MagSafe battery packs can charge AirPods and other earbuds too
Did that moment just come after reading that first sentence? Anyway, it could well be that I'm the last fella on the planet to realize this, but you can use a wireless battery pack to charge many models of true wireless earphones. I suppose I came by my ignorance innocently enough: I charge my earphones at home often enough that it's rare for me to drive their battery into the ditch.
- ▪Did that moment just come after reading that first sentence?
- ▪Anyway, it could well be that I'm the last fella on the planet to realize this, but you can use a wireless battery pack to charge many models of true wireless earphones.
- ▪I suppose I came by my ignorance innocently enough: I charge my earphones at home often enough that it's rare for me to drive their battery into the ditch.
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MagSafe battery packs can charge AirPods and other earbuds too Séamus Bellamy 5:30 am Thu Aug 6, 2026 MagSafe battery packs charge AirPods — Image via Séamus Bellamy Do you recall the stunned feeling in your thinky bits the moment that you discovered that the holes in many pasta serving spoons are designed to measure portion size? Did that moment just come after reading that first sentence? Anyway, it could well be that I'm the last fella on the planet to realize this, but you can use a wireless battery pack to charge many models of true wireless earphones. I suppose I came by my ignorance innocently enough: I charge my earphones at home often enough that it's rare for me to drive their battery into the ditch.
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