Audio guides
Headphones, earbuds and wireless audio — pairing, charging, dropouts and sound faults.
5 guides
AirPods only working in one ear
Fix a left or right AirPod with no sound: check charging, audio balance, cleaning, and model-specific resets for AirPods and AirPods Pro.
AirPods not charging
Fix AirPods that won’t charge: read the case and each earbud as separate batteries, clean blocked contacts, check wireless alignment, and tell a contact fault from a worn battery.
AirPods not connecting
Fix AirPods that won’t connect: the Bluetooth list splits the fault in two — missing entirely means pairing mode, listed as Not Connected means a stale pairing or another device holding them. Includes model-specific pairing and reset steps.
AirPods keep disconnecting
Fix AirPods that keep cutting out: a locally stored track separates a failing stream from a failing Bluetooth link, then check distance and interference, ear detection pausing playback, and automatic switching stealing the connection.
AirPods case light meaning
Read the AirPods case status light correctly: what it reports depends on whether the AirPods are inside. Covers green, amber, pulsing and flashing amber, flashing white, no light, and where the light sits on each model.