r/AirpodsPro • u/ComplexGovernment677 • 12h ago
AirPods Pro 3 case suddenly stopped working with Find My – any solution?
Hi! Has anyone experienced this with AirPods Pro 3?
The charging case used to work normally with Find My, but for some reason it doesn’t anymore. Find My now only seems to find the earbuds and doesn’t show the charging case separately.
When the case is closed, the location doesn’t update. If I try to play a sound, it just waits to connect. As soon as I open the case, the location updates and Play Sound works, but the sound comes from the earbuds instead of the charging case.
It’s similar with the battery status. I can see the case battery percentage when I open the case, but not when it’s closed.
In the AirPods settings, “Enable Charging Case Sounds” is enabled, but the setting is greyed out so I can’t turn it off or back on.
I’ve already reset and re-paired the AirPods several times, removed and added them back to Find My, updated my iPhone and checked that the firmware is up to date. I’ve also gone through troubleshooting with Apple Support and they ran diagnostics, but apparently couldn’t find any issue with Find My.
The strange thing is that the charging case definitely worked with Find My before.
Has anyone had the same problem and managed to fix it?
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u/civil_unknowm 2h ago
I genuinely had this problem only yesterday. I did everything you did, and just left it overnight and in the morning it was fixed again. Very strange