How does iPhone still recognize Airpods even with turned off bluetooth?

I turned off bluetooth on my iPhone so it doesn't automatically connect to Airpods yet when I opened the case near my iPhone it still managed to offer option to connect. I saw similar dynamic on iMac when I turned off bluetooth yet I would get option to connect to mouse. Is there another way than bluetooth apple uses to communicate between devices?

Posted on Sep 8, 2021 11:44 AM

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Bob Timmons

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Sep 8, 2021 5:17 PM in response to iamzain

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