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iPhone 15 Pro bluetooth stutter when connected to a car

My iPhone 15 Pro's audio stutters when connected to my car via Bluetooth. When it is connected to my AirPods or Bluetooth speakers, it works fine. I have checked with other phones connected to my car, and they work fine. I tried resetting my phone in DFU mode, but still no luck. I had no issues with iPhone 14 on iOS 17. I guess this issue is specific to the 15 series or just my device? I see other people having the same issue with the same phone and the same car in the car community.

*** The issue persists on iOS 17.1.1 ***

iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 17

Posted on Nov 12, 2023 6:11 PM

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NNN300

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Posted on Dec 13, 2024 10:07 PM

It’s annoying but the real reason you’re having this issue with newer phone and not the older phone is because of your Apple Watch. This only happens with vehicles with Bluetooth installed and not Bluetooth accessories. What I find helps 100% of the time is to have the watch off when connecting to the vehicle Bluetooth however this method is too inconvenient. Another solution is to ask Siri to do something for you and about 60-80% of the time when Siri stops listening the audio gets fixed. And another method is to get on the phone and change your audio output to phone and switch back to cars Bluetooth with out disconnecting or turning Bluetooth off.

its an Apple Watch problem and not a phone problem

I guess the watches that are connected to the phone Via Bluetooth sometimes interfere with vehicle Bluetooth because the cars safety features when connecting to a phone.

if this gets fixed by Apple, I would like a little bit of compensation for finding the root cause of this issue

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Jun 30, 2024 9:01 PM in response to GOKORea

Same! Its horrible with my iPhone 15 pro. Never happened with the same environments with my iPhone 12, nor my wife's iPhone 14 pro. Ridiculous that Apple can't fix this problem

gtas27

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Aug 16, 2024 3:24 PM in response to Firewall_Frank

Thanks for your input. However consider we paid over 1.000 euros for a phone and we need accessories its proper usage while older & cheaper iphones do their jobs 😏

Divavet

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Aug 25, 2024 2:12 PM in response to GOKORea

Any resolutions? I love listening to streaming music and podcasts, but skipping like a cd is super annoying.

Oct 2, 2024 4:12 PM in response to GOKORea

Same issue with iPhone 15 pro! My previous iPhone 12 had no studder with the same devices (car, AirPods, Bluetooth speaker) but 15pro does

apple support has been useless

gtas27

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Oct 22, 2024 6:07 AM in response to khalat96

Hi, you faced the issue when you updated to iOS 18? Haven't you had it before?

I have this issue from iOS 17 in my iPhone 14 pro. But I never faced it in my iPhone XS which runs iOS 17.5.1

gtas27

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Oct 29, 2024 9:18 AM in response to Mar895i

Hello,

I have a 14 Pro and there is no such an option in Music. Is this option available only on 15 Models?

Oct 29, 2024 11:55 AM in response to Mar895i

using iPhone 15 pro with iOS 18.0.1. Not seeing sound quality in the Music settings.

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Nov 1, 2024 6:07 PM in response to Mar895i

Had high hopes for this fix. Unfortunately it did not work for me.

Nov 1, 2024 6:27 PM in response to GOKORea

I want to get Jada on my iPhone 11 so bad

Nov 17, 2024 1:36 AM in response to yebdox

Same here

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