Bluetooth Connection Issues ios 10

After three months of my new iPhone 7 not being able to play any music via Bluetooth in my 2010 mazda car, I finally have troubleshot something and it worked! This is taken me weeks and weeks of trying everything - even resetting my phone multiple times or unpairing my iOS device to my Bluetooth car system and repairing my phone and car. I had tried everything even hoping Apple updates to iOS 10 would work. The culprit? My Apple Watch.

Every time I was in my car, I would try to play music. Every single time, 30 seconds into the song it would get garbled and disconnect, reconnect, disconnect and inevitably would never work.

Finally I put my phone in airplane mode and turned Bluetooth back on. It worked. But I wasn't sold.

Then I turned my phone off of airplane mode and problem resurfaced. But what good is having an iPhone 7 in airplane mode just to listen to music in you car?

So I finally tried airplane mode for my watch (keeping my iPhone in normal operating mode) and it's been 2 full days and not one single issue. I think I've finally figured the most annoying and frustrating issue I've ever had with an apple device in my life.

Try it - if you have a watch this may be the issue!

I have an iPhone 7 running 10.2 and a 1st gen Apple Watch running OS 3.

i have the same problem with answering calls in my car. i was switched to my own personal tech who had me reassembling an iphone. i downloaded the latest ios10.2 and still have bluetooth issues. After using iPhones for 7 years, I'm seriously thinking about getting a differ phone. This Bluetooth issue is serious and Apple will not admit that iOS 10 is flawed.

Hi folks,

I know I've posted this before, but since updating to the new iOS, all of my bluetooth issues have been fixed- I drive a Hyundai i20.

I would take this with caution though because when I updated to the previous version I thought it was fixed, but it reverted back to broken after a few days.

Here's hoping this time it lasts...

Hey Apple fix this crap OS, as I am not buying your headset...will buy another Blackberry before buying more Crapple product that doesn't get along with other company's product lines. Upgraded to 10.2 latest greatest version...same effect. Will NOT stay connect to Jabra Stealth or my MINI Cooper consistently. The common bond is this iOS. Both 6+ and 7 have same issue.

I've had almost every iPhone since they were released and every single version of iOS since...well before it was even called iOS but since 'upgrading' to iOS 10 I have been unable to maintain a Bluetooth connection the the Audi MMI in my 2005 A8 that I have owned for 5 years now.

This is in essence the same BT module I had in my previous 2001 S8 purchased in 2006

iOS 10 will sometimes connect automatically to the MMI but will then drop the connection at some point. I eagerly installed every .point upgrade after reading how BT connectivity has been fixed but it is still the same here.

I have deleted the BT profiles from car & phone numerous times to no avail.

My older 5S running iOS 9 has no issues nor any phone/software before that.

It is only since upgrading to iOS 10 that my problems started.

There is practically zero chance that Audi will ever upgrade the firmware in this BT module nor should they have to as it is clearly an Apple Bluetooth failure as it also drops connection to my Apple Watch which never ever happened prior to iOS 10

I am not holding my breath that Apple will ever own up, take responsibility and fix their software to resolve this newly introduced problem.

This has rendered my iPhone useless & potentially dangerous in the car since I live in the UK and handsfree is a legal requirement but due solely to iOS 10 it no longer works.

As much as I am tied into the Apple ecosystem my next phone in 10 years will probably not be an iPhone. Sad but necessary & true.

Way to go Apple...

-=Glyn=-

We are now 3 months on and still no fix. I have this problem on my Audi A8, colleagues have problems on BMW, Ford, Mercedes and Honda all since iOS 10. I even went back to 9.x to get it to work and it did. However after relentless badgering from the upgrade system I am back on 10 and it does not work. I employee 50 people and we have iPhones and MacBooks and not being able to pair phone with the car is a showstopper. . We have contacted Apple and I even went to the shop and after being told to rebuild my phone and even visit my Audi dealer the implication was a hardware issue. None of the rebuilds or workarounds fix it. In my case it stays connected for 150 seconds and the disconnects. Reconnect manually and 150 second later we are off again. We were due to upgrade to 7s in 2017 although many of my staff are resistant. I have been trialling Google Pixel which works well and unless this is fixed very soon I think we will go for that instead. If we ditch the phone in the next IT refresh the MacBooks go too. Apple does not see to care that people actually need the core features to work. Very disappointed.

To clarify, I have two Mercedes (2014 and 2015) and I have no issues with Bluetooth connectivity with iOS 10.

The only issue I have is that text messages no longer appear on the car's screen. Everything else works perfectly.

You are lucky. It seems there are a variety of problems many of which make it unsafe to use the iphone with Bluetooth in the car. In my case it is just does not work. My IT manager has spent weeks troubleshooting his and even tried an iPhone 7 with his 1 year old BMW and while it connects it still causes all sorts of issues making it unusable. None of this is a problem with phones running iOS 9. But we are not officially allowed to go back to 9 and the lack of response from Apple is unacceptable. There is a BlueTooth problem in 10 that is not in 9 and nothing has been done about it in 3 months and Apple representatives will pass the buck endlessly despite owning the hardware and software platform. In the final analysis this is costing my business way more than the price of a Google Pixel handset for everyone which is frankly every bit as good as if not better than an iPhone 7 (once you get passed the lack of familiarity). I am just irritated that we have to upgrade early to get a working solution and just wanted to rant.

I agree with you: it's totally unacceptable that Apple has not addressed these issues. Especially as they are apparently aspiring to "own" the self-driving vehicle software interface.

Even the text messages no longer displaying in the car is a dangerous situation. It worked with iOS 9.

I agree it's totally unacceptable thatvthis doesn't work properly, but one does need to take care when driving. If you think it's dangerous, don't use it!!

Sent a tweet if this discussion board to cnet, macrumors, Apple &a Apple support. You all should do the same. We shouldn't have to be ignored when BT does NOT work in car systems ever since iOS 10 and iPhone 7.

I have Iphone 6s. Problem free bluetooth in my Infinity FX35 with droid. Switch to Iphone and now I can't hear anyone that calls me, although I can call out. If I try to use the talk text feature for messaging while the bluetooth is on, it connects my phone to my car, and the talk text won't work. Very frustrating.

I went to Apple Store to ask this issue because I also have same issue with my 2015 Audi Q3.

They said this is not iPhone 's issue. Your car is something wrong. How can he say like that?

Upgraded to 10.2.1 yesterday. Issue is still there.

I don't think Apple is ever going to fix this. Planning to downgrade to 9.3.5 using Dr. Fone or switch to a different manufacture.

Same problem here since upgarding to iOS 10. :-( Really frustrating. @Apple: Please solve our problems asap!