AirStatus for Linux

Check your AirPods battery level on Linux

What is it?

This is a Python 3.6 script, forked from faglo/AirStatus that allows you to check AirPods battery level from your terminal, as JSON output.

Usage

python3 main.py [output_file]

Output will be stored in output_file if specified.

This script requires bleak package. Install it with: pip3 install bleak.

Example output

{"status": 1, "charge": {"left": 95, "right": 95, "case": -1}, "charging_left": false, "charging_right": false, "charging_case": false, "model": "AirPodsPro", "date": "2021-12-22 11:09:05"}

Installing as a service

Create the file /etc/systemd/system/airstatus.service (as root) containing:

[Unit]
Description=AirPods Battery Monitor

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /PATH/TO/AirStatus/main.py /tmp/airstatus.out
Restart=always
RestartSec=3

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Start the service:

sudo systemctl start airstatus

Enable service on boot:

sudo systemctl enable airstatus

Can I customize it easily?

Yes, you can!

You can change the update frequency within the main.py file

Used materials

• Some code from this repo