AirPods case: Flashing amber, briefly

What Apple says to do

1. Charge the case: by cable, or on a Qi-certified mat or MagSafe charger with the status light facing up and the lid closed.

The same colour on other earbud cases

Another maker can use this colour for something else entirely.

• Pixel Buds: Blinking white and orange — A factory reset is in progress.
• Pixel Buds: Switching between white and orange — The Pixel Buds are trying to pair, but one of them is not seated properly in the case.
• Pixel Buds: Blinking fast orange — Pairing or the factory reset failed.
• Pixel Buds: Blinking orange, lid open — The buds still have charge left, but the case is low: below 20% on the Pixel Buds Pro 2, 2a and Pro.
• Pixel Buds: Blinking orange, lid closed — The case battery is below 20%: less than one full charge left for the buds.
• Pixel Buds: Solid orange, lid closed, unplugged (Pro 2 and 2a) — The case battery is below 20%: less than one full charge left for the buds.
• Pixel Buds: Solid orange (Pro, A-Series, 2020) — Charging.
• Pixel Buds: Breathing orange — The case is charging and is still below 20%: less than one full charge left for the buds.
• Sony WF-1000XM5: Orange for about 6 or 3 seconds — Lower charge.
• Sony WF-1000XM5: Solid orange while plugged in — Charging: the buds, the case, or both.
• Sony WF-1000XM5: Orange, flashing twice, about every second — Abnormal charging temperature.
• Sony WF-1000XM5: Orange, flashing slowly about every 0.5 seconds — An error occurred while charging and charging cannot be done.
• Sony WF-1000XM5: Orange, flashing 3 times about every 1.3 seconds — Sony calls this an abnormal combination of the left and right headset units.
• Sony WF-1000XM5: Orange and blue, flashing in turn — The lid was opened while the earbuds’ software is updating automatically.
• Sony WF-1000XM5: Slow orange flashing about 15 seconds after pressing the reset button — Getting ready to reset or initialise.

Other Apple AirPods case lights

• Green
• Amber
• Pulsing amber, briefly
• Flashing white
• Flashes amber, then white
• No light
• All Apple AirPods case lights on one page