iOS 16.6 Bluetooth Dropping

Hello atsnaka,

We have a great support article that might help with this. Please take a look at it here: If the sound from your wireless headphones cuts out - Apple Support. Follow this guidance:

"Improve your Bluetooth connection

Your headphones communicate using Bluetooth, and a Bluetooth signal can be interfered with or weakened in some situations.

Your headphones might lose their connection more often with streaming audio than with content that is stored on your device.* With your device within a few feet of you, try to listen to music or other audio content that is stored on your device—not streamed—with your headphones. On your iOS or Android device, open the Music app. On a Mac with macOS Catalina, open the Music app. On a Mac with macOS Mojave or earlier, or on a PC, open iTunes. Then play a song that does not have the Download buttonnext to it. Or tap the Download button to download the song.

If your headphones maintain their connection without distortion during this test, then here are a couple of things that can help in other situations:

• Keep your iPhone or other device close to you, so that no obstructions, like walls or floors, are between you and your device.
• If possible, move to a different place—in particular, move away from places with many people or a lot of Wi-Fi activity, poorly shielded cables, microwave ovens, and wireless speakers (or turn off the oven or speaker).

If your headphones keep disconnecting

If you tested your headphones as described in the previous section and audio keeps disconnecting or cutting in and out, unpair your headphones and then pair them again.

Unpair your headphones

Unpair from an iPhone:

1. Tap Settings > Bluetooth.
2. Find the device that you want to unpair and tap the Info button.
3. Tap Forget This Device.
4. Restart your iPhone.

Unpair from a non-Apple device:

1. On your non-Apple device, go to the settings for Bluetooth and make sure that Bluetooth is on. For example, on an Android device, go to Settings > Connected devices > Connection preferences > Bluetooth.
2. Unpair—or forget—your headphones.
3. Restart your non-Apple device.

Pair your headphones again

Pair—or connect—your headphones again. Find instructions for your headphones and the device that you want to pair them with:

• AirPods and an iOS device
• AirPods and a Mac, Android phone, or other device
• Beats headphones and an iOS device, Mac, or other device
• Other Bluetooth headphones and an iOS device

If your headphones continue to disconnect, contact Apple Support."

We hope this helps. Let us know if we can assist with anything else at all. Take care.

My airdrop and Bluetooth keeps disconnecting and cycling on and off after the iOS 17 update. None of my devices connect; Apple Pencil, AirPods, everything Bluetooth. Can’t send or receive anything via airdrop. None of the fixes work; reset settings, forget Bluetooth devices, etc. I’m certain it’s the update. Everything was working fine before!! This is frustrating

Hey atsnaka,

Thanks for providing those details. In this case, it's recommended that you connect with Apple Support directly using the link provided earlier.

Have a great day.