Hello everyone,
So I saw something about this when I Googled, but the results I got were inconclusive. So, I figured I would ask here. I have some AirPods Pro 2. They're pretty new, only about a year old, lightly used, though the usage has been increasing lately. Sometimes, when I drop the right side earbud into the case, and I'm not sure if that matters because I primarily use the right one anyway, it plays a 2 tone descending sound. This happens right after charging, checking the case shows that the AirPods are, indeed, charging, and I'm just not sure what this means. Has anyone come across this? Have you figured out what the heck it actually is?
Thanks!
By CritterPup, 3 September, 2025
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Apple Hardware and Compatible Accessories
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Check where you bought the AirPods
personally have not experienced this issue myself but I do believe that it has something to do with what region your AirPods is intended for.
Have Heard that tone but
Absolutely no idea what that tone means.
Yeah I know this
Yes, it is played when you use both pods and you want to take off one and put it back to the case while the other is still in your ear. Nothing to worry about.
Strange...
It must be a glitch then, because it doesn't always happen, and it often happens when I put the second one in the case while the other one is... also in the case. Also I ordered it from Amazon and I'm pretty sure Apple has an official Amazon storefront.
know the meaning of this sound
This sound means that your case hasn't recognised your AirPod correctly, I recommend you to clean the contacts on the inside of the case.
I think I know what it is.
From what I’ve been able to gather, this sound indicates that your AirPods don’t match each other. For instance, if you and somebody else had a pair of AirPods, and you put your right one, and their left one in the case, it would make that sound.
In case sounds are normal.
I've noticed this also, so when i came across an article regarding it, it caught my attention.
This is a fairly recent addition, via firmware. The airpods are "recalibrating" themselves when placed back in the case. I noticed it mostly when putting both in, but I rarely use them individually these days. Only time I do that is in noisy public places, so I wouldn't hear the sound from the case in those instances anyway.
Short version, it's normal. They're recalibrating. No mismatch, no error (wouldn't make sense that it didn't connect to the case correctly, in that how would it know it is in the case if it didn't make the connection? That's the telephony engineer in me speaking though.)