{"id":199171,"date":"2025-12-29T12:38:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=199171"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:38:03","slug":"how-to-turn-off-airpods-charging-case-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/how-to-turn-off-airpods-charging-case-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn off AirPods charging case sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this quick tutorial, we&#8217;ll tell you about AirPods charging case sounds and how to turn them off if you don&#8217;t like them.<span id=\"more-1053992\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Which AirPods charging case has an external speaker<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>AirPods 4 with ANC<\/li>\n<li>AirPods Pro 2 (both Lightning and USB-C models)<\/li>\n<li>AirPods Pro 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The charging case of the first three generations of regular AirPods, AirPods 4 without noise cancellation, and the first-generation AirPods Pro don&#8217;t have built-in speakers.<\/p>\n<h2>When the AirPods charging case plays a sound<\/h2>\n<p>This happens in the following conditions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you put the AirPods case into wired or wireless charging<\/li>\n<li>When the charging case battery is very low<\/li>\n<li>When you willingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2017\/01\/24\/find-my-airpods\/\">play a sound using Find My<\/a><\/li>\n<li>It can also play sounds when you&#8217;re resetting it or setting it up<\/li>\n<li>And finally, AirPods kept in the case can play a chime to ensure microphones and speakers are working properly for the hearing health feature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several AirPods Pro 2 complained of hearing a mysterious chime at odd times, like in the middle of the night. <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/airpods\/devd9aac5b42\/web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a> confirmed that this is on purpose:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>To help ensure that your AirPods microphones and speakers are operating at their best (for example, to help provide high-quality hearing test results), your AirPods may periodically play a quiet chime when in their charging case.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Turn off the AirPods charging case sounds<\/h2>\n<p>While the volume intensity of charging sounds on the AirPods case is very low, if you don&#8217;t like it for some reason, here are the quick steps to turn them off:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Connect your AirPods to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.<\/li>\n<li>Open iOS <strong>Settings<\/strong> or macOS <strong>System Settings<\/strong> and select your AirPods.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the switch for <strong>Enable Charging Case Sounds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1053994\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Enable-Charging-Case-Sounds-turned-off-for-AirPods-on-iPhone.png\" alt=\"Enable Charging Case Sounds turned off for AirPods on iPhone\" width=\"1664\" height=\"1699\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, your AirPods charging case won&#8217;t play a sound when you plug it into a charger or when its battery falls low. But it will still play a tone in other situations, such as when you use the Find My app to locate it.<\/p>\n<p>In case the \u201cEnable Charging Case Sounds\u201d option is grayed out and you can turn it off, try the following solutions to fix that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2021\/11\/01\/how-to-force-quit-apps-iphone-ipad\/\">Quit<\/a> and reopen the Settings app<\/li>\n<li>Disconnect and pair AirPods again to your iPhone<\/li>\n<li>Restart your iPhone<\/li>\n<li>Put AirPods in their case for 15 seconds, close the lid, and try again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1053995\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fixing-grayed-out-Enable-Charging-Case-Sounds-for-AirPods-on-iPhone.png\" alt=\"Fixing grayed out Enable Charging Case Sounds for AirPods on iPhone\" width=\"1664\" height=\"1699\" \/> <\/p>\n<h2>What to do if you still hear AirPods charging case sounds?<\/h2>\n<p>In case you still get AirPods charging case sounds after turning off the feature, it could be because of bugs or glitches.<\/p>\n<p>Start by ensuring your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2017\/02\/03\/how-to-install-software-update-for-your-airpods\/\">AirPods are running the latest firmware version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If that doesn&#8217;t help, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2022\/10\/28\/how-to-reset-airpods\/\">factory reset your AirPods<\/a> and set them up again. After setup, charging case sounds will be enabled by default, so turn the feature off.<\/p>\n<p>And lastly, if nothing helps, take your AirPods to an Apple Store and get them checked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also, check out:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2024\/09\/30\/how-to-use-airpods-head-gestures\/\">How to pick up and decline calls on AirPods using head gestures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source link: https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2025\/12\/29\/airpods-charging-case-sounds\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this quick tutorial, we&#8217;ll tell you about AirPods charging case sounds and how to turn them off if you don&#8217;t like them. Which AirPods charging case has an external speaker AirPods 4 with ANC AirPods Pro 2 (both Lightning and USB-C models) AirPods Pro 3 The charging case of the first three generations of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":32045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allnews","category-appleindustrynews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199172,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199171\/revisions\/199172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}