I have both an iphone and ipad with IOS 10. I found the audio connect window for airplay and found my airport device. The problem is that I can stream Pandora or Apple music for approx. 30 seconds then it drops the connection and defaults to the audio on the ipad or iphone. I have 2 airport express routers and the same thing happens. I can stream just fine from my Mac.
iPad 2, iOS 10.0.2
I believe I found the problem. I am using "made for Iphone" hearing aids and have them paired to both my Iphone and Ipad using the accessibility tab in settings. This allows for bluetooth streaming. Even though I turned off bluetooth on my Ipad, it still dropped my Airplay connection. I deleted my hearing aids from the bluetooth list on my Ipad and airplay streaming worked fine. This is a problem with IOS 10 in that it doesn't allow me to override my hearing aid settings easily.
Wow, healiac, I think you just solved my airplay issue too. I demo'd a hearing aid with bluetooth controls, and since then have had problems with airplay dropping after ~30 sec. I didn't keep the hearing aid but hadn't turned off the controls in "Settings > General > Hearing Devices > ..." Now that I've turned that off, Airplay is working again.
Which reminds me that I couldn't use airplay at all with the hearing aids, as my iPhone sent the sound to my hearing aid instead of to the airport express / stereo. Since that's my one bad ear, having the sound piped there was no good. Apple, I hope you're listening. Hearing device control via bluetooth on the iPhone is a great idea, but it appears to get crosswise with the hearing aid signals. I have no idea if that's a manufacturer problem or Apple issue, but it's not ready for prime time.
I believe it's an ios 10 problem. I called Apple support and they acknowledged a problem and flagged the developers. I'll post something if/when I hear back from Apple support. I found and told Apple another issue. When I video with my iphone, the recording sound comes through my hearing aids. Very annoying.
I just upgraded my iphone to ios 10.1. The problem appears to be fixed. I had no issues with Airplay and my iphone.
Thanks healiac!! I use a set of Resound "made for iPhone" HAs, deleted them from the bluetooth list on my iPhone and now I'm able to Airplay seamlessly! I'm on iOS 10.1.1 so the problem has not been fixed yet.
airplay disconnect ios 10 after 30 seconds
