iPhone 8 bluetooth issues

Good news, I thought and updated my IPhone 8+ to 11.1, hoping this would fix my issue as well.

Unfortunately it didn’t...

I was absolutely sure Apple would fix this with this major update, now I‘m curious whether they are aware of this issue.

Does anyone got a reaction from Apple?

Still hoping, but also warning my friends and anyone asking to update, or even change to iPhone 8, 8+ or X...

Tom

What on earth is the purpose of an Apple sponsored discussion forum when such an annoying and stupid issue has 3 pages of responses without a single word from Apple itself? I have an iPhone 8, and when I connect to bluetooth in my Audi everything sounds like absolute crap and I sound like crap to the party I am calling. I dropped $1,000 on the phone and warranty and remained loyal over the years for this?? Taking it back to Apple tomorrow and walking over to Verizon to get me a Pixel 2. Apple simply isn't the same company without SJ at the helm.

I have the same issue with my 2012 Volvo. iOS 11 on iPhone 6 worked fine, new iPhone 8 and the phone calls are crackling (sound fine on iPhone speaker, switching back and forth in the same call) and Siri doesn't always register my requests and sounds crackling when it replies. Doesn't affect my streaming music, just phone calls and Siri. iOS 11.1. Frustrating.

I have the same problem!

Brand new iPhone 8 and the Bluetooth won’t stay connected to anything (watch, headphones, etc). It’s awful! I have friends who are hearing impaired and apple has been wonderful to connect their hearing aids to their phones and other essential devices. Some of them were thinking of upgrading to an iPhone 8... now I get to tell them, don’t you dare! Your quality of life will suffer... Apple please fix this!!!

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.

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.

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.

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.

It’s clear there is a problem but it can’t be that big as it would be effecting everyone and we would be seeing this all over twitter. I have no problems connecting Bluetooth to headphones it’s just the car - and if I connect manually then it’s fine. It’s only when I auto connect that it drops and then tries to connect again - it’s annoying and dangerous. What do we do to fix this? I’ve changed the phone 3 times. Is it the same on the iPhone X?

I have been having the same type problem with Bluetooth. I wonder if it has something to do with the version of Bluetooth on the iPhone 8 and 8+. It went from Bluetooth 4.2 on the iPhone 7 to 5.0 on the 8.

Most likely as the Jeep is a Chrysler product and the radios are probably made by the same group. It might just need a tweak in IOS or an eventual Radio update. They really need to test this stuff better though be for releasing it.

This is exactly what happened with me. ***? I am most concerned that this "conversation" is all complaints and no answers. It is now almost two months after these initial complaints. Shouldn't there be a fix by now? Apple?