MacBook Pro 16 2019 10.15.4 WiFi Issues / Dropping Connection -- Help!

I just wanted to say I know some people having the same trouble, including me.

FYI, I use 5Ghz wifi for laptops and phones and this still happens.

I will try apple watch thing and hope it fixes it.

Cheers to Jeehoo for finding this trick.

My issue with 2.4 is that I have some devices using this, some of which are fairly new so I’m not adding to the cost of an already overpriced MacBook Pro by replacing devices that work perfectly with newer versions.

The MacBook unlock with watch uses Wi-Fi rather than Bluetooth from my understanding so I had to leave Wi-Fi on to test it while using Ethernet - I confirmed in settings I was using Ethernet plus it’s faster so you can see the difference there.

on a typical day, I have my MacBook next to my work computer running Windows 7, an iPhone XS Max, AirPods originals, watch series 3 and a Samsung A40. The MacBook Pro is the only one with issues.

I can reproduce the error with just the MacBook and watch.

Totally agree. I had a $4k MBP with a bad keyboard causing extremely serious issues (*far* beyond merely inconvenience) which I did not have the time to drop in for a free keyboard fix (takes 2 weeks).

So I dropped close to $6k on a new MBP to avoid losing my computer for 2 weeks. And now, $6k later, it's looking likely that will happen again anyway.. unbelievable that Apple should profit so much from their mistakes! (or does that make us totally stupid for persisting with them?)

Not only that, but also had to buy a $600 external hard drive so i have someone to back up my hard disk.

Total cost for a working laptop: $10.1k. And do I have a working laptop? Nope! One with a bad keyboard and one with bad wifi!

So I just want you to know I agree with you, all of this is totally unacceptable financially speaking.

I also agree with you that it only happens with the MBP 16' 2019. (I have 3 other MBPs on the same network all without any issues, as well as a windows box, an imac, an ipad, an iPhone and a few iot devices - all work perfectly).

I just really hope it's a software bug and not hardware. But since you're running Big Sur already I'm not particularly hopeful that that's the case :(

I'm in a bit of a quandary, I purchased for Costco as it was about £300 cheaper and had a 2 year warranty. They've said if it's faulty they will refund it, not replace or repair but refund. I might be able to get another around the same price and it's a bank holiday weekend so there may be offers as well from third parties.

I depends on whether they consider it a fault though but to my mind it's not working as expected.

The alternative is to make an appointment for next week in an Apple Store and possibly get a repair, I doubt that can be carried out in the store so will be a wait or replace with a new/refurbished unit.

My other alternative is just to get a refund and go back to Windows. I primarily bought this as my ageing Windows laptop was unable to run Photoshop and other utilities but I canny Windows hardware much cheaper that will be as powerful.

I have no real need for a MacBook vs Windows but bought it as they generally last longer but I'm being irritated by the lack of apps for many things and I had to upload my video from my phone as the Mac has no way of easily posting to YouTube. Add the missing apps like Netflix (no point having a large drive if you have to use bootcamp Windows to download shows to go) and the other quirks of MacOS and I'm now seriously wondering why I chose a Mac.

This wifi issue has sucked the enjoyment out of the MacBook, I run Speedtest before I do anything now just to check I'm not going to lose my wifi connection. Had this been some knock off import, I could under live with that but £2500 ($3490) for a laptop that can't stay connected really sucks.

I have returned my MacBook Pro to Costco but they didn’t have any more in stock or online.

I’ll see what they announce tonight but I’ll probably order a new one tonight online from John Lewis (department store with 2 year warranty).

my 16" is also having this issue :( paid just under $7000AUD for it running MacOs 10.15.7 mine seems to be doing it every few minutes grrr so hard to use internet like this my 15" mbp ,macmini, both imacs ,MP 5 appletv,s, several other macs have no issues becoming very disappointed with this unit surely it can be sorted ?

Same with me. 2019 MB Pro 16 inch. Replaced the system/mother board due to shutting down after going to sleep with external monitor. Now, for a good while after the replacement (witch fixed the issue) my wifi keeps disconnecting about once each hour.

Did you get this issue fixed? Thanks.

If my response does help and you are wondering where you can get the update, please go to app store or in your system pref under software update you should get a notification that you have an update waiting for you.

I actually having the exact same problem! I compared the mac 16in with my old mac pro 15in made 2014 and the old mac was a lot faster at uploading and download videos on youtube and so, I tried to search for answer but couldn't fined anything.

so we got 2 problems

1. internet keeps dropping
2. internet is really slow and keeps interrupting the videos

axmidani

that is exactly the same here drops out all the time and gets very low speed compared to all my other apple devices I have around 20 devices all up to test with the 16" is by far the slowest on the wifi all other devices see 230Mbps the 16" 130Mbps same wifi distances etc come on Apple we need this fixing asap please

its getting very annoying mine is like every 5 mins drops connection have to reset to get it back only had this 16" 2 months im ready to send it back already not happy am getting my mid 2015 15" MBP fixed it was a better laptop in my eyes never had this issue now spent almost $7000 on this 16" and its almost unusable on the wifi :(

I have nothing plugged in to my 16" other than the power Bluetooth off Apple Watch open off tried everything that's been listed to try still has the same issue im sitting around 3m away from the wifi modem its just over 3 months old now im waiting for BigSur hoping they have fixed this issue if not its goto go back to Apple but the nearest Apple store is around 100k from me :(

Hi have changed settings fingers crossed you are correct :) im using a Netgear D7000 nighthawk router do you think I should get a more up to date router and what would be best to get ? in Australia also lol

I'm experiencing the same problem since my MacBook Pro 13" was updated to OS 10.15 in Apple store and it seems to be getting worse by the day, an update was released by Apple about 2 months ago which did help for about a week or so and then back to the same problem. I initially did not want to update to OS 10.15 but had to cause i had problems with my screen flickering while on OS 10.14 and the Genius in the Apple store said it was a common problem and a software bug which updating to 10.15 fixed and now stuck with this intermittent WiFi problems. This has been the worst MacBook Pro i have had since i have been using Apple computers in the last 8 years. It is exhausting and i am at the point of buying a different computer, in one year i have had a lot of problems with this computer than i have ever had with my previous Macbook Pro's.

I do not see exactly the numbers you are seeing for your iPad in the lookup tables for 802.11ac of speeds and coding schemes. If you could post the EXACT speeds they can be looked up.

It's not magic, the tables are in this article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ac