How can I pair my Magic Mouse 2 with my iPhone 8 Plus?

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How can I pair my Magic Mouse 2 with my iPhone 8 Plus?

iOS 13 included the ability to pair a wireless mouse with an iPhone or iPad. It is under: Settings > Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch [On] > [scroll down to and select] Devices > Bluetooth Devices. I have tried to make my iPhone 8 Plus find and connect with my Magic Mouse 2. But it just keeps saying "Searching..." but never find it. I have turned the magic mouse on/off. I have paired it with my MacBook Pro, then disconnected it. I've restarted my iPhone multiple times. I have made sure that my iPhone can pair with multiple other Bluetooth devices. So, all elements here seem to be working fine independent from one another, but my iPhone simply will not "find" or "recognize my Apple Magic Mouse 2. Anybody have any suggestions. Believe it or not, I have been waiting for this feature for a very long time due to the very accessibility issues that prompted Apple to create the feature.

Posted on Sep 12, 2020 12:41 AM

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ak1956

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Sep 12, 2020 1:11 AM in response to Dolmetscher

Hi Dolmtscher

A list of supported devices is here:

https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MRME2/magic-mouse-2-space-grey?fnode=01153160d7ea9f643f95885e718423d102e8b9a58f2e853c8fceda5f073387bac1ede57f5ed2edbab64c14fc6349c51b1c5d7ab77d8b8c671d565e084e1243f3e838ed2913a1da48a635ccc33125ed3c7c69374b9a1afd3d0c81e8b6b054558e

This does not include any of the iPhone models - so it looks like it is not supported.

It works on the iPad version of iOS, but not the iPhone.

I think you will have to raise with Apple to see if they will enable this feature. You could contact the accessibility helpdesk accessibility@apple.com, of raise a feature request https://www.apple.com/feedback/

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