Since iOS 14, when ever I connect my AirPod pros to my iPhone 11 any audio/video app freezes. Have tried on iPad Pro, partners iPhone 11 and they work fine. I’ve reset AirPods, reset iPhone settings and still
nothing. Other Bluetooth headphones work. It seems to be my phone not the pods. HELP!
Hopefully this will help someone else, when I connected my AirPods I had the same issue. They would connect but wouldn’t play anything and when I tried to play a song or make a call it froze my phone up. I saw this thread and and saw that the Apple Watch and AirPods being connected at the same time wouldn’t work. I disconnected the watch, reconnected the AirPods, then reconnected the watch. The AirPods would work, but I had to disconnect the watch every time I took the headphones out of the case. Took some investigating but I finally found the solution! No need to disconnect your watch to get the AirPods to work (at least so far no issues).
1) Update to the latest iOS on watch and phone
2) Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings (it’s a pain because notifications and any other settings are reset to factory but luckily you don’t lose anything)
3) When the phone has restarted, connect the AirPods by holding down the button on the back, case open and headphones in the case
4) Make sure watch is connected by going into the app, connect it if it isn’t
You should be all set after those steps! The AirPods won’t freeze the phone up and the Apple Watch won’t need to be disconnected every time you use the AirPods! Hope this helps.
This is happening with me too iPhone 11 Pro Max, no idea why
I've got exactly the same problem
Worked for me too with the XR and iwatch 4.
Idk why I have censored marks lol.
“It’s Crazy ....”
OMG! It F’n worked! Thank you so much! OMG!
I've been troubleshooting relentlessly and this was the only fix that worked for me. Thanks!
I’ve got an iPhone SE and new AirPods freeze any app with sound. I’ve reset, reloaded, rebooted and tried suggestions in this thread as well. No luck. Old AirPods work fine. Help?
I’ve had the same problems too and just couldn’t believe Apple would screw this up and not fix it by now. Well what I found is that I purchased fake AirPod pros. If you bought your AirPods from eBay and are having this problem, chances are you got burned like me. You Tube the article to see how good the fakes are. You’ll be amazed and never want to buy from eBay again. Either way I just purchased a legit set from Best Buy and guess what... works perfect.
They’re basically unusable.
Same issue as above. Agreed, they are useless now. What's the fix??
Airpod Pros make iPhone 11 freeze
