AirPods Pro keep randomly connecting to my iPhone while they are still in its case

Hello henrus,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

We understand that your AirPods Pro will randomly connect to your iPhone and then disconnect. Unpairing and repairing the AirPods is a good first step to try. We would suggest taking a look at these articles and making sure that the AirPods and case are clean. If they are dirty, it is possible that they are making intermittent connection when in the case.

If your AirPods won't connect

How to clean your AirPods and EarPods

Best regards.

henrus,

Thank you for this information. If resetting the AirPods hasn't resolved the issue, you will want to speak to Contact Apple Support directly for more specific assistance.

Contact - Official Apple Support

Cheers.

I have the same issue, new airpods pro model a2084 version 4c165 conects to iphone just sitting here at desk with music playing over speaker of iphone, goes silent for a few then back to music

i too have tried cleaning, forgetting, turn off bluetooth and back on, reset phone. only way i can keep from happening is to "forget this device" untill i use them again

looks like they blew you off to contact them?

YES! Apple this is insane. Im tryna listen to my car radio and these stupid airpods keep automatically connecting while in case , silencing my car radio! now i ushaully just leave my airpods in my room and use my cheap cvs wireless headphones. I in no way see one feature of those airpods that makes it worth cutting out my radio while driving. ill just keep buyin 35$ cvs airpods that do same stuff but stay off my car radio!

So I have "Automatic Ear Detection" enabled and it still happens to me.

So this seemed to have worked for me, given that you have to manually select the airpods to connect, but it saves you from unpairing or turning off your BT.

I paired my airpods to a NON Apple device (make sure it's the last device you pair your airpods to and I leave the non Apple device off) my airpods don't seem to automatically search for my apple products anymore..

I am having this same exact issue (this has been going on for weeks).

While at my desk I listen to music over external speakers (or the laptop built-in ones) and I occasionally plug in my AirPods to jump into meetings and then put them back into their case.

While in their case they would randomly reconnect to my Macbook and "steal" the output audio for a few seconds and then disconnect.. this happens most days several times a day, my only solution is to disable Bluetooth on the Mac :/

BTW I have my AirPods set to connect "when last connected to this Mac".

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I notice that the hinge part of the AirPods case has collected quite a bit of dust over time, I will try and clean it really well and see if that fixes it.

I have same problem. It is very annoying when you are speaking on important Zoom meetings with clients and suddenly your imac connects to your airpod pros sitting in their case then clicks off again.

Glad to know it’s not just mine AirPods Pro that does this. If I’m in the car using the cars Bluetooth they will connect, if using iPad and Bluetooth speaker they will connect. I’ve tried all the “tricks” ie. forgetting, resetting, auto ear detection has been off for months. I’ve cleaned connections and made sure lid can close completely.

Seems like a known issue but theres no available solution other than unpairing/pairing each time one uses them. Which is pretty annoying.

This has been happening to me for awhile and it's only getting more and more frustrating. Especially annoying when I'm in a video call meeting and the audio input and output will randomly connect to my airpods while I'm speaking, so I suddenly appear muted to everyone else on the call -_-

I've resorted to just turning Bluetooth off when this happens, but this cannot be the best option....

I am having this exact same issue. Apple this is unacceptable and makes me question the firmware of the AirPods. It’s definitely unnerving to have your closed AirPods connect to whatever device you have unlocked.

Just chiming in to say I am experiencing the same issue with my AirPods Pro and MacBook Pro. Tried the usual suggestions, just getting very frustrated with how often it seems to be happening now - and disabling Bluetooth isn't an option as I use wireless keyboard + trackpad.

Model Number A2084

Version 4C165

I have the same issue, my airpods keep randomly connection to my MBP while they are still in the case.

I noticed that this started happening since i have deactivated "Automatic Ear Detection" in Airpods settings on the iPhone. Perhaps if I activate it again, it will not happen anymore as someone suggested above, so if you guys are having this issue, maybe you can try this temporary solution until a further fix by Apple.

For me it doesn't happen so often so i will leave the "Automatic Ear Detection" off for now, as i usually remove one airpod while listening to something and i dislike the automatic pause.