Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
AirPods Pro 2 case battery drain very fast
- Thread starter chchchttt123
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Just a thread brump. Was just about to post this inquiry when there is a relevant thread on the same -ask-
Mind-boggling: sent my AirPods Pro 2 to Apple for repair. Get it back with the message that they couldn't reproduce the issue. So far, nothing new (A certified service provider concluded the same earlier). Nevertheless... the package with the APP2 was delivered to a depot one day before the weekend. Because of some personal reasons I only could pick it up after the weekend. I opened the package, connected the APP2 to my phone and voila, the case was at 90%! So a loss of max. 10% in 3 days.
So, apparently the drain is caused by the connection to the phone, the 'find my service' or any other service that is polling the case. Away from the phone, and not connected to a find my service it seems to have the best battery life ever... (BTW the certified service provider, that diagnosed my AirPods the first time, said that they did a "field test" by leaving my case unused for a couple of days and they measured 0 battery loss)
So, apparently the drain is caused by the connection to the phone, the 'find my service' or any other service that is polling the case. Away from the phone, and not connected to a find my service it seems to have the best battery life ever... (BTW the certified service provider, that diagnosed my AirPods the first time, said that they did a "field test" by leaving my case unused for a couple of days and they measured 0 battery loss)
So something else I’ve noticed. Eg if my AirPods go from 100% to 97%, and then I put them in the case, the case went from 60% to 57% to charge them back to 100%. Therefore 1% charge of AirPods = 1% usage of case. How can this make any sense or be normal when the case is supposed to provide MULTIPLE charges of the AirPods??? AirPods Pro gen 1 didn’t do this crap.
So, now I got my APP2 back I'm back to level sucking. I got them with 90% battery level yesterday, listened for 30 minutes to music and 16 hours later the case is at 68%
Man, this thing sucks.
So after a couple of resets and unpairs, my AirPods case actually behaved normally for half a day. Did not lose any charge in standby and could easily charge the airpods from 98% back up without losing any case % below 100.
Unfortunately issue has returned again and now draining in standby and 1% of AirPods charge = 1% of case drain.
This leads me to believe there is some universal firmware issue with the second gen pro’s. Hope they can patch it.
Unfortunately issue has returned again and now draining in standby and 1% of AirPods charge = 1% of case drain.
This leads me to believe there is some universal firmware issue with the second gen pro’s. Hope they can patch it.
Your case would be failing if it wasn’t draining constantly. It’s just how they’re designed to work, and how every single AirPods iteration has functioned. The thing I noticed with the latest firmware is that now the case reads 100 percent a lot longer than before, which is consistent with how iPhones, iPads, macs etc behave.
Please stop with these absurd replies. Given the countless complaints all over the internet it is by far clear that there's something wrong with the battery life of a lot of AirPods Pro 2.
You might have a setup with no problems, but this isn't the case for everyone. The APP2 battery life sucks big time. And I feel I'm screwed by Apple (and their support)
Read before responding next time.
I have the original pro’s as a comparison and the second gen pros case behaviour is bugged.
That’s complete BS. The AP2 are behaving identically to all the AirPods in the past. And if you look back to the release of every other set of Airpods, there’s always people complaining about this same issue.
Exhibit 1, I use my AirPods and they drain from 100% to 97%, I put them in the case, and it then charges them back up to 100% but the case goes down to 97%. Please explain how that is considered normal if the case is supposed to recharge the AirPods multiple times over?
Exhibit 2, my AirPods Pro 1st gen do not behave like the above, it’s more like 1% of case = 5-8% of AirPods charge.
Exhibit 3, as I said above; resetting the APP Gen 2 temporarily resolved the issue so it was not discharging so rapidly, I put my AirPods in at 95% and they got back up to 100% without the case discharging at all, but now the issue is back.
You can’t absorb that evidence and conclude that everything is behaving as normal. I’ll assume you’re just trolling.
Just a possibility: I too have suffered significant battery drain using AirPod Pro 2. Mainly noticed the case losing battery power overnight (3-6%). I also have an iMac (in addition to my iPad and iPhone), which I usually leave on standby overnight. A few times recently I've been shutting my iMac down at night and I don't know if it's coincidence or just hope, but my AirPods don't seem to lose power when my iMac is shut down.
Does anyone else who has experienced this problem have a Mac that they're leaving on standby overnight, or am I just seeing something that isn't there?
Does anyone else who has experienced this problem have a Mac that they're leaving on standby overnight, or am I just seeing something that isn't there?
For me it happens both when I’m at home with my Mac and when I’m out without it so for me it makes no difference
I have both the APP and APP2 - my first gen did not lose the battery as fast as my APP2. Just sitting and not using, I drop down into the 80's and beyond after a couple of days. Reset, update - nothing has changed except if I keep them close to the phone. If I do that, the percentage drops in smaller increments. Recharge is about the same as the APP1. I think FindMy is what is polling them more than the originals and thus the decrease. JMO
If we disable find my network setting on the APP2, does this:
a) fix the drain issue
b) still retain same find my functionality as what we had on APP1?
Thanks
Apple on their own support forums call it normal. The AirPods are constantly draining and being topped off in the case. That’s why the case loses charge when they’re in it and not when they’re out. Thhas been understood and accepted since the first AirPods. It’s hilarious how unable some are to grasp something that’s been known for years.
New, sad milestone today. I put the case on the battery charger of the Ultra watch. Before I put it on there it was +/- 25%, 1 hour later it reported a hilarious 1%!!
This case was diagnosed last week by Apple and a authorised service provider as a perfect case
o man, with a consistent loss of 1-1.5% per hour in standby mode I get this on top of it
what a-freaking-disaster !
This case was diagnosed last week by Apple and a authorised service provider as a perfect case
o man, with a consistent loss of 1-1.5% per hour in standby mode I get this on top of it
what a-freaking-disaster !
I was experimenting the usual 1% per hour like many of the users.
Then I tried the method described some post before with an add on: I unpaired my APP2 from ANY device they where paired to: MacBook, iPhone 12, iPhone 14 PM.
Then pair again and charge until the case reached 100%.
Well, the case is still at 100% from 72h 😳 weird.
I’ve never used the AirPods since the charge.
Today i’ll try to use the airpods, then i’ll keep monitored the case.
EDIT #1
I tried the buds for 20 minutes. The case went immediatly to 96% after i put the buds in, then it settled to 91% after the buds charge was completed. Let see if it starts dropping 1% per hour as before.
EDIT #2
1 hour, 1% The usual routine seems started again
Then I tried the method described some post before with an add on: I unpaired my APP2 from ANY device they where paired to: MacBook, iPhone 12, iPhone 14 PM.
Then pair again and charge until the case reached 100%.
Well, the case is still at 100% from 72h 😳 weird.
I’ve never used the AirPods since the charge.
Today i’ll try to use the airpods, then i’ll keep monitored the case.
EDIT #1
I tried the buds for 20 minutes. The case went immediatly to 96% after i put the buds in, then it settled to 91% after the buds charge was completed. Let see if it starts dropping 1% per hour as before.
EDIT #2
1 hour, 1% The usual routine seems started again
Last edited:
But how? First unpaired it via the bluetooth menu on your iPhone and next on the site(?) iCloud.com?