Case study

GreenPods: reconstructing AirPods control on Android

GreenPods is an Android app that reads AirPods BLE advertisements and offers Apple Accessory Protocol controls over L2CAP where available. Its protocol research records packet structures, transport requirements and captured device behavior for battery status, noise control, gestures and head tracking. The app exposes features according to the available Android Bluetooth path.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 4
Last commit: 2026-08-10
Language: Kotlin
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Android 8.0 or later and Bluetooth LE are required; building needs JDK 21 and the Android SDK.
Prerequisites: AAP controls depend on a recent Android system that permits the required authenticated L2CAP channel.
Limits: AirPods Pro 3 heart-rate decoding is documented but not yet shipped as an app feature.
License: MIT license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{greenpods-airpods-protocol-case,
  title = {{GreenPods: reconstructing AirPods control on Android}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/andrewkomkov/GreenPods}},
  url = {https://github.com/andrewkomkov/GreenPods},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/greenpods-airpods-protocol-case/}}
}

Plain text

GreenPods: reconstructing AirPods control on Android. https://github.com/andrewkomkov/GreenPods (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/greenpods-airpods-protocol-case/

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docs/protocol-research.md GitHub · andrewkomkov/GreenPods · Revision cd171e5
README.md GitHub · andrewkomkov/GreenPods · Revision cd171e5