If one AirPod is louder than the other

Hi, I can't believe I'm saying this but I was desperate as my right air pod fits much better than my left. I always keep it clean but I could barely hear out of it the last few days and tried the sucking fix...........did it several times for each speaker as came up louder the more I did it. Now as loud as before.............OMG....thought it was a joke as sounded pretty odd but it worked so well. I do suggest you clean it first with a tissue and I use the end cap (side part) of a pen which isn't sharp to clean the edges.

Thanks for the tip!

Well it was louder than the other one but now it’s both and I don’t know how to fix it. I don’t like it when it’s low. I like to listen to loud when I’m going to class and out of class. Please Apple can you help me.

Mine too same prbm… but mine are airpods 3rd gen… i already encountered this issue when these are in warranty… they didnt replaced… instead they did complete reset of pods.. than 1-2 minths worked fine… but now my warraty is out.. and again balance is not good… left one is getting more and right is too low… donno what to do..!!!🥲🥲

I highly appreciate the tips, I tried it and it actually worked, my preferred setting to stabilize the volume would be 83%, but anywhere between 80-85% towards the weaker one works well, it makes them sound more stable, and it saves the trip to go ask for a replacement regarding a simple design flaw.

and saves time from unnecessary but possibly helpful YouTube tutorials on how to make them stable, which if done incorrectly, could end up ruining the buds permanently.

try it, I promise you will be impressed.

Wow this worked! Thank you! I almost cried because I just got my pair replaced because the sound system failed on both buds, and I didn’t want to have to go through the hassle of replacing them again, so I wanted to try everything before I went back. Sounds crystal clear now!

I cannot believe this worked!!!! I was so stressed out that my AirPods 3 were already damaged after only 1 year, asked myself what I did wrong...then I read that...laughed and thought no way this works....and IT DID!!!!!! go on and literally s*ck this sh*t out of them😂🤣

OMG i saw a comment saying to suck the airpod so that it can release the airflow and the wax stuck in the tiny holes and i cannot belive im saying this but it worked. I luaghed when doing this because this is kinda gross but **** it made a difference.

i check the settings and everything seemed balanced, nevertheless one ear was still louder. The solution is cleaning out the ear wax stuck in the AirPod. I couldn’t suck it as one person commented on here, but I used an antiseptic wipe to clean out the wax then blew into the AirPod from the smaller outlet by the side so the air forced out the wax stuck in the main sound outlet and I wiped some more and kept blowing it out till I was satisfied and voila my AirPod is back to life 🤭

I have the same issue, my right AirPod sound is low and it also doesn’t fit as snug as the left one suddenly.

I checked the balance slider in accessibility that is balanced. I tried the sucking method it didn’t help either.

What shall I do to make the sound equal in my right AirPod as well?

If you have Airpod Gen 3’s like me, in order to fix the one airpod being louder, you have to set up you’re Spacial Audio, it usually fixes it every time. If that doesn’t work, try restarting your airpods.

I tried fixing the audio settings, but the slide bar was still in the middle and I’m still having an imbalance in audio. I have turn up the volume all the way in order to hear quite sounds through my left AirPod. I’m assuming this means that it is broken, through I haven’t done anything to my AirPods. I was wondering if there is anything else I can do to try to fix the audio.

This didn't quite work for me, but because I'm always about taking things to the extreme, I doused mine in rubbing alcohol to soften up the build-up and then blasted the whole thing in both holes (zing) with an air compressor.

Working great now! Thanks for leading me down the path to fixing mine!

Yeah, my right AirPod is louder than my left and I have to balance any device I’m using to the left just to get an even sound. Considering that so many of us have this left ear bud problem, there must be an inherent issue with the AirPods.

I can’t believe it man , it worked I sucked on the AirPod and then the sound was equal thank you so much brudda you are a genius I would neve think of that … and I can’t belived it worked thank you so much god bless you !!!!

I’m having the same problem, whenever I’m listening to music. I can only hear the music in the left ear and when I mess around with the volume it’s always louder in the left. When I only have the right one in I can hear it but it’s still very quiet. Someone please help

thanks