Can any case charge AirPods?

Getting AirPods is a great way to bring a new level of convenience and comfort to your listening experience, but it can be frustrating if you don’t have the right charging case. Over the past few months, I’ve become increasingly frustrated with this problem and have been researching and testing different solutions.

Any case can charge AirPods as long as the case has been designed for the AirPod’s generation. To charge the AirPods, you simply put them in the case. If you open the lid while the AirPods are in the case, an orange light means that the AirPods are being charged and a green light means they are fully charged.

Tips for Charging AirPods in Different Cases
Any case designed for the AirPods generation can charge them.
Different generations of AirPods may not be interchangeable when charging.
AirPods can be charged in any official case designed for their generation.
To connect AirPods to another case, forget them from your devices, put them in the case, open the lid and hold the button for 15 seconds until the light flashes orange then white.
After that, you can pair the AirPods with your devices using that case.

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Can any case charge AirPods?

It is possible for any case to charge AirPods or AirPods Pro as long as they fit the case.

You can charge AirPods Pro using any official AirPods Pro case. You can also charge AirPods Pro using third-party cases that have been designed to work with AirPods Pro.

You can charge regular AirPods using any official case that has been designed for regular AirPods. However, different generations are not always compatible.

The gen 1 and 2 cases are interchangeable when charging AirPods gen 1 or gen 2.

However, AirPods gen 3 only charge in the AirPods gen 3 cases because the AirPods gen 3 have a different shape to the AirPods 1 and 2.

Can AirPods be charged in another case?

You do not have to charge AirPods in the case that they have been paired with. You can charge AirPods in any official case as long as the case has been designed for that generation and the case has power in it.

To tell if the case has power, you just need to open the lid when the AirPods are not inside the case.

If the light shows orange, it means that there is less than one full charge remaining in the case.

If the light is green, it means that there is at least one full charge remaining in the case. If there is no light, it means that the case is out of power or broken.

How to connect AirPods to another case?

To connect AirPods to another case, do the following:

Forget your AirPods from your devices

Put your AirPods in the case
Open the lid
Hold the button for 15 seconds until the light flashes orange then white

You can now pair the AirPods with your devices using that case

To pair your AirPods with your devices, do the following:

Put the AirPods in the case

Open the lid
Press the button so that the white light shows
Your AirPods should now appear on the Bluetooth list of your devices and you can click on them to pair the AirPods with the device