Hi maxchilie!
I saw your messages in Apple support pages, iMore and now here
I'm from Turkey, and I have exact same problems with you.
1-Connection drops in 1-2 meter with my Series 4 Watch
2-No Bluetooh animation appears whenever I open my AirPods' cases
3- Some problems with Wi-fi
Did you find any solutions?
Thanks.
Mert.
Can you post links to these pages if you have them. Trying to find them and haven't had any luck yet.