AirPods Pro 2 case is draining battery without using the AirPods

Did you already try to reset the AirPods?

How to reset your AirPods and AirPods Pro - Apple Support

If this does not work, get the case checked by visiting an Authorized Apple Service Provider or contacting Apple Support about that:

AirPods Service & Repair - Apple Support

I've actually found a way to stop the case battery drain. With your airpods out of the case and connected to your phone, head to your airpods pro settings, scroll down to "Find My Network" and toggle it off.

This actually helped with the battery drain by a huge margin. I stopped experiencing battery drain while being idle. Do give it a try and I'd like to know your experiences.

After a few times of full charge/discharge, my case battery is doing a lot better. I can charge my AirPods 2-3 times over a period of 3 days. Still not as expected, but better.

I don't know if it was the new firmware or fully discharging/charging my AirPods case or a combination of both.

I recommend fully discharge and charge your case, and leave it on charge for about 1 hour after it was charged. This is what I did.

Replacement case had same issues, so fully recharged and turned off “Find Me”, Ear Detection and Personalised Spatial Audio, case at 50% after 5 hours use. Must be a firmware issue or faulty AirPods, booked in with Apple to sort out or seek a replacement product.

Same problem.

Latest firmware. AirPods: 5B58, Case: 51.11.1

Tried resetting, forget AirPods on all devices and reconnect etc. No change.

What works, or at least made a dramatic difference, is turning off Find My network

I'm having the same issue, this thread at least reassured me that it's not just the fault of my particular airpods.

Reseting the pods & turning off the Find My seems to work for me as a workaround - I'm on 2nd day after doing so and so far so good, no excess drain.

Still hoping that Apple will fix it with future firmware update.

Had the same issue with my ones bought at Apple Store in December.

Tested again this week.

Last charging was on monday 11th and they are still on 100%.

checked firmware

case had until last week: 3.64.0

case has now: 51.11.1

Hi all,

I had the same issue and was super frustrated. Resetting didn't help and all the solutions tried were in vain. I was convinced I had a faulty case and initiated the return of the headphones.

I was loosing 1% every hour without even using the headphones. So overnight I lost 12-15 %without touching the case

Suddenly for some reason the drain stopped. No OS Upgrade, no Case upgrade nothing.

It just decided to work by itself.

It could be, that the reset always causes the AirPods to recalibrate battery etc. and thus the drain happens over and over again, even though you are trying to resolve it with the reset. Hence you experience this drain. Even people getting replacements probably get the same issue, as I've read some people are on their 4th or 5th case.

So just try using it over the days and see if it just fixes by itself.

Have the same issue. Case is charging constantly air pods - even when they’re 100% charged. During night (6h) I got at least 20% drop of case charge level. Tried to reset, turn them off from Find My app, got the latest firmware. Something is really wrong. Case is losing almost 100% during one day not using AirPods at all - and the AirPods are fully charged and constantly being charged from case.

’m having some serious issues with my AirPods Pro 2nd gens charging case. Me and my wife bought a pair (off Amazon and from staple) in December and we didn’t really open them or use them until last week! Both of our battery cases are losing 10-15% of battery overnight with out use (the airpods them selves are fine) but wether the case is charging the AirPods or just sitting by itself it loses about 1% of battery per hour. Today I fully charged the case and both the pods. both pairs of the AirPods (mine and my husbands) were put in their respective charging case (at 100% ) and left on my computer table. later on when we checked my pair and my wife’s, both charging cases were down to 52% after 40h of just sitting on the table without use. My cousin and friend also has a pair and they’re reporting the same issue with their pair, so I went online and found that many users are complaining about the same issue. my friend even got his pair replaced 2 times and the issue is still there …I read online that some people had this issue fixed when they turned off find my for the AirPods but we’ve tried that and it didn’t work for us, it seems like a software issue please help I do not wish to get my case or AirPods replaced as these are brand new and since my family Members and my friends along with many other people have reported the Same issue I doubt it’s a hardware issue. I have a pair of AirPods 2nd gen (2019) and the case barely looses 1-3% overnight not 10-15% like the 2nd gen pros,

anyone else able to resolve this issue or find a solution?

Has anyone seen any improvement lately?

The number of posts of users talking about the case battery issue on this forum and Reddit has diminished recently...

The battery of my case is still draining quickly and I see no difference if I switch both Find My and Optimised Battery Charging off. Sometimes resetting the AirPods as suggested here How to reset your AirPods and AirPods Pro – Apple Support (UK) helps. However, as soon as I charge the case again, the issue comes back.

I don't use my AirPods a lot (about 1.5 hour/day Monday to Friday, medium volume, ANC on, spatial audio on) and I am currently charging my case every 5-7 days (from 10-20% to 100%). Sometimes the battery drain is slow, sometimes faster. I am definitely nowhere near 4-5 full AirPods charges with a single full case charge (as I expected to be).

I have been at the Genius Bar; they couldn't find any issue with the case but recognised that I could ask for a new case if the problem persists. I am not considering this option because it doesn't seem to be a hardware problem. I definitely don't want to end up asking for a new case every few weeks as some people are doing!

Firmware still on 5B58. It would be interesting to know if 5B59 for AirPods Pro 2 has been delayed because they are aware of the case battery issue and they are trying to solve it; or because they think that AirPods Pro 2 are perfect as they are with 5B58 (really hope this is not the case!).

Good morning I’m having some serious issues with my AirPods Pro 2nd gen battery case. Me and my husband bought a pair (off Amazon and from staple) in December and we didn’t really open them or use them until last week! Both of our battery cases are losing 10-15% of battery overnight with out use (the airpods them selves are fine) but wether the case is charging the AirPods or just sitting by itself it loses about 1% of battery per hour. Today I fully charged the case and both the pods and the case were at 100% and left on my table and we check my pair and my wife’s and both charging cases were down to 52% after 40h of just sitting on the table with out use. My cousin and friend and also has a pair and they’re reporting the same issue with their pair, I went online and found many users complaining about the same issue, my friend got his pair replaced 2 times already and the issue is still there …I read online that some people had this issue fixed when they turned off find my for the AirPods but we’ve tried that and it didn’t work for us, it seems like a software issue please help I do not wish to get my case or AirPods replaced as these are brand new and since my family Members and my friends along with many other people reported the Same issue I doubt it’s a hardware issue. I have a pair of AirPods 2nd gen  and the case barely looses 1-3% overnight not 10-15% like the 2nd gen pros 

Update: got my case replaced twice from apple now and have paired it with a new iPhone 13 Pro Max that I just purchased I removed the AirPods Pro 2 from old device and find mine and paired with new phone and the F ISSUE IS STILL THERE!! F i can’t even return them it’s past the 14 day window and case is now losing a solid 20% each night without use and with use I’m getting about 2 charges in the pod so about 12h listening time ….

Visited Apple Store today and exchanged for new pods and case, 4th set now and will monitor battery over the next few weeks.

I have the same problem with my AirPods Pro Gen 2 where the case loses so much battery that it only can charge the AirPods once or at best twice.

I've also had the AirPods 2 and after 3 years of usage its battery performs far better than my new APP 2.

My AirPods Pro 2 is running the latest firmware as my iPhone has the latest iOS. I've already tried reseting, unpairing and disabling "Find my" feature, but none of those solved the problem.

AirPods Gen 2 is the best Apple product I've ever bought, while AirPods Pro gen 2 is the worse.

Airpods now replaced, used for about an hour, fully recharged and case down to 86%, consistent with original case and AirPods, definitely issues with Apple’s testing or firmware and advertised use is misleading or lots of faulty product sold.