Airpods disconnect from Phone and switch to Apple watch when the watch gets a notification.

Hello Ashley1205,

We would like to see how we can help you with your AirPods. To stop AirPods from automatically switching between devices, follow the steps in this link: Switch AirPods between iPhone and other devices

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I’m having a similar issue. Just got the watch and ever since, if I have my AirPods (Gen 2) connected to phone, listening to music or simply still in my ears after a previous call — when a phone call comes in it buzzes on watch and phone rings, but when I answer the call on phone , audio disappears. Ive set phone’s Bluetooth to “When Last Connected to This iPhone” per instructions, but the only way I can regain audio is to remove AirPods and then reinsert. Apparently people can hear me telling them to wait because I can’t connect, but I can’t hear anything til I reset pods or just call them back. It feels like it’s switching to the watch, but I’m not totally sure. I can only hear caller very faintly. Very odd and very frustrating behavior. Not sure if this is an iOS update issue or a watch issue since both are new. Is there a workaround?

go on the Apple Watch and change the setting there as well.

Where? Under settings/Bluetooth? I only see the on/off toggle and AirPods — when clicked, I see disconnect device or forget device. I don’t see where to enter it.