The popularity of true wireless headphones has brought a lot of convenience to people, and without the shackles of wire, it can help us take over more use scenarios. However, lithium batteries have a service life, and the smaller the battery capacity, the shorter the life, which I believe everyone has a consensus. AirPods, which occupy the head of market sales all year round, have a single earphone battery capacity of only 93mAh, which can provide 5 to 6 hours of music playback time, of course, this battery life is already very durable. However, with repeated charging and discharging in daily use, the battery capacity of AirPods will become less and less.
Judging from the feedback of many users, the battery life of AirPods is about three years. In fact, this is already a very good performance, because usually the battery life of smart phones is only three years. But AirPods are different from smartphones, that is, the headphones of AirPods are basically impossible to disassemble, and it is not possible to easily replace the battery.
Let's look at the AirPods battery service cost of Apple's official website above, we can see that the cost of AirPods/AirPods Pro is 379 yuan; and in general, the battery attenuation of the left and right headphones is basically synchronous, so the cost of replacing a battery should be: 379 * 2 = 758 yuan. At present, the purchase of a new AirPods 2 is only about a thousand yuan, so this price is basically equal to a new one. Therefore, it is very uneconomical to change the battery of the AirPods!
So the question is, is there any way to improve and extend the battery life of AirPods?
1. Turn on optimized battery charging
In fact, Apple itself is aware of this, since iOS 14.2, Apple has added a "optimize battery charging" function for AirPods. When turned on, AirPods learns the user's daily charging mode so that the headset can be charged slowly to more than 80% until it is needed. This feature is important for improving and extending the battery life of your AirPods, so be sure to turn it on.
The setup method is also very simple, first confirm that the iPhone system version is above iOS 14.2. After pairing with AirPods, enter the "Settings > Bluetooth > of the iPhone and click airPods" to turn on the "Optimize Battery Charging" function. I also found that the charging case of the AirPods opens while charging, and the iPhone screen shows the charging time when the scheduled completion is completed. If you want to fully charge as soon as possible, you can click "Keep it off until tomorrow", which I think is very human.
2. Turn off automatic human ear detection
The "automatic human ear detection" feature may not be too noticed by many users, as shown in the figure below, when airPods are placed in the ear, this function can automatically transmit the audio line from the connected device to the AirPods. But this feature has a "bug", when the user uses the same Apple ID to log in to two Apple devices (such as iPhone), AirPods will often switch between the two devices frequently, but it will bring some inconvenience to the user. Disabling this feature resolves the issue and also extends the life of the headset battery. To disable this feature, follow these steps:
Open the iPhone settings> tap the Bluetooth > tap airPods> turn off the automatic ear detection function
3, do not open / close the charging case frequently
The convenience of AirPods is that when you open the charging case, the Bluetooth connection is activated and quickly connects with the nearby paired devices; and the crisp "click" sound when the charging box is opened/closed is very good, and there are many AirPods users around me who love to play with the charging box when they are bored. But this is not good for the battery of the charging case, because every time the charging box is opened, the battery power is used, and frequent Bluetooth connections also lose power. Therefore, this habit is recommended that you change it to a good one to avoid wasting battery power.
In addition to the three points mentioned above, when using AirPods daily, we should also pay attention to avoiding the frequent use of high-power fast chargers to charge AirPods; in addition, we must try to stay away from extreme temperatures, especially in high temperature environments to charge headphones, which is most likely to cause attenuation of battery life.
summary:
AirPods are different from the iPhone in that their battery size and capacity are small, and any damage can lead to battery damage. Following the above settings and usage habits will help extend the battery life of AirPods. Also, don't forget to keep your AirPods clean all the time to keep them in good condition for as long as possible.
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