iPhone 8 bluetooth issues

I just wanted to comment on this thread, as I recently dealt with this issue. I even returned my iPhone 8+ because I thought it was broken. It would pair, but constantly disconnect from the car and not play music . Would happen over and over then it would stop pairing.

I have found a fix that works 99% of the time for me. If I put my phone in a bag, and then in my backseat it works fine. I think there was too much interference with my car and phone. I can’t have it near the stereo. I also noticed just setting it on my backseat didn’t work either. I actually had to put it in a bag (my leather purse) This may not be the solution for everyone, but worth a try. For the record I have a Mazda CX-9 . All other devices connect fine, including the iPhone 6, and Samsung products.

am having the same issue of bluetooth dropping connection and also something i observed. that the bluetooth range became soooooo bad i have to carry my phone on the same side of my bluetooth headset or it will get distortion and if i keep it in my pocket then you can't hear anything

Im experiencing something very similar to what you have described. I had a ip6 and i also have a work ip6s with me. Never had an issue with bluetooth. Upgraded my iphone 6 due to battery issues to the ip8+, now i deal with bluetooth connection issues every day. I get asked every time if ive tried other devices etc.. YES! My work ip6s is still working perfectly with my devices. In fact I decided to go as far as getting a new ip8+. Im still waiting to see if the issue persists on this new ip8+. I had issues with the first ip8+ right out of the box so its crazy that I get asked if its my two headsets that are the issue...between bose, plantronics and apple im going to pin this on apple.

i also tried alot of bluetooth headsets and peripherals they all have the same issue with the iPhone 8 plus. specially if you connect 2 devices to the phone like i usually connect my bluetooth headset and my car's bluetooth so i can listen to music and when a phone call comes it goes to my headset. the iphone 8 plus keeps disconnecting the headset and reconnecting it every single minute that you get ****** and switch off your headset and stop using it. while with the iPhone 7 hhis worked out perfect without a single mistake not one issue.

Strange it seems ......I found that if I put my iPhone 8 in my leather belt case and leave it there it will connect to my 2017 Jeep bluetooth radio OK almost every time. If it’s out on the seat or console tray with the protective case (Otterbox) it will connect and drop and reconnect repeatedly. None of the Apple fixes help at all so hope 11.2 will fix it. Oh yes, Jeep dealship show no updates to the radio firmware and iPhone 6 and 7 connect fine. So I agree it’s a Apple IOS issue.

Mine definitely needs to be in my purse. I’ve noticed though it works best in my purse on the front seat. In my purse on the backseat seems to be problematic. I tried putting my phone in the leather pouch behind my chairs, that doesn’t work either. It’s very sensitive as to where it’s at, whether it works or not. But so far the best is my purse, front seat.

for sure its an iPhone 8 issue most probably software but in iPhone 8 cause i never faced the issue in iPhone 7 till i upgrade to the iPhone 8 plus then i started facing the issue. i hope it gets addressed very soon and gets fixed in a software update or i will go back to an iPhone 7 or maybe just go back to a samsung like i used it cause i really depend alooot on bluetooth and this issue made it frustrating

the biggest issue is when you are outside. you will get more affected there cause depending on the weather like the wind, or humidity or snow it really affects it it becomes worse even if you keep it in your purse and its next to you but outdoors like walking you might feel the distortion.

Nope. Sadly already tried 11.1.2 am on it and still the bluetooth is not fixed at all and till now its seems that the latest beta from 11.2 did not address this issue. let's just hope they address very soon as it's really frustrating. I advise everyone to go to apple store and call their support about this issue. they will not be able to fix it but at least when they see alot of people reporting it then they will actually notice and may consider to fix it asap for all of us. am personally going tomorrow to an apple store.

I just had a thought. The 6 and 7 model iphones don’t have the BT issue so what is the biggest difference between them and the 3 newest models that do have the issue? The biggest is wireless charging and with that you now have a glass backed case so maybe the BT signal is to strong now and saturates the device it tries to pair with? That would at least partially explain why it works better when in a bag, purse or leather holster. Then again who knows, except for Apple.

i don't think this is the issue cause the galaxy note 8, galaxy s8 and the galaxy s8 plus, the new LG V30 and alot other more are not facing this issue at all their bluetooth is very stable. what should happen is that bluetooth 5.0 should provide either the same performance of the previous generation or better but never worse.i personally tried the samsungs mentioned above and all of them work perfectly. very stable and amazing signal range.

From the previous link:

Devices implementing only the low energy feature of Bluetooth 5 will be backward compatible with Bluetooth 4.2, 4.1 and 4.0 devices that also implement the low energy feature.

Devices implementing the Basic Rate/Enhanced Data Rate (BR/ EDR) Core Con guration will

be backward compatible with all adopted Bluetooth Core Speci cation versions beginning with 1.1 that also implement Bluetooth BR/EDR.

unfortunately the signal is very in the iPhone 8 due to some issue in the bluetooth hardware or software not confirmed till now but most probably software. cause it works abit better with an apple product like a beats headphone such as powerbeats 3 which i tested personally and seems that it performs a little bit better. but any other bluetooth device works terribly bad and specially if two devices are connected to it at the same time it will be disconnecting and reconnecting one of the devices every minute. hope they push a fix fast

yup exactly which is exactly as i said that the bluetooth should perform either betteror same but never worse. as i already test the new samsungs i mentioned in my previous message and they worked perfectly fine without a single issue

Another good over view:

http://www.electronicdesign.com/blog/5-things-you-must-know-about-new-bluetooth- 5

Clip out from link:

One factor that may help Bluetooth 5 expand into IoT apps for the enterprise and industry is the new routers and access controller from Cassia Networks. These products make it easy for Bluetooth devices to connect to via the internet, opening the door to many new potential uses. Version 5 should also expand its reach into the area of beacons for proximity sensing and location messaging. And all the while, Bluetooth 5 is backwards-compatible with the 4.x versions.