iPhone 8 bluetooth issues

I'm on an iphone8+ with a Subaru Outback 2013... worked flawlessly with my iphone6 but with my 8+ it won't auto-connect, and only connects manually with the car stereo half the time. Once it's connected it works, but what is this? 2004? I feel like I'm back in the digital dark ages.

FYI - I updated my ios to 11.2.6 last night and still the same problem.

Another person wrote.these are the messages in my mail box

It’s been almost 3 months since I first contacted Apple about this problem. Today I got sent to an Apple Store for then to do more testing on the phone. They could see how many times I’d been in contact and decided to just replace the phone with a new iPhone 8. It’s no surprise that now that I’ve set it up and paired it with my car, it’s doing the same thing the original phone was doing with disconnecting and reconnecting. I’m waiting on a report from the Apple case manager to send to the telco my contract is with, in the hope that they’ll agree to take the phone back and terminate the contract. I spoke to them a couple of days ago and they were willing to consider it if I provided evidence of the problem.

I have a 2012 Hyundai Elantra which I have owned since new. I have not ever had a problem with Bluetooth until I recently purchased an iPhone8+. Bluetooth randomly drops out whether I am listening to a podcast or in the middle of a telephone call and I have to manually reconnect. I can drive for one hour with no problem then once it happens the first time it will happen every 5 to 15 minutes from thereon. I have reset the phone and tried all of the online advice to rectify the problem and no success. Given the numbers in the threads on this topic, I would strongly discourage anyone from buying this phone if it is not too late and until Apple admit that there is a problem and show the slightest interest in fixing it.

Latest IOS and BT flakes out on iPhone 8 and still works fine with iPhone 6 on same IOS. Apple need to get this fixed or they are going to get a lot of iPhone 8‘s back in short order.

Yep. Im betting its a hardware interference issue. I happens to me in busy places, like airplanes and in the car too.

The iPhone 8 uses Bluetooth 5.0 and the iPhone 7 and others do not. Could be the issue.

Yep, we take what we can as some have the issues and others don’t. I was lucky and the 11.2 fixed my Jeep issues but the next update could break it again as well.

Well I have downloaded 11.2 on my iPhone 8 and so far stays connected to my 2011 Mercedes S550. Will confirm stable after one week or so.

If it was a firmware or software issue your Bluetooth speaker would not work. What is the make/model of these headphones and are you currently using them with another device?

Have you tried to change your iPhone’s name in Settings/General/About at the top. I know it sounds crazy, but it worked when I tried it.

I have a feeling it is the Bluetooth 5.2 Chipset and older BT devices that is the issue as the same complaints are out there for every model phone using that chipset.

Because the iPhone 8 has a newer Broadcom chip with Bluetooth 5.2.

I have the same issue as others have described had the iPhone 8+ for about 3 weeks now and I hate it. Apple really needs to take this issue seriously as this could be a major liability issue for the company, as bluetooth allows the phone to be handsfree. Apple needs to own this issue and fix this asap or I am returning my device shortly.

Shame on a company that is suppose to be worldclass producing third class hardware/software. I cant belive the most basic feature does not work in a reliable manner. Apple work on getting the basics right before you move onto offering complex features!

That’s interesting - so it is car specific but it’s also Iphone 8 specific as my work phone is a 6 and works perfectly.

I hope it’s software and not hardware as they would need to do a recall.

They should work in every car.