Can’t answer incoming calls to AirPods by button on Apple Watch

This thread is closing in on 4 months with no response from Apple. Apple advertises these products primarily around their ease of use and intuitive connection behavior, and for years my watch, iPad, iPhone and AirPods Pro played nice together. No longer. When I receive a call on my Apple Watch it displays a green answer button with the icon for AirPods on it, when I tap to answer the call stays on the watch and the AirPods resume playing whatever I was listening to. For years these devices behaved intuitively and without my having to bumble around like I’m trying to install a mouse on Windows 95. Apple is losing its mojo. Steve Jobs never would have tolerated such mediocrity.

The same issue and it’s so annoying. I’m outside working out in my AirPods then I get a call I try to answer and it goes through Apple Watch speakers. Trying to switch to AirPods manually, but no effect. Can’t communicate at all, I have to stop to get my iPhone out then hang up and call them again. It is just horrible experience.

APPLE WAKE UP!

Thanks. For me it’s not working :( So Apple Watch tells time and is useless for calls via AirPods. There are some issues with Bluetooth connection for sure. I have also sound distortion on AirPods when using IPhone (like browsing in Safari etc.)

Same problem with watch, phone and AirPods Pro. I usually have dirty hands at work assembling machinery with AirPods in to deaden noise and listen to music. I also need them in to take support calls while still working. So I don’t want to (and didn’t used to have to) reach my grimy hands into my pocket to take a call with my phone.

But now, since Apple borked it, I muscle memory the answer button on the watch, but then my music turns back on in my ears. I get my pants filthy reaching for my phone so I can actually try to hear my customer (instead of the beyond weak speaker on the watch), all while music still going in my ears.

Their marketing is so slick teasing of the supposed “it just works.” A TikTok or something needs to go viral with someone knee-deep in brain surgery or something, fumbling with four pieces of Apple tech just trying to answer, and hear, a **** telephone call. So dumb. It used to be so simple.

Ive done nothing to rectify this problem. Not my job. However, I’ve been able to answer my calls with my Apple Watch and it passes off to my ear pods seamlessly now. Still, I’m gonna need more people to report this same issue fixed to truly believe that it’s fixed. Apple Support, thank you for all your hard. Much appreciated.

Not sure what you’ve done (or not done), but it would be helpful if you could share, since I’ve tried everything that’s been posted so far to no avail…

Any help is much appreciated, given that Apple is just ignoring a major bug in one of their top selling points, or value proposition. I now cannot answer my calls because of this mess (Sao Paulo, Brazil is not known for being the safest place to pick up your USD 1500 mobile phone in the middle of the street). This is outrageous, in my not so humble opinion.

Apple, FIX THIS!!!!!

Nah, literally, I've done nothing to remedy this. It just happens to work now. Even today, my wife called me and I pressed the 'answer phone' icon on my Apple Watch and it flawlessly went straight to my AirPods.

Apple is a corporation run by humans who do not have the ability to make a perfect suite of products. No matter how hard they try, they will fail at perfection every time. Perhaps that is why they stopped saying, "It just works" years ago. Clearly, it does not just work.

It's a guarantee that they are seeing these messages and taking them into consideration but also getting some good, full-belly laughs out of them. They know full well that we won't stop purchasing their stuff. We're locked in. Your AirPods won't work with a Samsung phone. You will have wasted thousands of bucks on all your Apple TVs, iPads, iPhones, Homepod, Homekit compatible products if you try to leave their echo system.

But seriously Apple, please get a fix out for Apple Watch to Airpods for all users, not just me. We appreciate the workarounds from users, but work arounds don't last past updates. We need your Thinkquanauts (Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2) to get after this fix.

I tried your fix and I’m continuing to experience the same issue. Both my iPhone and Apple Watch are up to date.

i did all but haved a same problem, my friends are experiencing same issue , we tried all reset but no good, plz help

This doesn’t help.

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Can’t answer incoming calls to AirPods by button on Apple Watch

I have the same exact problem. Used to work fine a few days ago

Kab solution milega ????