Learn how to use the AirPods Optimized Battery Charging feature to slow down battery aging by delaying charging past 80% until needed.
Available for all AirPods Pro models and AirPods 3 and later, as well as the iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac laptops, Optimized Battery Charging learns from your daily routine to maintain battery health by delaying charging past 80%. Reducing the time the battery spends fully charged improves its health and reduces aging.
The algorithm analyzes how you use your device over a period of time to determine the best times to pause charging. Charging resumes automatically to finish right before the system thinks you’ll use your device. Making sure this setting is turned on for your AirPods is important since AirPods batteries cannot be replaced.
Manage optimized battery charging for AirPods
- Wear your AirPods and connect them to your iPhone or iPad.
- Open the Settings app and tap your AirPods name near the top.
- Select Battery from the list of options.
- Check that the Optimized Battery Charging switch is turned on.
Optimized Battery Charging for AirPods is a global setting; enabling it on your iPhone or iPad will automatically turn it on all your other devices using the same Apple account.
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