As an AirPods owner, I can relate to the frustration of losing them. I’ve spent far too much time searching my house and car for my AirPods. After my initial experience, I decided to do some research and testing to find out how easy AirPods are to lose and what can be done to prevent it. In this blog post, I’m here to share my findings and the solutions I discovered from my experience.
AirPods can be easy to lose if you are careless. If you make sure to always keep them in the case when you are not using them and you connect them to find my iPhone, it will be a lot less likely that you will lose your AirPods.
If anything AirPods and AirPod Pros are the hardest earphones to lose because you can connect them to find my iPhone. This is a service that allows you to track your AirPods and get them to play a sound when you lose them.
| Quick Tips: |
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| Connect AirPods to Find My iPhone to prevent losing them. |
| Put AirPods in the case when not in use to avoid misplacing them. |
| Use the ear tip on AirPod Pros for a more secure fit. |
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Are AirPods easy to lose?
AirPods are small devices, so it is not that hard to lose them if you are careless. The easiest way to lose them is by putting them down somewhere and then forgetting where you put them.
You can limit the chances of you losing your AirPods by connecting them to find my iPhone.
This is a service that will allow you to track your AirPods and get them to play a sound. This will make it much harder for you to lose your AirPods, especially around the house.
Can AirPods be tracked if lost?
It is possible to track lost AirPods.
However, you must have connected them to find my iPhone before losing them.
In order for the service to work, there must be some charge in the AirPods, so it would help to always put your AirPods in the case when you are not using them.
Read more: why do my AirPods lose charge so fast?
How to avoid losing AirPods?
The first way to avoid losing AirPods is by putting them in the case whenever you are not using them.
By doing so, you will only need to remember where you have put the case and it will be less likely that you will misplace it.
It would also help to make sure to connect your AirPods to find my iPhone. This allows you to track your AirPods and get them to play a sound if lost.
Keeping your AirPods in the case will ensure that they always have some charge allowing them to work with find my iPhone.
However, if you are going to be using Android, it will not be possible for you to use find my iPhone.
In this case, it will be necessary for you to leave your AirPods in the case when not in use and to make sure to remember where you put them.
Read more: How often to charge AirPods?
Do AirPods easily fall out?
How easy it will be for your AirPods to fall out will depend a lot on your particular ears. For most people, AirPods stay in reasonably well.
Whereas, for other people they fall out easily. AirPods do often fall out when people are running because the bumps make the AirPods loosen in the ear.
If you are concerned about your AirPods falling out, the best option would be to get AirPod Pros which feature an ear tip. The ear tip helps the AirPod Pros to stay in place much more securely sits it fits into the ear further.
Here are some things you can do to prevent your AirPods from falling out:
You Can Get An Ear Hook
You can get an ear hook designed to fit the regular AirPods that fits onto your AirPods and goes around your ears.
These ear hooks will not only help you to keep your AirPods in place, but they will also make sure that the fit of your AirPods is comfortable. Various brands sell these ear hooks, and they all come in different colors.
Get silicon covers
There are silicon covers that you can get for the regular AirPods that will increase the amount of friction that they have with your ears. This will help to prevent your AirPods from sliding out.
Clean them
It would also help to try cleaning your AirPods since they might have been coming loose due to a lack of friction.