Q: Bluetooth headphones lose connection to Apple Watch when near iPhone?

Thanks. Connecting is not the problem. The issue is that if my iPhone is within proximity and bluetooth is enabled, my bluetooth headphones will disconnect from my Apple Watch. I cannot tell if the iPhone is "stealing" the bluetooth connection from my headphones or my Apple Watch, but the iPhone is clearly disrupting the connection.

Thanks. Can you clarify if the behavior I'm experiencing is the intended behavior? In other words, is the iPhone supposed to take bluetooth connection preference and "steal" the connection away from the Apple Watch and/or bluetooth headphones? If it's not the intended behavior, then I'd have some confidence updating the software might help, but I've tried to read about this online and haven't found any info to clarify if what I'm experiencing is actually how the Apple Watch is designed. I can use the bluetooth headphones just fine with either the iPhone or the Apple Watch. It's only when those two devices are in proximity and both have bluetooth on, then the headphone connection gets disrupted with the Apple Watch when I'm using that as the source to play music.

Jonathan, thanks. I will unpair them from the iPhone as I use them with the Watch much more at present time. Doesn't make much sense to me that headphone connection is lost when near iPhone, however. If Watch and headphones are paired, they should stay paired unless and until the user confirms a desire to switch or change device pairing. In essence, I have selected Apple Watch as the source from which to send music to my headphones and clearly connected them to send music. When the iPhone gets close enough it's overriding this. Seems these devices are making the decision themselves without any direct user input or confirmation. Doing something automatically is great when it's helpful. I'm not sure how routinely disconnecting an active music connection is helpful. I'll try ensuring I have latest software to see if that alters the behavior at all.