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Apple Watch won't play on AirPods

I have paired my AirPods to my iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch as instructed but when I try to play music from my Apple Watch to my AirPods, they never connect. I must turn off Bluetooth on both my iPad and iPhone to be successful. Nothing magical about this experience. I noticed this morning that when I finally was successful pairing with the Apple Watch the volume was especially low. Can anyone advise a fix? Does Apple maybe need to optimize this experience with a WatchOS fix? Seems half baked to me at this point, especially on the watch. Love the AirPods otherwise.

Posted on Dec 28, 2016 2:24 AM

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Jun 9, 2017 6:48 PM in response to nickmcclellan

This worked for me.

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Jul 27, 2017 7:22 AM in response to nickmcclellan

do you have to do this every time? You shouldn't have to turn to airplane mode every time you want to pair the watch.

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Jul 27, 2017 7:26 AM in response to applesmartz

What do you do after switching the "source" watch?

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Jul 27, 2017 8:03 AM in response to nickmcclellan

I took my issue to the Genius at the Apple Store and he replaced my AirPods. No problem since then. Hope this helps.

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Dec 27, 2017 6:15 PM in response to nickmcclellan

Reset your Apple Watch pressing both buttons at the same time and hold for ten seconds. Should work after that.

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Jan 7, 2018 4:03 PM in response to MarceloH73

Thanks / yes!

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Apple Watch won't play on AirPods

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