Bluetooth Streaming Audio Problems

My BT audio on both iPhones 7 in my house skip with brand new AirPods, over a Bose speaker, and in our cars (2013 VWs). Both are iPhone 7, AT&T. Turning LTE off does seem to improve the issue... I got no skips for over an hour when turning LTE off. Once I turned it back on, it was skip-free for about 5-10mins... until I got an email.

When I got the email, it skipped like crazy for 10-15 seconds. $1,167 in hardware (phone, AppleCare, AirPods) + $15/mo Apple Music and I might as well be listening to a CD player from the 80s...

I've been a hardcore Apple fan for 20+ years and I've never been this frustrated with Apple's support and hardware.

This is absolutely unacceptable, it's one thing when they say it's because it's 3rd party devices, but you are using APPLE AirPods!!! I've noticed my apple watch drops when the phone is constantly connecting and disconnecting from the car bluetooth. Quite frustrating to be sure.

Thanks for doing this. The video is exactly what mine does. I had suspected it was likely a hardware issue and that suggests it as well.

Apple's only solution is to provide me another new phone, which I recently declined (I already have one replacement) and it's incredibly frustrating.

So this should be an interesting experiment, SO I decided with Verizon offering unlimited data now and for less than I pay at att I wanted to switch, but alas My phone is not compatible with their network. So I called Apple since I am on the next program, and this phone is supposed to be unlocked and able to be used on any network. I'm going to the apple store today to swap it for one that is able to be used on Verizon network. I am going to hold off on switching over to verizon and activate the phone back on ATT again. Just to see if this is the answer to the Bluetooth issues, I'm going to guess it will, but who knows.

Have you tried swapping out the Verizon Sim card for one of the ATT sim cards to see if the bluetooth still stutters?

I'm having this issue also. I have an iPhone 7 Plus and a 2016 Lexus and the same exact problems that you just listed. The audio works fine for a few minutes but then the audio starts to skip then it just stops playing it all together. I have already reset my phone and car system and the problem is still on going. I'm really hoping this is just a software fix, rather than a hardware fix.

Looking at other forums the issue seems to be very common with BMW cars. I have also noticed that on my Beats Pill+ the audio works just fine so it might just be the way that it's streaming to cars, not sure if its cause contacts and more information has to be synced.

So I just updated my phone to the public beta iOS 10.1 and it seems to have corrected the problem for me. I haven't had any skips or the audio turning off. I've only tested it out twice on two commutes that were 20 min long each. But I'm hoping that this fixes the problem.

Anyone else download it and still experiencing problems?

Mine still skips, but it isn't as bad as it was before. It doesn't turn thw music off at all, but still very annoying.

I have the same issue in a 2015 Lexus. Streams fine for ~10 minutes, then starts to cut out like a bad satellite signal before shutting off completely. The car still thinks it's connected and shows audio as playing (track time continues counting up).

BT streaming is confirmed to work on my soundbar at home with no issues.

Yeah seems like there's no fix for it yet. The twi car brands that are getting some issues seems like BMW and Toyota/Lexus. I tested this out on a friends 2014 Toyota Camry and it's the same issue.

Apple told me I needed to contact Lexus. As if Lexus is going to issue an update within the next year, or 10.

I'm incredibly frustrated with it.