iPhone 12 Pro Max airpod issues

I was having the exact same issue, where are my AirPods Pro would work with all my devices perfectly fine but not with my iPhone 12 Pro. None of the Apple software updates have taken care of this issue so far but the following steps helped me solve this problem and I hope it helps you too.

The first thing to try is to turn off your Bluetooth and restart your iPhone:

• Turn off Bluetooth by going to Settings > Bluetooth and turning off the Bluetooth toggle.
• Hard reset your iPhone 12. Please note that if you’ve used an iPhone before then the method of force rebooting iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max has changed. So pressing the Power/Sleep or Wake button won’t work. Follow these steps to force restart your iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max.
  • Quickly press and release the Volume Up button.
  • Quickly press and release the Volume Down button.
  • Press and hold the Side button (Sleep/Wake button) till you see the Apple logo.
• Now enable Bluetooth again from Control Center or Settings > Bluetooth.

Good luck.

I was having the same issue with my AirPods Pro and iPhone 12 Pro. A lot of connectivity issues but it would work perfectly with my iPhone X.

The following steps have solved this issue for me so far. I hope it does for you too.

Turn off Bluetooth and Hard Reset

The first thing to try is to turn off your Bluetooth and restart your iPhone:

• Turn off Bluetooth by going to Settings > Bluetooth and turning off the Bluetooth toggle.
• Hard reset your iPhone 12. Please note that if you’ve used an iPhone before then the method of force rebooting iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max has changed. So pressing the Power/Sleep or Wake button won’t work. Follow these steps to force restart your iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max.
  • Quickly press and release the Volume Up button.
  • Quickly press and release the Volume Down button.
  • Press and hold the Side button (Sleep/Wake button) till you see the Apple logo.

Now enable Bluetooth again from Control Center or Settings > Bluetooth.

Looks like a new update was released to address this issue today. Downloading it as we speak.

Hello,

Start here:

If your AirPods won't connect

If no help, try a full reset:

Reset your AirPods

Good luck.

I have the same issue with iPhone 12 pro max also. Thought it was the AirPods so I exchanged them at Amazon - same issue. Very slow to connect - Works fine on my iPad Pro 12.9 new gen - Need these for work as pop them in and out a lot when needed and when they don’t connect it’s a pain to say the least!

Have tried this on a number of occasions and no success. The procedure appears to completely disable my phone from other apps like safari or WhatsApp. There is clearly an issue here that apple have not addressed. I’ve had the AirPod pro’s sitting gathering dust for three months now. Totally unacceptable for a blue chip company with apples dna.

I agree. The AirPods work faultlessly on my iPad, MacBook and older iPhones. Just the state of the art all singing and dancing new phone that struggles.

Same. I cannot get my airpod pros to work with the 12 Pro max.

Spoke to soon update still doesnt work.

This doesn’t work. Had this issue with my AirPods Pro and iPhone 12 now for four weeks. Latest software update specifically made reference to this issue but it hasn’t solved the issue. First real bad experience of any apple product and extremely disappointed in the time it is taking to resolve the issue. Have reverted to my Bose ear phones with no issues.