Airpods Always Disconnecting on All Devices

"He asked if I had any other question than this and before I got to finish saying no he hung up on me." This is the main point for Apple service. I am sure there is not 15 pages here. Many messages for me have been delete here, but all are truth and fact. However, Apple prohibits all of them because they will let all of AIRPOD 1 users know more.

I am so surprise why you still buy a new AIRPODS from APPLE. For same price as AIRPODS PRO, you have many choices of others. When you see the news to reclaim AIRPODS, it is the bonus to you that you still support APPLE.

Have tried anything from pairing it with moms iphone 6s.. still facing the same problem.. keep disconnecting and when I thought to pass it to a friend who use non apple devices... the problem remains the same.. disconnect less than 1 min

So.. I guess thats it for airpod .. so I have bought Jabra elite to replace it rather than buying airpod pro and later on facing the same issues .. end up becomes airpod collector (museum)

I have been having a similar issue with Apple Support. Are there any other steps to try? There are some YouTube videos about firmware 6.8.8 and FixMyAirpods trending online, but I can't find any fixes to try.

I just read this forum thread and I discovert that mi Airpods are not the problem, and really the problem is the firmware. I'll try to tell with Apple Spain Support and I'll try to explain this situation, but I suspect that I can't get no solution, but I'll try it anyway.

Best not to buy airpods anymore. Finctionn is so easily influenced by firmware such that they can easily secretly upgrade your firmware to render it non workable to force a new purchase if they want possibly. Don’t see a need for headphones to need any firmware upgrade. Never another airpods in future

+1, same issue. 6.8.8 firmware. one headset disconnects after 1 or 2 mins. no luck with Bluetooth forget device and resetting AirPod/ restarting iPhone. is this a way for Apple forcing customer to upgrade to the new device - very unethical practice Apple. You are loosing some longtime loyal customers.

Yes same here. AirPods will get connected only for 3 mins and disconnect. It’s really sad to see that company like Apple resort to such unethical ways to make the consumers to buy the newer version of their products.

How is is that everyone is having issues with there AirPod 1st gen and apple doesn’t do anything about it !? Is this a business tactic to make people buy there new stuff after you are fed up of trying to fix your 1st gen?! (remember iPhone 6 battery drainage scandal) This is disgusting apple needs to listen to there costumers ,,we paid for our product and it was working perfect until the new updates this is not fair...I can only use my AirPods for 40sec then it disconnects and I can not reconnect ,,my AirPods were fine what happened ,,we need answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with you ,I called them today and they told me we will troubleshoot and once it failed many times ,,the lady offered replacement ,,I was like that’s great what a great costumer service,,,, only to find out that I needed to pay $140 after providing the shipping address 🙃 ,,,I was boiling !! worst costumer service did not expect this from apple no resolution I have a $150 piece of white plastic siting on my desk as a Dećor.

Why is apple not doing anything about this , send a replacement or fix the issue!!!! People are tired of your games already!!! Why stop using a perfectly working device for software issues,,,this is not fair at all!!!!

Exactly the same problem here too. Must be a software problem, or a design fault, otherwise we wouldn't all be having it. Apple should fix this.

They stay connected all the time if you don't play music, but the right one always disconnects after a few minutes of playing.

Tried Apple Support, and as other have said, the same old buy a new one for £70 option.

Just putting the AirPod in the case for literally one second and removing it gets it started and connected again, so clearly this is fixable. It is a bug and yet we're being told to throw away perfectly good kit. That's really not environmentally friendly.

Apple, you need to get your act together and sort this out for customers for free.

Have bought Apple for ~30 years, but this kind of nonsense is really getting in the way. Come on, you're better than this Apple. Or at least you used to be.

Same with mine, I have tried all solutions proposed, disconnecting, left ear only right ear only, take out of my ear put back in again, works for a few minutes and then disconnects again. At the moment I have left ear only !! Absolutely ridiculous. I have 3rd party earpods as well which while the quality of the sound is not as good at least they don't just switch off after 3 minutes or less. @apple #appleairpods fix this issue please !!!!

Same here, 6.8.8. firmware give the same disconnecting problems...seems like they are pushing to buy a new airpods...

By the way i tried many other product, finally brought on amazon at 20€ T15 earbuds...great sound quality and microphone.

for the record: i'm really in the mood of not buyng apple product anymore...

I’m at the point of ditching apple products and we have tons of them. The AirPod connecting automatically to other devices DESPITE the advice given ha s got me so annoyed.

just put a feature “ do not connect to this device” and it may actually work

i honestly have started hating the crappy slow response to these