If one AirPod is louder than the other

I saw the toothbrush & suck method online, but I used a cotton earbud and used it to wipe the earphone and then sucked and that worked !! Hope this helps

Brushing off the speaker and sucking on the large speaker until you felt airflow worked like a charm.

Use dry toothbrush or other brush to gently clean the wax.

Suck the AirPod that isn’t loud, it worked for me.

I thought my left AirPods were faulty, didn’t realize it was ear wax that clogged it.

I cannot believe this worked!! Thank you! I cleaned the speaker, and make sure you clean the side speaker too, it’s working better than my other one now 😂 thank you!

I sucked on it, then used a dry, new toothbrush, then messed w the balance some in “general/ settings/ accessibility”. Not sure what worked exactly but it sounds nice now. Also excited for next version.

You can adjust balance to any AirPod by going to iOS settings, accessibility, AirPods. Then “Audio Accessibility Settings”. At the bottom will be a balance control.

There are additional custom settings you can make, but you must have the second generation AirPods or above. I bought these AirPods last year at Costco in 2020, and they are first generation, manufactured in 2017! The second generation manufactured beginning 2019. So why did Costco sell me first generation AirPods? Something should have been mentioned that you were receiving first generation AirPods, and not second generation, which were available at the time.

I’ll post the sequence of pictures to get to the balance control in iOS 14.7.1, and how to identify what AirPods you

I’ve just read the sucking id a & rolled my eyes but with my right AirPod very very quiet I gave it a go. It worked. Just make sure you don’t restrict the flow by blocking the side hole as you suck. I actually felt a pop in my mouth & afterwards the volume is back to 100%. It must have been a lump of wax

I had taken mine to the Apple Store today as mine was doing the same thing where the right earbud was so quiet you almost couldn't hear it at all. It looked totally clean and I even tried cleaning it out as best I could. The Genius at the Genius Bar took one look at both of them and showed that on the left one you could clearly see the speakers behind the grill and on the right one you could not. While it looked clean, there was wax buildup under the screen. Not sure what he did to clean it out as he took them in the back, and when he came back out, he had cleaned both of them and you could clearly see the speakers now in both, but when he handed them back to me and told me to try them out, almost immediately I got a text and the sound that played through the AirPods blew me across the room with the volume they were at (apparently they both needed cleaned) and now they sound just like they did when they were brand new. I will have to try this sucking method if it happens again as I can see it making sense, but I really wish I knew what he did to get them so clean. I haven't found anything that can get "in" the screen grill to clear them out.

So gross, but yes I can confirm the "suck" method works. I sucked on all of the ports and it fixed it. I went from have 70% volume (compared to the other) in one airpod to some times 0-5%, and now im back at 100%.

i can confirm that this method works to get the airpod to its original volume. I thought it was an unusual suggestion at first i thought i’d give it a go and although i got some funny looks while sucking the wax out of my earphone i am please to say they work in good condition again. Thanks a lot, olivia x

One AirPod was barely producing sound. After confirming this by adjusting the left/right balance in settings, accessibility, I tried the suction advice. Performing three or four inhalations and feeling nothing dislodge, I was dubious. But I put my AirPods back in my ears and voilà, problem solved! Thank you!

i had the same problem. You could 'suck' on the one that has less volume but if the wax or something else is really suck (like on mine AirPod) you need to buy a airduster (compressed air) and blow at close to all the speakers in the AirPods and than your AirPods will be like new :)

(also helps for just cleaning your AirPods without needing a qtip or something like that)

Hi all,

I can confirm that sucking the larger then the smaller speaker does work!!! Habe had the promblem with one AirPod being louder than the other for months. Read this post while sitting on a train, sucked in my case the left AirPod as it has been pledged with having less volume than the left. Sucked until air flowed from small to large speaker( 30 secs) places the AirPod back in my ear ear .. instant satisfaction both AirPods had same volume after months of unequal volume. I tried hair dryer prior with no results. The method works just suck wax trhrough the two speakers!!!!!!

I had the same identical situation, it turned out to be wax was covering the screen forming a shield over the speaker, theres nothing you can do to remove it,, its in the speaker screen,, try using a toothpick to try to press the wax out...