Bluetooth Interference - Apple Watch and iPhone 6

Today, the new iOS 9.2 and (maybe even more important) the new watchOS 2.1 (Apple Watch) were released. Who knows - maybe Apple managed to solve the Apple Watch BT interference problem with either of those two firmware updates... I have already installed both here while being at work and will check it out later on my 30 minutes drive home. Will report in the next couple of days - keep your fingers (not your Bluetooth signals!) crossed!

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I can confirm what Matthew Carter wrote. There is definitely no change in the interference problems at all. Last night I thought there was because I didn't have a single interference in about 30 minutes (my way home from work). But this morning (when driving to work), playback got jerky after approx. 1 min playing time.

So yes - let's hope that Apple will fix this in a later update. Until then, flight mode is your only friend.

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I managed to fix my Apple Watch/iphone6/bluetooth car problems. Someone on here advised this and it solved everything. On UConnect I unpaired my iPhone 6 and on phone I deleted UConnect device. I then powered off/powered on phone and repaired the two. I now have full functionality both with calls and playing music through watch.

I have the same issue accept with the new Jaybird3 series bluetooth head phones. I try to play music from my Mac mini and get nothing but cutout issues... I had to turn off my cell phone, mouse, track pad and wireless speaker in order to get the interference to stop. Ridiculous.

Not a happy customer of bluetooth,
Geoff

I am new to apple watch.

I paired my watch to my BT headset so I could listen without my phone. This worked for me...

However while streaming from my TV to the BT headset, the audio cut out whenever I turned my wrist, rater like I was looking at the time.

I confirmed this correlation by unpairing the watch.

BUT I should not have to unpair it.

Is there some BT handshaking that happens when it thinks I'm looking at the watch that messes up the audio stream?

Should I need to pair and unpair the watch.

What am I missing.

Barry

Well sadly I am of no help. It turned out to be a hardware issue with the iPhone and they replaced it. Good luck to all of you.

No issues here, several watches, keyboards and trackpads here, but also a few BT speakers jotted around the place. I suspect it to be something specific to the OP and probably not suitable for feedback.

I am having a similar problem as RickH except my issue is with a house phone. I use an AT&T detec6 house phone with wireless handsets in every room. The AT&T has a great Bluetooth feature that allows you to connect up to two iPhones so that if either my land line or one of the iPhones has an incoming call then you can answer the call from any wireless handset as long as your phone is within the Bluetooth distance requirement from the base station. It also allows you to use a handset to call out on your iPhone line. This is good for people withou a land line.

Here is the issue. When the Apple Watch is paired with the iPhone at the same time as the AT&T base station, the Apple Watch will not answer the incoming iPhone call. I can answer on the iPhone but not the watch. Interestingly though is that I can start an outgoing call with the watch, just not receive. If I remove the bluetooth pairing from the AT&T base station, then the Apple watch will answer and works fine.

i Hope this was just an oversight by Apple. We should have the option to connect to any attached voice enabled device paired with the iPhone. Wheat her it is your automobiles Bluetooth hands free device, a Bluetooth house phone or a Bluetooth headset. Which I don't have one to try. They should all be available as an option depending on your situation.

floyd0 wrote:

Here is the issue. When the Apple Watch is paired with the iPhone at the same time as the AT&T base station, the Apple Watch will not answer the incoming iPhone call. I can answer on the iPhone but not the watch. Interestingly though is that I can start an outgoing call with the watch, just not receive. If I remove the bluetooth pairing from the AT&T base station, then the Apple watch will answer and works fine.``

I suspect your problem may actually be different than the OP's. You may be running into competing BT profiles. Both devices may be trying to use the same BT profile on the watch, which wouldn't work.

I am having a similar problem. I received my Apple watch yesterday and within 10 minutes of opening and syncing had to take a drive. I listen to podcasts almost exclusively in my car and immediately notice that every 5-10 seconds the audio began cutting out in the podcast for just a fraction of a second in my 2014 Toyota Highlander streamed from my iPhone 6 Plus.. It has been doing that all weekend.... Hoping there is actually a fix for it capable of being patched and not a hardware issue.

So if two devices of the same BT profile are connected then you are saying there is a conflict and only one device will work? Is there a way to prioritize the devices so that one will connect and disregard the other? How can I determine what profile the watch is using? All I found was this iPhone supported profile linkiOS: Supported Bluetooth profiles - Apple Support.

Yes, your yelling in capital letters at other users will really get something done.

I don't believe she does have the same problem that is being discussed here. What model BT headphones is she using? I use 3 different models with my iPhone 6 plus while it is connected to my Watch and have not experienced the same problem. This would indicate it is not a global bug that Apple can make a change of code and "fix" it. Send her information to feedback and/or have her provide all details when she calls AppleCare.

You can google BT problems on iOS 3.0 and find lots of complaints. There don't seem to be a lot more than any other previous versions. If it works in one model BMW and not in another that would place the problem with BMW, not with Apple.

Yeah except you obviously didn't read what I wrote. There are problems with dozens of auto manufacturers, like Mathew Carter above (to whose post I replied and which you obviously didn't read either) whose problem is with a Honda fit. Given the amount of time it takes you to respond, it's obvious that you are a paid Apple troll here to deny, deny, deny that Apple has any issues with it's products. You might want to troll someone else though. You won't win and you'll just draw more attention that Apple doesn't want.

Yes, if you don't have a cogent argument the best thing to do is start name calling, that alway makes you look like the winner. Or like a moron.

Yes, I understand that people have issues with various cars. And if you Google it people have issues with cars going back to iOS 3.0. In some cases it was all cars and an update was issued. This is rare. In most other cases it was a combination of issues between the device, the car, other devices, interference, etc. If there was a system wide bug with BT on the iPhone 6 then it would NOT work with any cars period. There would be thousands upon thousands of posts here and articles in every newspaper that the iPhone 6 does not work with cars.

Apple adheres to all current BT standards as does the manufacturer of the chipset maker that they buy from (Apple doesn't make BT radios). If you and others have a problem it is best to send feedback or call AppleCare so they can work on the issue. If it was a system bug or they were not adhering to BT standards it would not work in the cars I have listed.