Why is bluetooth icon always on ios11?

That's fine then. Yes the icon at the top of the screen seems to remain white. That's a separate issue to the battery drain.

I was specifically answering DrMorbius who thinks Wifi and BT on will cause a significant battery drain.

And just to completely close out the experiment 12 hours later now, and the battery of the iPhone 6 Plus above is at 99% that's 1%.maybe over 1% in 12 hours.

Yes, it seemed like a major downgrade. I also have the BT always on but it only connects to my car. I noticed instantly that in iOS11 the icon never changed whether or not connected to the car. This is no good. Have Apple engineers overlooked this issue because all of them constantly use BT devices? It's common sense for this icon to let know if a device is connected. Now it only shows connected headphones as a separate icon next the BT icon. Devices like car audio systems are not shown at all unless you click your way into the settings.

You mean like this?

Settings/Bluetooth - OFF

Or like THIS:

Tap on the Bluetooth button in the Control Center.

Oh, you mean like this?

That was just from using the Control Panel "disconnect" button.

Same problem on 6s. I had a chat this morning with Apple support and they told me that they would report it to engineering. I have also reported it. We need a fix right away.

I’ve got the same here on my 6+. It now I don’t know if I am connected to my Bluetooth device is connected or not.

Amazing how fast Apple fix very obvious bugs isn't it!

And no, that was not a compliment. Yet another bug thread with zero interest being shown. Galaxy here we come

Go to Settings/Bluetooth. Are any devices connected? Most likely at least one is.

Do you have an Apple Watch paired to your phone?

Then no solution to have again the grey icon?

Of course not, have you read all the thread?

Then how did I get it to turn grey?

No. Not like that. Wrong screen. Home screen BT status icon in top right corner.

Ah, I had never noticed, as I'm always connected to Bluetooth devices. My Apple Watch, and several Tiles.

Exactly! Thank you for finally helping others get this issue. I truly miss the three state BT Icon, Apple. Please bring it back.