Question: how to tell the difference between gen1 and gen 2 airpods?
Answer: Apple's new ‌AirPods‌ offer the same overall battery life as the original ‌AirPods‌, which is 5 hours on a single charge and over 24 hours of additional battery capacity in the charging case. According to Apple, the second-generation ‌AirPods‌ offer 50 percent more talk time due to the H1 chip.