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Bluetooth Interference - Apple Watch and iPhone 6

I'm not sure which one could be the culprit, but I since I introduced the Apple Watch to my work environment, my Apple Bluetooth Mouse and when I'm playing music from my iPhone to my bluetooth sound bar is experiencing interference.

The mouse will go sluggish. Almost as if it isn't communicating correctly with my computer and stutter as I move it.

When I'm playing music via Bluetooth, the music will constantly cut out. This is not a problem I had before. It happens when I'm streaming from either my MacBook Pro or my iPhone to my bluetooth speakers.

And when I'm using my Jaybird Bluetooth headset, they are starting to cut out also. They will stop playing music altogether. I have to press a button to reconnect until it disconnects again.

I think there is some correlation between these issues and my Apple Watch / iPhone connectivity.

Watch Sport 42mm, iOS 8.3

Posted on May 2, 2015 10:54 AM

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gerofromronnenberg

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Posted on Oct 28, 2015 5:21 AM

...me too - I have three Bluetooth connections in total when sitting in my car. Two go to the Car Entertainment System (Kenwood DNX4280BT) for phone and audio streaming, another one serves the Apple Watch. I'm on iOS 9.1, by the way. And I have clearly identified the Apple Watch BT connection as the one that's interfering with the other two. Mostly, I have a very rough phone connection and bad audio streaming, both with interruptions, crackling etc. then.

The workaround that I momentarily use before entering my car is to switch Flight Mode on and then again off on my iPhone which leaves the Watch in Flight mode so that the Watch's BT connection stays temporarily disabled. After a little while, when the phone and audio streaming BT connections are safely established, I switch the Watch's Flight Mode off and let it establish its BT connection to the iPhone. Then, everything works fine, but obviously it's really a hassle to go through this procedure every time I enter my car, especially when just stopping for some gas or similar.

It seems to be some sort of "timing" problem. Like I said, after the phone and audio connections are established, I can enable the Watch's BT connection safely but not vice versa.

Hope this will be fixed anytime soon, but somehow I have little hope for that...

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Jan 13, 2016 1:49 AM in response to dino_russ

...ok, so it's been a while, happy new year to everybody....

Do we have any new insights to our problem...? It still bugs me A LOT....

Best

mkwilkes

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4 points

Jan 21, 2017 5:03 PM in response to stevenish

Bluetooth pairing between by 2013 Highlander and my iPhone 6 worked perfectly until I started wearing an Apple Watch. Now, soon after I start the car, the navigation screen shows that I have a call. I have to press "transfer to phone" to get back to the radio. I have deleted all devices from the Highlander pairing list, but it still happens if I have Bluetooth turned on in the car and on my phone. I have to turn off bluetooth in the car to stop it. I have tried deleting and re-pairing my phone multiple times, to no avail. I am assuming it has something to do with the watch because I noticed it happening right after I started wearing the watch. Has anyone had a similar experience or have any ideas as to how to fix this?

Running: WatchOS 3.1

iOS 10.2

May 24, 2017 12:19 AM in response to kylea311

Since I bought my apple watch in feb 2017, I have had intermittent issues where bluetooth audio drops connection to my vw golf car stereo. This has never happened before because I used the iphone 5, and iphone 6s since last year with no issues..Only this year when I introduced apple watch, connection would randomly drop from my phone... I tried deleting bluetooth devices and repairing but with no help. My previous device fitbit had no issues tho.. I had a fitbit charge before and had no issues. If this is a limitation of apple watch where 1 device (iphone) has a problem supporting 2 bluetooth devices (car & phone) at the same time, then there should be an option sync manually data once a day at 11 pm or whichever my phone so it doesn't create this interference...

Sep 13, 2017 11:18 AM in response to stevenish

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

OCRamón

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4 points

Nov 2, 2017 12:02 PM in response to stevenish

I have exactly the same behavior with my Panasonic home phone system. Using iPhone 7/IOS11.1, AWatch S3cell/OS4.1. So this still isn't working correctly two years later. Disconnect the home phone from iPhone BT and the watch will answer incoming calls. Otherwise, it gets a "call failed". However, outgoing calls work, as do texts, e-mail, etc.

SumDuud

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4 points

Nov 29, 2017 8:06 AM in response to stevenish

iPhone 6 here and listened to audio via Bluetooth for years, never an issue. Added a smart watch and now the Bluetooth cuts out constantly unless the watch is in airplane mode. Very annoying and stopping me from even considering upgrade to an iPhone X and apple watch series 3. This has been an issue for years it seems and spans across a full range of devices, with what seems like no desire to fix it from Apple. Guess I need to weigh options between S8,Pixel 2 or whatever LG's new device is; hate to leave apple, but this is unacceptable.

kylea311

Level 1

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Apr 22, 2017 12:29 PM in response to tlrogers-lap

exactly same problem with my ML350 BT hands-free. Callers voice drops for 10-15 seconds. Dealer tested three times and they thought I was crazy.

deggie

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Nov 29, 2017 8:53 AM in response to SumDuud

Which model smartwatch?

Bundera

Level 1

4 points

Dec 15, 2017 8:53 AM in response to deggie

Mine is Apple Watch 3.

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