Airpods Pro 3 battery drain on the case is too high

sjam wrote:

I’m having the same issue….i had a full charge before i used them for about 45 min. My phone said the pods at 100% but the case at 25%. My app2 never did this I could use them five times before the case battery dropped that low. I returned them at Apple and this new replacement pair is doing the exact same thing. I’ve rebooted my phone, & re-paired the pods but they still drains super fast. Something is wrong.

I has a similar but not identical problem with my Airpod Pro 2s. After Appe replaced both and the the left AirPod I finally got a new case from Apple on warranty and that solved the problem.

Take them back to a Genius Bar and see if you can get them to replace the case.

Check your case firmware. If it is 8A353 you need to update, to keep the case charged together with your iPhone for 30 min. After update to 8A357 my similar issue ended.

Definitely not normal; my AirPods track to within a couple of percent. Are you sure they are fitted snuggly in the case and there is no detritus in the “well” the stems go into that might be blocking the charging contacts at the bottom? And that the contacts on the left pod are clean? That could account for the case battery drain as well.

How long have you had the AirPods Pro 3? If less than 14 days take them back for a full refund - no questions asked and get a new pair.

If it's been over 14 days get a Genius bar appointment and have Apple check them out. They may give you a new case and re-pair them for you. I had trouble with my AirPods Pro 2 and ended up with a new case. Now they are perfect!

In the meantime try this:   How to reset your AirPods and AirPods Pro - Apple Support 

I had essentially the same problem. The right AirPod would not charge unless I forced it into the case a bit. It would discharge faster always.

I took them into the Genius Bar and they took them for examination and said they would email them to me. I got them back in 4 days with a new right AirPod and new case.

I still had problems so took them back to the Genius Bar and they gave me a new case. That was it. They have been "behaving" themselves as they should and there's been no issues. Since they are new take them in.

New case firmware 8A357 seems to fix my battery problem and Find My issues.

ZedeX11 wrote:

The battery drain on my APP 3 seems to be too high. For example I charge my airpods from 97% to 100% with the case having 35% battery when I start charging the earbuds and the case battery already drops to 30 with only charging 1% of my airpods. Then it ends up at 28% when my earbuds are fully charged. So the case took 7% of its battery capacity to charge 3% of my earbuds which is way too high.

It is not “way too high”. The case is charging TWO AirPods, so that is 2% drop for each AirPod. Charge your case to 100% and see what happens.

And get over trying to micromanage batteries in anything, be it a computer, smartphone, tablet or AirPods. Batteries are very good at taking care of themselves. In this case you have only one data point, so you can’t even plot a line.

I’m having the same issue….i had a full charge before i used them for about 45 min. My phone said the pods at 100% but the case at 25%. My app2 never did this I could use them five times before the case battery dropped that low. I returned them at Apple and this new replacement pair is doing the exact same thing. I’ve rebooted my phone, & re-paired the pods but they still drains super fast. Something is wrong.

I've had every version of the APP since the first gen I've purchased around 7 p[airs between gifts for my children, my wife and myself. We LOVE them. But...., these newest versions the charging case battery life is terrible, to say the least. While preparing to create this response I noticed, after putting my Airpods in my ears my case said 37%. I then put the case on my wireless charger and it changed from 37% to, RED 20%??? Something is off with this new gens charging case.

The new charging case doesn’t hold as much charge as the old case. I’ve definitely noticed this. I think the AirPods themselves last longer maybe