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How is the battery holding up on the Pros? My 1st gen AirPods were dead (each bud only holds about 20 mins of charge) after a year. I then tried a pair of the SoundCore Air Liberty 2 (what a name...) with the same result after a year or so. I can't justify paying $200 every year, so I'm sticking with wired for now.

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I mean, I've had the same Pros since launch and I haven't noticed a decrease in the battery. I mean, I'm sure there is a decrease but I listen for hours and hours at a time without issue. If I go longer than 4 hours I might get the low battery notification but they charge so fast that I can either take a break or do the "charge 1 at a time" trick so keep listening.

Roughly how long have you had your Airpod Pros?

I just checked and actually got them for Christmas 2019 (so like 2 months after they released, my mistake, I thought I got them sooner). I use them almost every single day for 30min to 4+ hours depending on what I’m doing.

So to answer your question I’ve had them for around 20 months.

my original airpods were bought feb 2018 and mine still last hours on output only, they last maybe 90 minutes using the microphone on calls though

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