iPhone 11 Earbuds auto pair finicky when Apple Watch is connected

[fenjen]

Hi,

I have recently bought an Apple Watch (Series 4) and noticed that since then the auto pairing of my bluetooth earbuds (JBL Reflect Flow) has been inconsistent. Sometimes it's just as fast as normal, sometimes they take very long to connect and sometimes they don't connect at all. When I manually try to connect to the earbuds the iPhone will try and say it can't connect usually. I haven't been able to reproduce these problems when I have my aWatch off, so this makes me think it is somehow the culprit. I don't have my earbuds paired with my apple watch.
Does anybody recognize this?

 

[fenjen]

I have paired my Apple watch to an iPhone 8 and used the same earbuds, but on that iPhone I seem to have no pairing problems, so it really does seem related to the iPhone 11. However, I have also tried Jaybird earbuds on my iPhone 11 with the watch connected and those paired much better. So now I'm wondering is its just a super specific problem with the earbuds I'm using and the iPhone 11.
I'm interested if anyone has had similar issues.

 

[purpleparrotuk]

I think its interference with the modem in the 11s. See my thread I just posted.