You can charge the Apple AirPods at any time with the charging case, if it is charged itself or is attached to a charger - but it is practical to check the battery level of the Bluetooth headphones in between. If you do this with your iPhone or iPad, not only the charge status of the AirPods is checked, but also the battery capacity of the transport and charging capsule. You will find out how to do this in this guide.
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Check AirPods battery level with iOS device
It is possible to call up the charge status or battery level of the Apple AirPods with an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. To do this, of course, the respective devices must first be paired with the Bluetooth headphones. You can check the battery level in two different ways:
- Open the lid of the charging case when the AirPods are in it and hold the case close to the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. After a few seconds, the overview of the charge levels should appear.
- Alternatively, the battery widget can be used on the iOS device. The battery level of the device itself and that of the AirPods are displayed. The capacity of the charging case is only displayed if there is at least one AirPod in it.
Check the charge status with the Mac
In addition to iOS, you can also check the AirPods charge status on your Mac, iMac or MacBook. To do this, you have to pair the respective Apple computer with the headphones via Bluetooth and then go through the following steps:
- Open the lid of the charging case and / or take the AirPods out of it.
- Click on the Bluetooth symbol in the macOS menu bar.
- Move the mouse pointer over the AirPods with charging case.
Interesting: Use Apple headphones on Android
Cannot query via Siri
If you ask Siri for "AirPods battery status", then in all likelihood you will not get a satisfactory answer. Instead, the voice assistant tells you the battery status of the device used (such as the iPhone X) and other connected Apple devices (such as the Apple Watch). Here is the test result from the self-experiment:
Source: Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),
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After graduating from high school, Johannes completed an apprenticeship as a business assistant specializing in foreign languages. But then he decided to research and write, which resulted in his independence. For several years he has been working for Sir Apfelot, among others. His articles include product introductions, news, manuals, video games, consoles, and more. He follows Apple keynotes live via stream.
Hi Sir Apfelot,
just flip the question to Siri and ask "AirPods battery status" and it will work (but only the earbuds)
So when I do that, the answer I get is: "Your Apple Watch Jens battery is at 78%." According to the display, he clearly understood "AirPods battery level"... I don't know either. Siri really isn't the brightest light... ;-)
“Battery Air Pods” works for me
You mean as a Siri command? Or is that an app?
For me, Siri says: the battery level of your AirPods is (eg) 65%. But the funny thing is that this is always the battery level of my cell phone
Hello Luna! Ok, but what's the truth now? Are the AirPods at 65% or does Siri just call the iPhone battery level and pretend it's AirPods?