My AirPods 2 are not connecting to my iPhone 11 after updating to ios 14. I put the AirPods in my ears but the music continues to play on my phone. I have turned off Bluetooth and back on, I’ve unpaired and paired again and neither have worked. Please help
iPhone 11, iOS 14
Do you have a Apple Watch? If so go into settings on the watch and turn off blue tooth, at that point you should be able to connect to the AirPods. It’s a pain because I will usually forget to turn the blue tooth back on, but that works for mine. I do have to do that every single time I connect them and it’s frustratingly. Not sure why Apple won’t address this since they can see these posts
I’ve had to turn my watch off cause it won’t allow my AirPods to play if they are both connected via Bluetooth
I have airpod pros and iPhone 11 having problems with playing music airpods will disconnect and music freezes then will reconnect says they are connected but have to go to music press play again on calls also will randomly disconnect and go to iphone then connects again I have had this problem since update I have contacted Apple received a new pair and case (I have AppleCare) the specialist thought it was my airpods but still happened I reached out to Apple again and they ran a test on my iPhone but seemed okay the specialist listened to me and told me to get my mac and update my phone on iTunes seems to have worked will still randomly shut off but before was freezing every song and a half was so frustrating
So this never actually ended up working long term for me. But there’s a new update that seems to have fixed the issue for me
I turned wifi off and the Airpods paired. Wifi back on and all good.
One suggestion (while we wait for Apple to recognize the issue causing the Apple Watch to interfere with our AirPods) ...
I created a simple IOS Shortcuts (automation) which enables me to have the Apple Watch disable Bluetooth for 30 seconds, which is enough time to get my AirPods connected. I leverage Siri to run it whenever I'd like to pick up my AirPods and use them.
Let me know if you have ideas to improve it.
An addition to using an IOS Shortcuts to disable the Bluetooth on my watch (see my Jan 6 post) , I also use the Shortcuts complication on my watch. This enables me to easily trigger the automation and then pull my AirPods while the watch is taking care of disabling its Bluetooth for 30 seconds. The AirPods connect without any issue.
For the record, I hate the need to work around the issue and really hope Apple will live up to the quality it should have for these very expensive iPhones, Apple Watches and AirPods.
If your AirPods won't connect - Apple Support
Maybe I should have worded my question better. It shows that they are connecting, it shows their connected but when I put them in my ears the music just keeps playing on my phone. I also can’t check what firmware they are using either.
My Airpods Pro sometimes connect, sometimes don't. It shows they are and then while listening to music or videos they just drop connection and start playing on my phone. I have to put the airpods in the case and take them out 2-3 times before they re-connect and even then, they will drop after a while. I never had this problem before updating to ios 14. And I have an Iphone 11pro phone. Please fix this connectivity issue Apple.
I have the same issue. I was on Facetime and kept telling my bf that the audio issue was his wifi or his headphones but when i took my airpods out, we could hear each other. When i had them on after that, they kept connecting and disconnecting over and over.
I contacted Apple Support and I insisted that it was something with iOS14. They had a hard time comprehending that. So they sent me 2 new airpods, I sent them the old ones back, and same issue. Ummmm iOS14 Apple!! Fix it! They still drop connection after a couple of minutes and sometimes reconnect, sometimes not!
I’ve deleted widgetsmith and it’s still not working. Any ideas if theres a way to clear the history that it has been on this phone other than factory resetting? I’m beyond frustrated that the headphones won’t work.
Having the exact same issue since the update with my iPhone X. I’ve unpaired and repaired I can’t tell you how many countless times. Restarted my phone. Did a hard re-set of my phone and set it up again - to no avail. I do not have widgetsmith on my phone so that isn’t the issue with mine. Had similar issues with connection to my Apple Watch as well, but that finally resolved. I’m going crazy without being able to listen to music in a public place. This last update was a total s***. Apple needs to get their crap together and fix this. It’s totally ridiculous.
I have literally done everything on this feed to get this issue resolved. Some temporary fix the issue but if I don't have my airpod pros connected within 10-12 hours of the last connection, then the issue again exists. The crazy thing is Reg airpods work on my phone and my airpod pros work on other phones. What the ****....
AirPods won’t connect after iOS 14 update
