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Big Sur AirPods disconnecting from phone while in use and connecting to Mac

I was on a phone call today using my AirPods with my iPhone while using my Mac. The AirPods kept disconnecting from my iPhone and connecting to the Mac. Is there any way to prevent this while you are using the AirPods and your iPhone?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Nov 15, 2020 1:00 PM

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Nov 28, 2020 9:29 AM in response to Brandon and Sarah__

Same here, and ironically I was on a call to the support bods about about another Big Sur issue. The agent told me it was a 'new feature' of Big Sur to allow a seamless use of the airpods between all your devices and it will automatically switch them from one device to the other. The agent said there was no option to turn this off, and the only way to deal with it was to disconnect them from Mac by removing the airpods from the bluetooth list which then removes them from ALL devices!


I was then balancing my phone under my chin, trying to speak with him, and then asking him to wait whilst I re-added my airpods to my phone so I could carry on my 1.5hr long phonecall! During said 1.5 hours, this happened four times. Just **** stupid and annoying.

Big Sur AirPods disconnecting from phone while in use and connecting to Mac

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