If one AirPod is louder than the other

Hi,

I thought my airpods were broken for good. I tried cleaning, sucking even water and it did not work. However, the last thing I’ve tried was compressed air and it totally fixed my AirPods. It left my AirPods like if there were new, so if everything else does not work definitely tried compressed air it completely fixed mines. I’m actually really surprise how resistant AirPods.

Exactly what it says , suck the mesh part of the ear phone that isn’t so loud with your mouth , yes it won’t taste great however it is likely to solve your problem as it has for me and a few others on here - hope that’s ok

My right earbud got replaced by apple on july and warranty got expired the same month. And soon after 1 month my left earbud was showing the same problem ie. low sound and i cleaned the same with earbuds but thatd dint work. and now i saw someone saying about the sucking thing . hahaa maaan it worked thank you so much. i just sucked for like 3:4 secs and the difference was so much. thank you

At first I thought this was some sort of a joke. Then, having the only perspective of spending £60 for another AirPod, I thought I had nothing to lose, so tried to suck the air out of the bigger speaker, as suggested above. It has worked for me, too! I can't believe this! The quiet AirPod is now working as before. Thank you for suggesting this!

my airpod levels were in the middle, and I was having this issue. I proceeded to suck on the quiet airpod ( large hole) and to my surprise when I played music the clarity came back to the quiet airpod like brand new.

I tried adjusting the volume on the settings and nothing....then I tried the sucking of the AirPod that was quieter and it worked! I legit just created the account to let yall know, year later this is still solving the problem.

Thanks!

it's weird but, this problem comes from earwax. i used the small paint brush to prod in to the 3 diaphragms, and it getting louder and louder. this is my final solution and finally it works :D

unbelieve that it's the solution to fix this big problem, you should try

Yeah the sucking of the speaker worked for me like magic. One of my Airpords Pro was quieter that the other, not significantly, but I could feel it. I sucked both of the big speakers or microphones of whatever.. And I could immediatly feel after I put my airpods back to my ears that everything is working again like before.. Thanks man!!

At first i thought, Seriously? "suck out" the wax? But after i tried it it worked! at first i had yet again the same problem but with the other airpod, so i did the same and now they work properly again.

Long Live Apple Community

Thanks so much Jonathan, my right earbud fit deeper into my ear than my left so the sound was quieter in my right, your tip of changing the audio slider really worked and now I can listen to everything in the same volume.

Guys if 1 AirPods is lower than the rest literally just suck the biggest speaker on the AirPods and I promise it will fix the volume problem. Honestly didn’t think it would work but one I did it both AirPods were working perfectly. Definitely recommend😁😁

I was having the issue of my right airpod bud being quieter than the other. My right airpod is the one I typically use the most often.

I could not find a setting to adjust the volume on each airpod so I tried the "Suck" technique and that fixed it lol.

Who knew that the airpod would absorb ear wax like that.

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😂🤣

Go to the hearing settings and slide the thingy back and forth between L/R till it sounds equal on both sides.

Hate to admit it but that worked. Low tech solution. Thanks for posting. I did wipe down each earpod with isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip. Good as new