I have been having issues with several pairs of earbuds I use while running and using the Apple Watch Ultra to stream Apple Music or Pandora. I lose connection often with just about all of them - Soundcore, jabra, Soundpeats, Bose, etc. If I take my iphone with me I never lose have any connection issues. This leads me to believe the bluetooth signal from the watch is weaker than the iPhone. I don't recall having this issue until the last few months or so. Is this common?
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Apple Watch Ultra weak bluetooth signal to earbuds
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I use mine with AirPods and I don't recall ever having this issue. Never tried with third party.
I would expect that the signal would be worse than the phone, certainly, but it should still be completely usable. It might be worth a swap if you have AppleCare or warranty. Un-pair and re-pair first of course to see if that resolves it.
I would expect that the signal would be worse than the phone, certainly, but it should still be completely usable. It might be worth a swap if you have AppleCare or warranty. Un-pair and re-pair first of course to see if that resolves it.
I’ve have this too. Ultra 1. It’s definitely the watch, as I‘ve tried 5 different sets of earbuds AirPods, AirPods Pro 2 (x2), AirPods Max, and Sony headphones. It disconnects when it has to go across my body when my wrist is down/ back when running. Funny part is it wasn’t like this when new and the watch hasn’t been dropped hard or such. When new it had a strong signal consistently. I wonder if somehow they reduced Bluetooth radio power in an update hoping for better battery life?? I’ve seen people say switch wrists and such, but it remains a too weak signal to stay connected.
unpair /repair, resets, updates, nothing has fixed it.
APPLE- please up the power in the Bluetooth module again!
unpair /repair, resets, updates, nothing has fixed it.
APPLE- please up the power in the Bluetooth module again!
Thanks for letting me know I am not alone. I think something happened during an update as I used to have a pretty solid connection with most of my earbuds.
And just this week I was told I should get an Apple Watch to use with wireless earbuds at the gym... instead of wishing we had AirPods Shuffle
(Airpods with a built in iPod Shuffle)
(Airpods with a built in iPod Shuffle)
Google search brough me here, got the same problem, loosing connection on bluetooth earbuds, Apple needs to up its game, these things arent cheap.
