AirPods not connecting to iPhone after updating to iOS 17

I have been having trouble connecting AirPods Pro to my iPhone 15. The workaround I have discovered is - that if the Bluetooth connection is not successful - open settings - Bluetooth and move to Bluetooth slider to off. Then after a few seconds turn it back on - AirPods connect. Hoping for an update to ios soon so this wont be necessary

I chatted with apple support and they had me do this. it fixed it for a bit, but not permanently How to reset your AirPods and AirPods Pro - Apple Support.

I still have to reconnect them sometimes but it seems to work more reliably than not. I wouldnt call this a full fix, but might be worth trying for you.

I find that after this I still the the connect card asking me to pair, but if i put the airpods in my ear before I hit the connect button they generally seem to work.

Same every time I connect to my Apple TV or phone it’ll show it’s connected but no sound will play and it will keep disconnecting itself sometimes they aren’t even responding I have to connect it to a charger for it to comeback on

Don’t know what the actual solution is but this is what seemed to work for me.

This happened to me back in September. I updated my iPhone 13 Pro and suddenly my AirPods Pro quit working. I tried every solution Apple had and nothing worked so as a last resort I did what everyone else does and did the “Forget This Device “. Before I did the update my phone said my AirPods were fully charged and after the update it said they were dead. That’s when they quit connecting. After about an hour of trying to reconnect I gave up and plugged the phone and AirPods in and left them to charge. After about an hour the eventually reconnected and miraculously the AirPods had a full charge. My AirPods batteries are never dead so I believe it has something to do with the update recognizing the charge status incorrectly. Make sure you follow the connection steps word for word after everything has a full charge. I hope this helps and I hope it works for you!

Same here. I have one pair (2nd gen) that my phone won’t recognise at all and one 1st gen pair that will connect after i take both air pods out and jingle them in my hands like a monkey playing with nuts. Then they connect as normal when i put them in. Iphone 15 pro max thats basically nee too so it’s deffo a software issue not hardware.

Umm is there any thing that has shown or was there any experiences with the AirPods Max with this update? That is within a month of mine being flatlined for a week and Apple telling me to send them in because they were unable to produce any real solution other than, “well you should go ahead and do a factory restart, hold the noise control down and….” \ “Ah you mean just do a regular reset” \ “no, a factory reset” \ ..”ouh 👉👈 that is not the correct, factory is both buttons, and yes I did the holding of the <two> buttons down before a was going to seek a solution here.. anything else you can think of?.” \ “well you can buy a new set or send them in” 👏✍️👨‍💻

Be what it be - it’s a solid gold business plan. Buy - Brick - Repeat 🔂

Experiencing the exact same issue(s) after iPhone 12 update to IOS 17. Incredibly frustrating. Hope Apple fixes this… will need to go back to reliable wired earbuds if this continues.

I am also facing same issue. I can’t connect my AirPods 3 gen to the iPhone 15 pro

Yes!! I just posted about this. Has anyone found a solution?

Same thing happened here! :( If you find an answer, let us know!

i have same issue, my right airpod suddenly won’t charge, only work 1 on the left.

Had same problem with my AirPods Pro 1 and iPhone 15 pro since iOS 17

i have the same problem's, have you found the solution?

Did you figure out the problem I’m having that issue now

None of my bluetooth ear buds work after the new 17.0.3 update. not my AirPods or any others that I have. They will connect to my windows computer not not to my IPhone 14 Pro