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

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.

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.

Yeah, having automatic ear detection on for the last few weeks has stopped the unwanted connection issues. That said, I;'d prefer to have it turned off if the bug can be fixed at some point please apple.

Adding to the noise here, I'm having the same problem and its extremely frustrating for a $250 pair of airpods. I don't want automatic ear detection on, it drives me nuts, but I have to to fix this problem I guess...

My automatic ear detection has always been on and this still happens to me. For whatever reason, it's now happening constantly. It interrupts my work Zoom meetings. "forgetting the device" is not a "fix", rather a workaround that's not acceptable to have to reconnect them every time you want to use them. Since I use a Mac for work, ipad for personal and iPhone, it disconnects them from all my devices. For $250, this issue needs to get fixed by Apple ASAP.

After almost three years I have come to the conclusion that Apple AirPods Pro are an AWFUL PRODUCT.

I can't begin to describe the problems I've had with them, with both airpods being replaced under warranty TWICE because of distortion issues -- and now this problem.

So it's very frustrating when you go to bed in the evening with your airpods fully charged assuming that you will then wake up and go for a run with your fully charged airpods, only to discover that they have NO CHARGE because they've apparently been connected to your phone all night and PLAYING MUSIC IN THE CASE WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING.

And it's not the pods themselves; this has happened across the last two pairs. I can only assume it's the firmware.

SO PLEASE FIX IT.

Same issue here! After multiple “genius (fucking hate this)” bar reservations and multiple long phone call, nothing changed.

Terrible product, terrible after sale support. No more things to say after all this time and time spent…

Wow glad that so many other people are getting this exact same issue - I thought I was going mad.

While the audio cut-outs in the car are annoying the biggest issue for me is the AirPods in the case.... cutting into my zoom meetings. I'll literally be talking or someone will be talking to me, and next thing up pops a message on my zoom that my airpod pro's has connected to the audio. Then I look like a clown fiesta in front of everyone and have to try and explain. Infuriating!!!!

I just bought mine in March 2022 and already happening to me. I listen to audiobooks so I have to back up to catch up. Notification just popped up now and I’m not even listening to anything! I’ll try suggestions and see what happens.

I have since updated my ios to 15.4.1 and use ear detect. i have not seen it happen. also upgraded phone to a iphone 13

the issue seems to have gone away. not sure when i stopped happening with the phone upgrade or the update,

Got my airpod pros in Feb 22. Same issue. Random airpod connection with the case closed. What I haven’t heard anyone say is reset the phone. (Right button, volume down until the Apple logo appears). That fixes it for a while, but not completely… this stinks. Too much $$$ to have a half baked product with glitches. Please fix. Annoying to no end. I may go back to wired headphones - heaven forbid…

Same problem happens to me too. They are sitting in a drawer and suddenly they connect to my iphone. It also drains their battery. I have the ear detection on and it still happens. Although i am using the whole apple ecosystem i will never buy these again until their technology significantly improves

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

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

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..