i3blocks-airpods 💃🕺

i3blocks script for managing airpods and airpods pro.

Controls

left click: connect to airpods
middle click: toggle A2DP(used for music) or HSP/HFP(used for calls)
right click: disconnect airpods

Showcase

Dependencies

   1.ofono.service  # systemd
   2.ofono-phonesim  
       sudo add-apt-repository ppa:smoser/bluetooth  
       sudo apt-get install ofono-phonesim  
   3.git clone https://github.com/rilmodem/ofono.git /opt/ofono

Tweak the script for first time

replace MAC and card name in the script

AIRPODS_MAC='4C:6B:E8:80:46:84' # it should be somewhere in blueman-manager  
AIRPODS_NAME='bluez_card.4C_6B_E8_80_46_84' # you can find this using 'pactl list cards' command

i3blocks.conf

[airpods]
command=/path/to/airpods
label=🎧 
interval=10

Note

you should first pair your airpods using blueman and trust them to use this script

Discussion

https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/comments/hsx3l3/got_airpods_lets_setup_i3blocks_for_it/

Contributions are welcome

Say thanks:

Just letting me know you’re enjoying this plugin is a great way to say thanks!

You can do so by staring the GitHub repo.

Troubles?

If you have any kind of trouble with it, just let me now by raising an issue on
the GitHub issue tracker here:

It should be there 👆 👀