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AirPods: How long does one charge last?

My brand new AirPods (four days old) last about 2 to 2 1/2 hours before I begin getting those sounds letting me know they are nearly out of power. And then, one by one, they simply stop working. That happens after about 2 hours. A good bit of it is talk time (if that makes a difference). Is this normal? Or am I cranky and overly demanding? Thanks for any suggestions. -Jeff

iPhone 6, iOS 10.3.2

Posted on Feb 13, 2018 8:22 AM

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Feb 13, 2018 8:38 AM in response to Jeff Linder

Talk time would make a difference. Apple claims that you can get up to 5 hours battery life, and their testing conditions are as follows:


Testing conducted by Apple in August 2016 using preproduction AirPods units and software paired with preproduction iPhone 7 units and software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50%. Testing consisted of full AirPods battery discharge while playing audio until the first AirPod stopped playback. Battery life depends on device settings, usage, and many other factors.

In my experience with my own AirPods, your talk time is totally normal and doesn't indicate any battery issues. 🙂

Feb 13, 2018 9:19 AM in response to Jeff Linder

Thanks to all. Yes, will have the Apple store run a diagnostic to make certain everything is operating as it should. Excellent idea vs. taking them back and returning them. When they work, they are terrific. I wanted to click "helpful" on every one of these responses but seems like I was limited to just two clicks. Everyone is, indeed, helpful.

AirPods: How long does one charge last?

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