Charge Beats Studio Buds and Beats Studio Buds +
With the charging case, your Beats Studio Buds provide up to 24 hours of combined playback and your Beats Studio Buds + provide up to 36 hours of combined playback. When you’re ready, here’s how to charge them.
Charge your Beats Studio Buds and your Beats Studio Buds +
To charge your Beats Studio Buds or your Beats Studio Buds +, place them in the charging case. When you need to charge both the earbuds and the charging case, here’s what to do:
Place the earbuds in the charging case.
Connect the charging case to a power source with the USB-C cable that’s included with your Beats Studio Buds.
You can also charge the case without the earbuds.
Your Beats Studio Buds + earbuds each provide up to 9 hours of playback.1 With the charging case, you can get up to 36 hours of playback.2 And with Fast Fuel, you can get up to 1 hour of playback after you charge for 5 minutes.3 To keep your Beats Studio Buds + charged, put them in the charging case when you’re not using them.
Your Beats Studio Buds earbuds each provide up to 8 hours of playback.4 With the charging case, you can get up to 24 hours of playback.5 And with Fast Fuel, you can get up to 1 hour of playback after you charge for 5 minutes.6 To keep your Beats Studio Buds charged, put them in the charging case when you’re not using them.
When the case battery is less than 40% charged, the LED on the front turns red. If the LED blinks red, you may need to reset your earphones.
See how much charge your Beats Studio Buds or Beats Studio Buds + have
On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
You can see the battery level in the Today view on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Find out how to add the Batteries widget to Today View.
On your Mac
Click the Bluetooth menu button in the top right-hand corner of your Mac.
Select Beats Studio Buds or Beats Studio Buds + to see the battery level of the earbuds.
On your Android device
Open the Beats app for Android to see the battery level of your earbuds and charging case.
If you can’t charge your Beats Studio Buds or your Beats Studio Buds +
If you’re having trouble charging your Beats Studio Buds or your Beats Studio Buds +, here are some things you can try.
Make sure the earbuds are seated properly in the charging case.
Use another power source or a different cable.
Testing conducted by Apple in March 2023 using pre-production Beats Studio Buds + and charging case units and software paired with iPhone 13 Pro units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256 Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50% and Active Noise Cancelling and Transparency were turned off. Testing consisted of full Beats Studio Buds + battery discharge while playing audio until the first Beats Studio Buds + stopped playback. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
Testing conducted by Apple in March 2023 using pre-production Beats Studio Buds + and charging case units and software paired with iPhone 13 Pro units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256 Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50% and Active Noise Cancelling and Transparency were turned off. Testing consisted of full Beats Studio Buds + battery discharge while playing audio until the first Beats Studio Buds + stopped playback. This cycle was repeated until both the Beats Studio Buds + and charging case were fully discharged. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
Testing conducted by Apple in March 2023 using pre-production Beats Studio Buds + and charging case units and software paired with iPhone 13 Pro units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256 Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50% and Active Noise Cancelling and Transparency were turned off. 5-minute charge testing conducted with drained Beats Studio Buds + that were charged for 5 minutes, then audio playback was started until the first Beats Studio Buds + stopped playback. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
Testing conducted by Apple in April 2021 using pre-production Beats Studio Buds and charging case units and software paired with iPhone 11 Pro Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256 Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50% and Active Noise Cancelling and Transparency were turned off. Testing consisted of full Beats Studio Buds battery discharge while playing audio until the first Beats Studio Buds stopped playback. With Active Noise Cancelling turned on, listening time was up to 5 hours. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
Testing conducted by Apple in April 2021 using pre-production Beats Studio Buds and charging case and software paired with iPhone 11 Pro Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256 Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50% and Active Noise Cancelling and Transparency were turned off. Testing consisted of full Beats Studio Buds battery discharge while playing audio until the first Beats Studio Buds stopped playback. The drained Beats Studio Buds were charged to 100 per cent, then audio playback was resumed until the first Beats Studio Buds stopped playback. This cycle was repeated until both the Beats Studio Buds and charging case were fully discharged. With Active Noise Cancelling turned on, listening time was up to 15 hours. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
Testing conducted by Apple in April 2021 using pre-production Beats Studio Buds and charging case and software paired with iPhone 11 Pro Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256 Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50% and Active Noise Cancelling and Transparency were turned off. 5-minute charge testing conducted with drained Beats Studio Buds that were charged for 5 minutes, then audio playback was started until the first Beats Studio Buds stopped playback. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage and many other factors.
