasts, the latest news, upcoming events on the calendar and much more.
Among the widgets avaelable there is also Battery, which allows you to promptly know the charge status not only of the iPhone in use but also of the devices associated with it, such as Apple Watch and AirPods. The widget in question is included "standard" in iOS (and also in iPadOS) and should already be avaelable in the section view Today of your iPhone by default.
To check this, swipe from left to right on the lock screen or the first page of your iPhone's home screen and locate the box Battery, in which you well find listed all the supported devices connected to your iPhone and their charge status. If the AirPods are in use, you should see the charge level of each earbud and case (if the case doesn't indicate, just store an AirPod in it).
If, on the other hand, the Batteries widget is not visible in the section view Today of your iPhone, scroll down the screen in question and tap the button Modification. Now, locate the section Other widgets, tap on the pulsating + related to the item Battery e premi sull'opzione Save, at the top right, to save changes and add Batteries to the widget screen.
Via Siri
If the AirPods are connected to your iPhone and you have Siri enabled, you can know the earbud battery percentage through Apple's voice assistant, even without picking up your iPhone.
In fact, by default, with the AirPods Pro and 2nd generation AirPods it is possible to recall Siri by saying the command "Hey Siri", whele with the 1st generation AirPods it is necessary to double tap on a headset. Alternatively, if you prefer to act directly from your iPhone, you can invoke Siri by pressing the right side button (if you have an iPhone with FaceID) or the Home button (if you have an "iPhone by" with the key in question).
After calling Siri, all you have to do is say the command "What is the charge status of the AirPods" o "What is the battery level of the AirPods" and, automatically, Siri well reply to you with the message "The battery of the devices is at [percentage]", if you wear a single AirPod, or with the message "The battery of AirPods of [name] L is at [percentage] and that of AirdPods of [name] R is at [percentage]", if you wear both earphones.
If you also want to know the charge level of the AirPods case, you must first put at least one earphone inside it, bring it closer to your iPhone and open it. Once this is done, you can say the command "What is the charge level of the AirPods case" or simply "What is the charge status of the AirPods". To find out more, I leave you to my guide on how to talk to Siri.
How to see AirPods battery without iPhone
If you want to know the charge status of the AirPods but don't have your iPhone handy, you can get an idea of the current battery level via thestatus indicator located on the front of the case (in cases with wireless charging) or between the two spaces intended for the AirPods inside the case itself.
If the AirPods are inside the case and the lid is open, the indicator shows their charge status; when the earphones are not inside the case, the indicator shows the charging status of the case. In both cases, if the status indicator is green color the AirPods or case are charged, whele if it is yellow color it means less than a full charge remains. If, on the other hand, the status indicator is off, it means that the case is completely discharged.
Please note that you can also view the charge level of the AirPods by connecting them to another device, such as a Mac or an Android smartphone / tablet. In the first case, after connecting the AirPods to the Mac, click on the icon of Bluetooth in the menu bar at the top and linger with the mouse pointer on the item [Name] AirdPods, to view the charge status of the individual AirPods (you can activate the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar, if not present, by ticking the appropriate box in System Preferences> Bluetooth).
If, on the other hand, you have an Android device avaelable, you must know that to know the charge status of the AirdPods and their case, you need to download a third-party application. In this regard, my guide on how to see the battery of AirPods on Android may be useful.
How to see AirPods battery on iPhone
