AirPods constantly disconnect on iOS 14

Hello Serialkelly,

Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. We understand that you're experiencing issues with the audio unexpectedly switching from your AirPods to your iPhone speakers.

If you haven't done so yet, try updating your iPhone to iOS 14.0.1. Be sure to create a backup before updating.

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Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

If the issue continues after the update, you'll want to try to Reset your AirPods.

Best wishes.

Am experiencing the same on my airpods since i updated to 14 and now i am on ios 14.0.1 resetted everything even my phone from factory data reset and the problem still persists and advisor told me to get new airpods instead.

My AirPods worked fine before the update, but now it keeps disconnecting from my iPhone 11 Pro Max. I’m on iOS 14.0.1. I connected the AirPods to my iPad to make sure they weren’t defective and they worked perfectly. I will not update my iPad ever lol.

im getting same issue with AirPods first gen

I have to remove the device and reconnect to make it work for short while. Remove reconnect. This is a big issue and everything worked just fine before updating from iOS 13.x to iOS 14.1 irritating to remove Bluetooth device and reconnect when needed. It’s nothing wrong with your AirPods or none of you the fault is from apple and they need to fix this ASAP

I am also having similar issues on iOS 14.1.

After a little bit of listening to something, my airpods will disconnect making a sound like it went out of range of the iphone. I have to then put them back in the case or go to settings to get them to connect again. I'm assuming this is a software bug with the new software since I didn't see this issue before updating.

Is Apple aware of this issue?

I just received my new iPhone 12 mini, and brand new Airpods Pro... Paired them today, and used on several calls: The airpods constantly disconnect in the middle of calls... and i cannot switch back to iPhone or speakers, because as soon as they disconnect, the airpods go right back into auto-connect, which then works...this process creates 20-30 second breaks where i cannot speak or hear the caller, and this happens every minute or so... In short, my $250 headphones are unusable... i am oniOS 14.3, and this iPhone 12 mini is 2 days old ...any new sugestions?

Bought AirPods Pro, worked fine for the first week. Using an iPhone X on iOS 4.3. started disconnecting and reconnecting randomly. Tried all suggested fixes including resetting AirPods, forgetting the device and re-pairing, restarting iPhone X. Issue still there. Am getting the AirPods Pro replaced and see if that fixes the issue.

iPhone XR, iOS 14.1 I've reset my AirPods multiple types - hard reset where you have to update the name of the AirPods when they connect again. They still disconnect at random times and is becoming aggravating. Not to mention it is pretty embarrassing when I'm on the phone with a client. For me, this is kind of a big deal. I like the new over ear phones Apple put out. But if this kind of issue is prevalent and not being resolved by Apple, I'd hesitate to invest $550 with that kind of unreliability. The premium I pay is for everything to work as advertised - all the time - every day. IMHO, that's what sets Apple apart from the rest. Please fix this.

Experiencing the same connection problems here with my new Airpods Pro. I tried a lot of different "fixes" I found here and online and none worked. I give up. I'm returning them for a refund. For the very expensive price I pay for the Airpods Pro I expect all of these problems to be resolved BEFORE the Airpods Pro get to me. or before later software updates are released. I don't think that's too much to ask from a trillion dollar company.

Completely agree. How on earth did they miss this huge issue before releasing iOS 14?! I’m really frustrated as well that I can’t use my airpods with my new 12 mini. At least they work with my iPad. Not updating that until they fix this ridiculous issue.

Dude, they didn't just "miss" this defect...totally feels like they could care less. Doubt this was the first time but the OP brought it to their attention in September 2020. We're going on 7 months with no fix. Every iPhone+Airpod user affected should have been directly refunded their entire purchase PLUS allotted $XX towards any Apple purchase AND a worry-free replacement guarantee once solved.

Same issues plus more. AirPods keep disconnecting constantly and the volume controls don’t work the majority of the time. I’m on iOS 14.0.1 with iPhone XR

14.0.1 does not fix this

do you also have an apple watch? I'm wondering if the issue is the phone/ipad being confused by having a watch as well, or it it's an iphone/ipad issue specifically

Nope just on iphone