Unleashing the Full Potential of Your AirPods: How to Use Only One AirPods for Maximum Efficiency and Convenience

Hafeez Pizofreude
2 min readJan 17, 2023

Are you tired of timing your break to recharge your AirPods, or feeling like you’re not getting the most out of your investment by only using one at a time? Well, it turns out that you can actually make the most of your AirPods by using just one at a time. Thus give you 12 uninterrupted hours of using your AirPods!

The prime advantage of using only one AirPods is the increased battery life, that much is crystal clear. When you’re only using one AirPod, the other one is not actively consuming battery power. But wait, isn’t that will pause the media player and all? And when you put one back in the case, both AirPods will be disconnected?

Here’s the hack without even changing the AirPods settings via iPhone, iPad or iPod. First, use both AirPods as usual and start playing the media player or whatever video your watching. Then, take one out of your ear and don’t put it back in the case yet. This will pause your media player. Simply resume it and then put the one out in the charging case.

Voilà and Bob’s your uncle! You can now continue using only one AirPods whilst charging the other in the case. Using only one AirPods can be useful in a variety of situations. For example, if you’re in a public place and want to be extra careful and be aware of your surroundings that even the Adaptive Transparency Mode lack of.

A man workout with only one AirPods
Photo by Dollar Gill on Unsplash

Using just one AirPods allows you to keep one ear free to hear what’s going on around you. Additionally, if you’re working out and don’t want to have both ears covered to avoid the vacuum-like feeling in your eardrum, using one AirPods can give you the freedom to move more comfortably minus the nauseous feeling.

One thing to keep in mind is that when you’re using only one AirPods, the other one will continue to be connected to your device. Follow the hack mentioned above to enabling you to use one and charge the other at once without being disconnected. Best of all, you only need to do the hack once and your device will remember it. The next time, you can just use one AirPods from the get-go without the need to repeat the hack.

In conclusion, using only one AirPods can be a convenient and efficient way to use your AirPods. Whether you’re trying to be more aware of your surroundings, or simply want to extend the battery life of your AirPods, using one at a time is a great way to get the most out of your investment.

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Hafeez Pizofreude

CAE Engineer • Tech Stack Enthusiast • FOSS Advocate • Avid Cyclist • Web3, CeFi & DeFi Aficionado