A few days after the AirPods began to reach the hands of their buyers began to appear on the net, in certain user forums, threads that ensured that the battery of their AirPods case was drained over the hours without having used the headphones.
This operation was not known if it was normal or erratic and it did not take long to learn that not all units sold suffered from this type of battery drain. The first solution that was given was to go to the nearest Apple Store and make a change, which for some users It was impossible both because of the distance and the stock that the product was supposed to have.
Weeks later, some users published that they had managed to have an optimal operation of the battery of the AirPods case by carrying out a new pairing process by following these steps:
- Press and hold the button on the back of the case for 15 seconds.
- A white LED indicator will light up and when it blinks amber for several times the AirPods will have rebooted.
The next step is to pair them back to the iPhone:
- Open the AirPods case.
- Zoom in on the iPhone and wait until a screen showing that they have connected appears on the iPhone.
Even so, this process did not work for all the units that were already sold and therefore we all expected a move from Apple. This moment was immediate and at the beginning of this month we informed you that Apple, silently for the user, had updated the firmware of the headphones and their case, as long as we had used them in those days. The firmware version went from 3.3.1 to 3.5.1.
Well, this is precisely what I want to tell you in this article. Since I have the AirPods I had noticed the battery drainage of the case of the same, having a loss of around 5-8% of daily battery without using them. After checking that the firmware of my AirPods is 3.5.1. I have loaded them again to 100% and I have saved them for a whole week. What has been my surprise when opening them and checking their battery I have been able to see that they have 100% of the same, so the drainage problem has been solved.