Bluetooth audio stuttering issues on my iPhone 16e

I’m also having issues with my iPhone 16e and Bluetooth. My audio keeps stopping and jumping. I’ve done all the above resetting and turning off other Bluetooth devices and still happening. I’ve also updated. I’ve still got my iPhone 14 and had no issues. As I write this it’s still happening while listening to Spotify.

Having the same issue with my new 16e. While connected to my Sync Radio in my Explorer every one in a while the Music stops for a second when listening for example tracks on Apple Music. Quite annoying and with the latest iOS iOS 18.3.2 (22D8082) hasn’t been resolved.

had anyone else been receiving calls from this number +1 (5**) 8**-**22?

I'm Uk based and I’ve googled the number and it’s coming up as an apple support scam. Must be insiders passing on our details.

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So I've been having this issue since I got my airpods a weeks ago. Didn't happen before with my skullcandy Dimes. Apple Support couldn't do anything and said wait for a fix. My car bluetooth would stutter also. Interestingly enough, today I left the house and did not take my AirPods with me. The stuttering didn't happen. "It's fixed!" I thought. Went home and tried the airpods and immediately starts skipping audio again. Then I had a thought. Maybe it's just the phone (iphone 16e) being near the airpods physically. So I put my airpods away, forgot them on my device and tested my Dimes again. No skipping, no stuttering. I may be onto something or maybe not but I think it has something to do with being in physical proximity of the airpods. Until they find a fix I'm returning my airpods and just going to use my Dimes.

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This is my 16e connected to my watch and headphones. There is a spot on my patio where I'm guessing that the phone also tries to connect to my truck and the bluetooth shuts completely off for a second and makes all the devices reconnect. I've tried all the steps others and apple support have listed and nothing seems to fix it.

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Just adding my voice to this subject. I received my new iPhone 16a on Saturday, and when out for a run, using my Garmin watch, noticed this stuttering audio. It disappears as soon as I switch off my Garmin, but also occurs when it is on charge. It’s extremely irritating.

This issue only appears to affect my AirPods - not a Sony Bluetooth speaker I recently purchased.

Let us hope a patch is issued sooner rather than later.

In the meantime, Apple tried to get a hold of me by phone to communicate with their engineers, but I was not around. Will happen tomorrow since they left me a link how to connect with them.

But what I learnt is that Apple's engineers are now aware of the problem and they are working on it.

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Jürgen Kraus wrote:

But what I learnt is that Apple's engineers are now aware of the problem and they are working on it.

Seems like they have already resolved it in the version being tested right now. The only question is will they drop a point update in the meantime and that is unknown.

I am wondering whether the issue arose from porting data over from our old phones. Any new software version would overwrite these flaws/gaps.

Is this Bluetooth stutter also an issue for first-time iPhone buyers who set their 16e up from scratch?

I had experienced such dropouts before from CD players connected to a DAC, and streaming music from my ipods/Mac to the 2nd generation Airport Express back in 2010. These were packet errors caused by jitter.

The current problem appears to be a Bluetooth bandwidth issue.

By the way, I had no problem streaming from my 16e by Airplay.

Found the issue. If you're streaming music/ audio from Spotify, Bluetooth sputters. Crazy IOS bug.

Same here, stuttering on 4 separate devices. No issues on my SE which I’m still running. Really irritating

No it’s through the music app too. With music on the system.

had a 2.5 hr long discussion with the apple tech. To isolate things still the same.

so it doesn’t work properly then… other iPhones didn’t have this issue