Apple AirPods (3rd generation) with Lightning Charging Case

Product Information

Overview

Updated design

AirPods are lightweight and offer a contoured design. They sit at just the right angle for comfort and to better direct audio to your ear. The stem is 33 percent shorter than AirPods (2nd generation) and includes a force sensor to easily control music and calls.

Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking

Sound is placed all around you to create an immersive, three-dimensional listening experience for music, TV shows, and movies. Gyroscopes and accelerometers in AirPods work together to track your head movements — so it sounds like you’re in the center of songs and scenes.¹

Adaptive EQ

Music is automatically tuned to suit the shape of your ear. Inward-facing microphones detect what you’re hearing, then adjust low- and mid-range frequencies to deliver the rich details in every song.

Longer battery life

AirPods have an extra hour of battery life compared with AirPods (2nd generation) for up to 6 hours of listening time² and up to 4 hours of talk time.⁵ With just 5 minutes of charge, you’ll get around an hour of listening⁶ or talk time.⁷ And with the Lightning Charging Case, you can enjoy up to 30 hours of total listening time.⁸

Sweat and water resistant

Both AirPods and the Lightning Charging Case are rated IPX4 water resistant — so they’ll withstand anything from rain to heavy workouts.³

Magical in every way

Setup is effortless — pull them out of the case and they’re ready to use. Automatically switch between your Apple devices. In-ear detection knows the difference between your ear and other surfaces. Announce Notifications with Siri gives you the option to have Siri read your notifications through your AirPods. And with Audio Sharing, you and a friend can easily share a song or show between any two sets of AirPods.⁴

Highlights

Designed by Apple

Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking for an immersive three-dimensional listening experience¹

Amazing sound quality with Adaptive EQ

Contoured design

Force sensor control

Sweat and water resistant (IPX4)³

Easy setup for all your Apple devices

Lightning Charging Case can be charged with the Lightning connector

What’s in the Box

AirPods

Lightning Charging Case

Lightning to USB-C Cable

Documentation

Tech Specs

Audio Technology

Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking¹

Adaptive EQ

Custom high-excursion Apple driver

Custom high dynamic range amplifier

Sensors

Dual beamforming microphones

Force sensor

Inward-facing microphone

Motion-detecting accelerometer

Skin-detect sensors

Speech-detecting accelerometer

Chip

H1 headphone chip

Controls

Press once to play, pause, or answer a phone call

Press twice to skip forward

Press three times to skip back

Press and hold for Siri

Say “Hey Siri” to do things like playing a song, make a call, or get directions

Sweat and Water Resistant

Sweat and water resistant (IPX4)³

Size and Weight

AirPods (each)⁹

Height: 1.21 inches (30.79 mm)

Width: 0.72 inch (18.26 mm)

Depth: 0.76 inch (19.21 mm)

Weight: 0.15 ounce (4.28 grams)

Lightning Charging Case⁹

Height: 1.83 inches (46.40 mm)

Width: 2.14 inches (54.40 mm)

Depth: 0.84 inch (21.38 mm)

Weight: 1.34 ounces (37.91 grams)

Charging Case

Works with the Lightning connector

Battery

AirPods

Up to 6 hours of listening time with a single charge (up to 5 hours with Personalized Spatial Audio enabled)²

Up to 4 hours of talk time with a single charge⁵

AirPods with Lightning Charging Case

Up to 30 hours of listening time⁸

Up to 20 hours of talk time¹⁰

5 minutes in the case provides around 1 hour of listening time⁶ or around 1 hour of talk time⁷

Connectivity

Bluetooth 5.0

Accessibility

Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new AirPods.

Features include:

Live Listen audio¹¹

Headphone levels

Headphone Accommodations

System Requirements

iPhone and iPod touch models with the latest version of iOS¹²

iPad models with the latest version of iPadOS¹²

Apple Watch models with the latest version of watchOS¹²

Mac models with the latest version of macOS¹²

Apple TV models with the latest version of tvOS¹²

Compatibility

iPhone Models

iPhone 14 Pro

iPhone 14 Pro Max

iPhone 14

iPhone 14 Plus

iPhone 13 Pro

iPhone 13 Pro Max

iPhone 13 mini

iPhone 13

iPhone SE (3rd generation)

iPhone 12 Pro

iPhone 12 Pro Max

iPhone 12 mini

iPhone 12

iPhone 11 Pro

iPhone 11 Pro Max

iPhone 11

iPhone SE (2nd generation)

iPhone XS

iPhone XS Max

iPhone XR

iPhone X

iPhone 8

iPhone 8 Plus

iPhone 7

iPhone 7 Plus

iPhone 6s

iPhone 6s Plus

iPhone SE (1st generation)

iPad Models

iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)

iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)

iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)

iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)

iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation)

iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)

iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)

iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)

iPad Pro 10.5-inch

iPad Pro 9.7-inch

iPad Air (5th generation)

iPad Air (4th generation)

iPad Air (3rd generation)

iPad Air 2

iPad (9th generation)

iPad (8th generation)

iPad (7th generation)

iPad (6th generation)

iPad (5th generation)

iPad mini (6th generation)

iPad mini (5th generation)

iPad mini 4

Mac Models

MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

MacBook Air (Retina, 13‑inch, 2020)

MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018 - 2019)

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015 - 2017)

MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)

MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022)

MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020)

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016 - 2019)

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012 - 2015)

MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016 - 2019)

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012 - 2015)

MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015 – 2017)

iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)

iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2019)

iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017)

iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015)

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019 - 2020)

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014 - 2015)

iMac Pro (2017)

Mac Studio (2022)

Mac mini (M1, 2020)

Mac mini (2018)

Mac mini (Late 2014)

Mac Pro (2019)

Mac Pro (Late 2013)

Apple Watch Models

Apple Watch Series 8

Apple Watch SE

Apple Watch Ultra

Apple Watch Series 7

Apple Watch Series 6

Apple Watch Series 5

Apple Watch Series 4

Apple Watch Series 3

Apple Watch Series 2

Apple Watch Series 1

Apple TV Models

Apple TV 4K (2nd generation)

Apple TV 4K (1st generation)

Apple TV HD

iPod Models

iPod touch (7th generation)