10 Important AirPods Tweaks That Increase Battery Life by 30%. try

Today, the newest 2nd generation AirPods Pro with USB-C, which I was completely delighted with from the moment of purchase, let me down for the first time. The headphones died at the most inopportune moment. Sadness.

Of course, at that time he was mocking them quite a bit. I didn’t pay attention to my charging at all; I listened to music for a couple of hours in the morning while I rewrote a piece of code in my latest project. And then I immediately sat down on the calls and hung on them non-stop for at least three hours.

I had to end the conversation without headphones, which is why neither the regulars of the coworking space where they once worked nor the interlocutors were happy.

This made me think about playing around with the AirPods settings. Many of them rely on the autonomy of the headphones in the strictest way.

I collected the most important things here. The most affordable way to literally double the autonomy of AirPods in completely wireless mode will be the last point. But I don’t recommend scrolling to it right away.

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1. Turn off Optimized Charging.

It does not allow the charge advantage to rise above 80%.

What to do: Settings → AirPods → Optimized charging

In this AirPods format, try to determine exactly when the owner will disconnect them from charging in order to maintain their level no higher than 80%. In theory, this partially slows down the degradation processes in the battery.

On the one hand, yes, there are benefits. On the other hand, if the headphones are not correctly charged, you will immediately receive -20% charge, which can be critical throughout the entire working day. Especially if you are remote and have a lot of calls.

I’m not sure, but it’s quite possible that I encountered just such a repair today.

2. Control noise control manually.

Noise reduction autonomy.

What to do: Control Center → Volume → Noise Control

From experience, active noise reduction, which can also be switched in transparency mode (does not change the essence of the matter), reduces the battery life of headphones by at least 20%.

Apple doesn’t explicitly say how ANC affects all of this. But obviously negative.

Therefore, I recommend simply turning off noise reduction and transparency through the control point when there is absolutely no point in them. Especially for calls.

3. Give up Spatial Sound.

Spatial audio often doesn’t make sense.

What to do: Control Center → Volume → Stereo in space

It’s hard to say that it makes any sense. Especially while listening to music on the go, when your mobile device is in your pocket.

Spatial audio is good for watching movies, but not all services are widely used.

In a word, we turn it off.

4. Turn off individual volume.

Individual volume works unpredictably.

What to do: Settings → AirPods → Individual Volume

Adjusting the appearance of AirPods works very strangely. For example, when something is being done in the kitchen while watching YouTube while the family is sleeping, she jumps here and there every now and then.

At the same time, the headphones constantly record what is happening using microphones, which gradually reduces the charge level of their batteries.

5. Disable Conversation Recognition.

Apple engineers have not yet set up voice recognition.

What to do: Settings → AirPods → Conversation recognition

In theory, with this function, AirPods detect the beginning of a conversation, pause the music and resume it only after the conversation.

This thing works quite crookedly, I have repeatedly seen this from my own experience. Therefore, we also recommend turning it off for the duration of battery life.

6. Get rid of control over loud noises.

Loud sounds, on the contrary, are best heard immediately.

What to do: Settings → AirPods → Turn down loud sounds

Headphones can muffle unexpected loud noises, especially outdoors. This can hardly be considered safe, because the same signal about a vehicle passing will be obtained.

We turn it off, because this is bad not only for life, but also for the battery life of the headphones.

7. Turn off Auto Ear Detection.

This thing can only be turned off on old headphones.

What to do: Settings → AirPods → Auto-detect ear

This is a convenient feature that allows the headphones to pause sound when the wearer pulls them out of their ears. And vice versa.

It only makes sense to disable this thing on old completely wireless headphones and batteries that have already exhausted their resource. Our new meaning is especially absent.

8. Avoid auto-switching headphones.

It is more reliable and better for the battery to do it manually.

What to do: Settings → AirPods → Connect. to this iPhone → Last connected to iPhone

Modern AirPods can automatically switch between devices that are recommended for one, including Apple ID.

This does not always work well, but in recent updates the system has improved.

However, their autonomy is not positively affected, and manual switching is always as reliable as possible.

9. Activate vision correction.

The lower the volume, the higher the autonomy.

What to do: Settings → Music → Sound correction

This feature forces all music in Apple Music to the same visibility level, usually a lower level.

Thus, the listening experience is more positive, and the health of the ears is noticeably preserved, and the battery life of the headphones is preserved.

10. Talk with one ear at a time.

Perfect recommendation.

What to do: Charge the second headphones while you talk to the first one.

This is the best advice I gave myself today.

Even in video meetings, nothing prevents you from using only one earphone at a time, while the second one is charging in the case.

So during battery life you can stretch it many times, and it won’t hurt too much.