On iOS 26 and even the previous iOS 18, have you noticed that the headphone icon persists after turning off your Bluetooth Headphones such as the Beats Studio Pro? Have you noticed a rapid battery drain because of it in the morning after not using the phone overnight? With my previous iPhone 15 Pro, it did this and it still does this with my iPhone 17 Pro. It is so annoying because I need to turn off and then turn Bluetooth back on from the settings, just to get rid of it.
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iOS 26 Bluetooth and Battery Drain
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Reverend Benny
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No batterydrain but my BT has been acting up for quite some time. I do catch my phone connecting to random BT devices that I never have tried to connect to. Mostly Android phones it seems.
I'm running iOS 26.3 but it occurred in 26.2.1 as well.
If you look at the top of the list you see "Elins A15", prob an Android A15 device I can imagine.
This could be any name though. If I jump on the tube and check my BT list some random device will appear as "connected"
This is typically from an app with has BT permission that wants to invite nearby people to something that app has or share data it has. Something like Spotify Jam.... Could be a few things though...
Reverend Benny
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Interesting, thanks 🙂
Went through the list of BT apps and there could be a few suspects there that could have caused this. Also made me realize that I should go through that list more often. Not only from a security perspective but also battery drain if it keeps communicating like it seem to do.
I always thought I needed BT enabled for Spotify to use my polar watch to control it, but its not the case at all. Makes me wonder why I have ever enabled it and what its for.