Bluetooth audio problems Catalina

I got same problem

Reseting NVRAM helped for some time(like for 6 hours), after it's back and breaking very often

So if you just do a cold boot and you don't start any app does it works well for you?

Wake up people. Apple is not even reading this channel so you are wasting your time. Best way to go is through formal customer support and demand an answer there.

Upgraded yesterday to 10.15.4 Beta 3

Until now bluetooth seems to be working fine. Does anyone have the same experience? Did they finally solve this issue?

10.15.4 beta 2

Same thing here man, knock on wood Catalina 10.15.4 solved the issue for good. I have Bose QC35 headphones too, and I haven't had connection drop yet.

Just comment for inform another issue too

I have similar problem with Catalina bluetooth while using Bose QC35 II. The bluetooth still connected, but sound changed to internal speaker. And other problem, while my iPhone XR (iOS 13.1.3) and my QC35 II connected to my Macbook Air 13" together, the sound will stutter till I disconnect my iPhone XR

I've been having the same exact issue since updating to Catalina. Extremely annoying. I've been routinely checking various Reddit & Apple threads etc. every few days to see if anyone has found a fix for this. Apple has released a few different updates to Catalina but have not fixed this major issue, which is very surprising. I've seen some people say that downgrading to Mojave is the only solution, but I don't want to have to go through that whole process. I am hoping Apple can see these consistent complaints and address this issue.

I have the same. I connect to a Pioneer Bluetooth stereo system, and stream Internet radio throughout the day, and yes, 3 or 4 times a day, completely at random when not even doing anything on the Mac, it simply drops back to the Mac's speakers.

The Bluetooth icon hasn't changed, it's still connected to the stereo, everything is up and running, but I have to manually go back to the BT icon and disconnect/reconnect the external device.

I haven't had the patience to leave it alone when it does this to see whether it spontaneously reconnects to the external speaker system - I expect it does (because I sometimes leave my desk for half the day and it's always connected when I return), but I can imagine how frustrating it is when you'r using headphones.

This is the same issue for me

I have basic Bluetooth® Headphones from Lazer (no noise cancelling, sound quality etc). This usually occurs when I use Windows on my Mac and I connect my headphones to Windows and then I switch back to MacOS and I connect the headphones it but the audio comes from the speakers yet it is saying connected. Whats more interesting is that that the headphones won't show as the sound output device and yet it is connected.

A similar issue happens Windows. When I try to connect my headphones to Windows, it will try to connect but then it will say We didn't get any response. Try Connecting again.

Another issue is when sometimes when I connect my headphones to my Mac it will connect but after 1-2 minutes it automatically disconnect and I have to reconnect it. To make it more worse sometimes it will create the same problem as Bunkface mentioned

There are quite a few discussions threads with this issue, unfortunately no solution. It affects all Bluetooth devices I connect to (am on 10.15.1 Catalina) my Mac; after 5-10 min the audio drops to internal speakers even though Bluetooth still connected.

I've tried many things: PRAM reset, deleted Bluetooth pref file, disconnect, reset, etc. Nothing works.

I've been on the phone with support twice for this issue, and were unable to fix. When rebooting in safe mode this problem doesn't seem to happen, so I imagine there is some issue with the bluetooth device file itself?

It's horribly frustrating since I use a Bluetooth headset for work, and will be connected to other devices throughout the day. Really can't understand how Apple hasn't pushed a fix through yet on such a serious bug.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250742561?answerId=251655894022&replyId=251655894022

this thread is about the same problem and is quite active,

i suggest we “me-too” it to grab some attention

The same thing happens to me. I'm using:

• MacBook Pro 2017 with TB 13", running on Catalina v10.15.1
• Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones
• Marshall Stanmore II
• Apple AirPods 1st gen

It happens very rarely on the airpods, but it still happens from time to time.

The same thing happened on Mojave but maybe once or twice a month. On Catalina it happens every few minutes which makes bluetooth audio completely unusable.

Happens to me too.

• MacBook Pro 2017, TouchBar 13", with Catalina v10.15.1
• QC 35 II

Occurs at random intervals, usually no longer than half an hour though. I have tried keeping an eye on dmesg around the time it happens, and have the attached 2 log files from that time.

Hope they help!