How come my MacBook Air is not supported?

Airdrop does not nor has it ever required the devices be directly connected or paired. Just that bluetooth be turned on.

The update has not changed anything regarding Airdrop. If the Mac is not showing up in your iPhone, on your Mac open the Finder, click on AirDrop on the side panel, and make sure the "Allow me to be discovered by" option at the bottom of the screen is set to Contacts or Everyone and not "No One".

It's never been possible to connect a Mac to an iPhone directly over bluetooth. The is not new.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Most things that require bluetooth, do not need the Mac and iPhone to be directly paired / connected. Just for bluetooth to be turned on.

Check the settings for AirDrop on both devices to determine that you have them setup to receive photos. I have a 2019 MacBook Air with Monterey 12.3.1 and an iPhone 13 Pro with iOS 15.4.1, and I have not experienced any problem with AirDrop. Have you tried AirDropping from the MBA to the iPhone? Next step would be to power cycle both devices after you have verified AirDrop settings.

Chris means restart the MBP, and restart the iPhone.

Its not in the preferences panel. Its in the main Airdrop section in Finder:

I never said where it was (or wasn’t) 😏

Lawrence Finch wrote:

I never said where it was (or wasn’t) 😏

Sorry, did not mean to respond to you, but to Ewan.