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Carlos2e1 Author

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My AirPods don’t work with Apple Watch on, it only works when I turn off the watch

My AirPods don’t work with Apple Watch on, it only works when I turn off the watch.

how do I listen to the AirPods with the watch on

iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 14

Posted on Apr 26, 2021 6:56 AM

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Lawrence Finch

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Posted on Apr 26, 2021 6:59 AM

Go to Settings/Bluetooth. How many items show as Connected? Bluetooth has a limit of 7 simultaneously connected devices. If you already have 7 (or 6 if you are trying to connect AirPods, which use 2 slots) you need to disconnect one. You already discovered that by disconnecting your Watch. If you have the Tile app that can use a lot of slots, however, there is a setting in the Tile app that will limit the connection to one device at a time.

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