AirPods not connecting to iPhone after updating to iOS 17

Same thing , exactly same.

losing connectivity with airpods, don’t reconnect again, once I pause a song they disconnect etc. In find my it has a yellow problem( tried to follow apple steps , didn’t work) .

also after this update my apple pay doesn’t work. I mean I have my cards , I can pay online , BUT when in a shop or somewhere when I put my card to terminal for payment it doesnt work. So like the censor stopped working. Really really weird. If you get it figured out please reply

My AirPods are now useless. I did all the steps that support said and now my AirPods won't connect at all. Just says "not your AirPods" and when it does connect it says it's connected but then goes back to the same setup screen or doesn't recognize my AirPods in my ears. My Apple care expired so pretty much Apple support said to bad. I'm very frustrated

My AirPods Max also stopped charging!

This is unacceptable for a premium product!

Apple have been losing a lot of money with lackluster Mac and iPhone models.

Let's hope this is some software mistake that they will fix soon.

Keep complaining people!

Same issue w both my AirPods so BS annoying everything worked fine until iPhone did update automatically I have to reconnect several times for it to work literally bullsh💩t on apples part no help from customer svc they advised me to make a genius appt at Apple Store I feel they should fix this or refund cost of AirPods or iPhone for the record both AirPods and iPhone are less than a year old!!!

I am having same issue! I have rest everything, without a fix. Also, My Bluetooth is picking up an iphone(2) and trying to connect constantly. It is not a phone in my family and is there every time I open Bluetooth… circling. I cannot “forget this device”- not an option when I click.

Same I’ve done that hard reset and forgotten the device it connect but now they won’t charge then start charging reach a certain percentage the completely disappear from my phone then charge one headphone then disappear then glow green like it’s charged then no charge I’m super annoyed

I’m having battery issues too it will say charging then charging a certain amount then dissapear then charge one headphone then dissapear then give a green light like it’s charged then completely dead my

This is happening with my iPhone 15 pro. It was fine last week and there was another update over the weekend and it’s now disconnecting and reconnecting the entire time I’m on a call. Any luck fixing it?

Since I updated to iOS 17.1.2 yesterday, I can t connect my AirPod pro to my iPhone 13mini. Also if I try to connect to my VPN (Nord), WiFi will automatically disconnect and switch to 4G (not even 5G) and anyways VPN (if it connects) will impair the internet (almost no signal or very very slow).

what is this update ? Please fix it asap!

My AirPods 3rd worked fine with 17.0.x, 17.1.x up to 17.1.2 but after upgrading to 17.2.0 the AirPods case was not recognized and only the right phone was working. After removing it from bluetooth and from FindMy (aka Apple-ID) i can’t connect to my iphone or ipad (I followed the How to reset your AirPods and AirPods Pro - Apple Support)

So what to do?

I’ve had issues since iOS 17 came out but didn’t make the connection until today. My Beats Flex will not connect to one of our TVs (both Samsung and same model line) they will connect to the 75” tv, but will not connect to the 65” tv. Prior to iOS 17 no connection issues at all. My Powerbeats Pro’s connect but the ear detection and pause buttons have not worked since iOS 17 originally released, only the volume buttons work.

'm having the same issue. My AirPods work on non apple products but won't work on Apple products... Obviously it's a firmware problem or an attempt to antiquate AirPods to encourage buying new models.

not really sure but I do think the iOS 17.3 update interfered with the connectivity of the AirPods only one is working the other is not left not connecting or being sensed by the case and the right AirPod works the case can sense it but it’s still not connecting to my phone and I think it’s because the left AirPod isn’t being sensed so when I try to all of these ways to get them to connect back it doesn’t P.S DO NOT PRESS FORGET DEVICE WHEN YOUR TRYING TO FIX YOUR AIRPODS this is the second time this has happened to me

I spoke at length with an Apple support tech yesterday after requesting to elevate the issue above the standard support level and I told him about this discussion and how over 1000 people are having the issue. I also told him my AirPods connect to a Samsung phone and Lenovo laptop fine but not connect to iPhone or MacBook after the update. He said he hadn’t had a single ticket assigned with this issue and the elevated (management team) was not aware of any AirPod issues related to the update. I told him to look here and asked at what point does Apple admit it’s a firmware or upgrade issue and not hardware issue on our end. He basically gave me a round about answer and scheduled a Genius Bar appointment to have my headphones looked at.

I said I didn’t want to do that bc they work fine on none Apple devices and others that have gone to Genius Bar were told their AirPods weren’t serviceable.

Whats the collective next step here to get a resolution?

Brilliant ! Thank you ! This worked for me. I left the AirPods out of the case and the case opened with ran down the battery. I put it back on charge and had the iPhone on charge and after a while they recognised each other. It took a couple of attempts to pair them but it worked in the end. Many thanks !