iOS 26.0.1 iPads appear as audio output options on iPhone during calls

I have an iPhone 17. My wife has an iPad. When I am on a phone call on the iPhone, i see several options for the call audio. Phone, Speaker, AirPods, and also her iPad.

How do i remove her iPad from appearing as an audio output option? thank you

iPhone 17 Pro, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 30, 2025 3:17 PM

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Posted on Sep 30, 2025 3:39 PM

Please follow this path,


iphone > Settings > Cellular > Calls on Other Devices > off, if it is off, momentarily turn it on and then off again.

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Oct 12, 2025 5:22 AM in response to idan40

idan40 wrote:

On my iPhone 17 air I don’t have this option any more - I am referring to
iphone > Settings > Cellular > Calls on Other Devices ( under cellular this option doesn’t appear any more ( and I do remember it being there in the past ) and also when ind a search is settings I don’t find this option any more …


Does it appear at iPhone > Settings > scroll down > Apps > Phone > Calls on Other Devices. If not it may be a carrier specific option. I’m using AT&T. Who is your carrier?


Suspected bugs may be reported to Apple at the link below,


Product Feedback - Apple


Oct 17, 2025 8:08 AM in response to idan40

I found how to stop my Macs and my family's Macs in the house from broadcasting as Audio Output options to my phone when on home wifi - after turning off Continuity didnt seem to help. I ran this in a terminal on each Mac in the house to switch off their mDNS/BonJour broadcast. The Macs still use BonJour to discover printers and devices, but they stop broadcasting to the wifi that they are audio output devices. I rebooted each mac twice after applying the command below in a terminal window.


sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist NoMulticastAdvertisements -bool YES


iOS 26.0.1 iPads appear as audio output options on iPhone during calls

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