During the onset of IOS15 and MacOS Monterey Apple announced a feature that would allow for AirPods to seamlessly switch between devices. Where is it?

[R_Allonce]

When IOS 15 and MacOS Monterey were released Apple described a feature that would automatically switch connection of your AirPods to whichever device is actively playing audio. I was highly anticipating this feature as I often work between my IPhone and MacBook and manually switching Bluetooth connection was getting repetitive and mundane. Since then the feature has hardly ever worked and I was wondering if anyone ever got the feature to work as intended. Annoyingly it seems to work one way: from MacBook to IPhone with IPhone always taking priority meaning if I already had my AirPods connected to my laptop and my phone plays any audio at all the IPhone just hijacks control over the AirPods.

I believe the feature actually had a name and was in the promotional material for IOS 15 and Monterey but when I look it up on Apple's website I don't see any mention of it at all. Am I crazy? Was this ever a thing?

 

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There's this article that's dated a few days ago, so I think that's what is currently available for features:

Switch your AirPods to another device - Apple Support

You can switch from listening to one device with your AirPods to listening to another.

support.apple.com

And you can search Apple's newsroom to find the announcements that maybe has what you remember:

Newsroom

The official source for news about Apple, from Apple. Read press releases, get updates, watch video and download images.

www.apple.com