Some iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone Air Users Experiencing Intermittent Wi-Fi Issue

[Jimmy Bubbles]

It’s the “N1 Difference™️”.

 

[Shawn MacApple]

I'm not having issues with my silver 17 Pr

I guess we all need a silver one

 

[dmccombs]

For months now my 16pm has issues with carplay after phone calls.
It can be resolved by disconnecting the car and reconnecting.
So zero to do with N1.

This may be your experience with the 16 Pro, but your fix does not work with the 17 series phone. I wiped my 17 phone off the car, and car off the phone, then shutdown the car and the phone. Problem is still there.

 

[pamon]

But we have AI said Apple. Rest of world goes sigh

 

[MCKLMT]

No trouble here

No troubles on Air here.

 

[Gengar]

Luckily haven't experienced this on my iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Hopefully they roll out a bug fix soon though, for those devices affected.

 

[monksealpup]

For what it's worth, I fixed this by giving myself a fixed IP instead of relying on DHCP.

This seems to be related to DHCP -- whenever my WiFi connection dropped, I noticed my phone had a 169.254.x.x APIPA address, suggesting DHCP was failing. Giving myself a fixed IP and fixed DNS entries resolved my problem until Apple can fix their implementation.

 

[Reeneman]

Scratch-Gate, Wi-Fi Gate, IOS 26 Gate…
Damn is the worst iPhone release ever ever!! Apple is cooked under Tim… Cook!!

 

[eXoenDo]

So for my friend and I, this happens with wired CarPlay not working. I have a 2019 Honda, she has a 2021 Toyota. When connecting via Wired CarPlay, it either hangs on "Connecting" or just isn't recognized at all. At one point by deleting the Car from the Phone CarPlay Menu and the phone from the Car menu, I was able to get it reconnected but it stopped on the next time I went in the car. Nasty bug, I hope it gets fixed quickly.

 

[krspkbl]

Can’t say I’ve had any issues on my 17 Pro Max

 

[tazdevl]

My 16 Pro was rock solid. 17 Pro has wifi drops and cell coverage on Tmobile in CO isn’t great vs same spot with the 16 Pro.

IMO Apple should’ve stuck with Broadcom/Qualcomm for 1 more cycle.

 

[tazdevl]

For what it's worth, I fixed this by giving myself a fixed IP instead of relying on DHCP.

This seems to be related to DHCP -- whenever my WiFi connection dropped, I noticed my phone had a 169.254.x.x APIPA address, suggesting DHCP was failing. Giving myself a fixed IP and fixed DNS entries resolved my problem until Apple can fix their implementation.

Funny I was wondering if messing with dhcp would fix it. Other odd thing is my 6 month old Asus BQ16 Pro wifi 7 mesh nodes died after having the 17 Pro for 8 hours. Sounds crazy but the coincidence is… odd.

 

[Prof.]

This happens to me every single day when I’m in my bedroom doomscrolling before bedtime. I’m forced to turn WiFi off and use 5G UW.

 

[Gea16059]

Honestly I probably wouldn't have even noticed if service at my house was decent enough. I also rely on wifi for my Sonos speakers. Hoping iOS 26.0.1 comes soon with a fix!

 

[magsafer]

17 PM with AWU3 is absolute nightmare. I paired and un-paired the Watch about 10 times now thinking there’s some software issue with it. In my Bluetooth settings on the iPhone it’s not connected to the Watch. The watch is on 5G running by itself even though my PAIRED phone is right next to it. I hope they fix this soon!

 

[@Brett]

I had a disconnect from Carplay once. With my Wifi 7 at home I have abslutely no issues.
I read from a few that it is much worse for them. Let`s see how long apple will take to fix that with an update.

Same I had is disconnect from CarPlay once. Wifi has been solid with no drops.

 

[dmccombs]

It's amazing to me how little testing must have done for this obvious of a bug to get to production. I know this doesn't affect everyone, but it is affecting a lot of people. I am shocked at the poor testing involving such a critical product.

 

[kalafalas]

My 17 pro has been doing this hopefully they can fix it with a software update

 

[@Brett]

A different issue but they still have not fixed wired CarPlay call dropouts. It plays music fine but when on a call it cuts out then will comeback again. My 16 Pro Max did it in my wife’s car and her mother’s car and my wife’s iPhone 15 was also doing it in both cars. Cable replacement has not resolved and either has iOS 26.

 

[mvdw84]

Part of this is likely also iOS26 - my wi-fi disconnects multiple times a day at home and at work too on my iPhone 16P

 

[Radeon85]

It's amazing to me how little testing must have done for this obvious of a bug to get to production. I know this doesn't affect everyone, but it is affecting a lot of people. I am shocked at the poor testing involving such a critical product.

And of all things, it's the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, one of the most critical components. Considering this is the first time they've used their own N1 chip for this, this should have been tested way more thoroughly.

 

[JPack]

I think you’re jumping to conclusions a bit quick here, could be SW related …

Hardware or software, you would expect Tim Cook’s directive to be “pay quadruple overtime if you have to, make sure there are zero bugs so there’s no chance of a headline.”

The mechanical engineering team clearly took the directive to heart with the Air’s bend test. The N1 team seems to have to waved it off.

 

[dmccombs]

And of all things, it's the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, one of the most critical components. Considering this is the first time they've used their own N1 chip for this, this should have been tested way more thoroughly.

Exactly...

Potential Customers: I hear you have a new chip in your iphones.
Apple: Yes everyone, check out our new chip. It sucks. It drops connections to wifi and bluetooth. Really, check it out... LOL

Nothing says "flagship phone" like a phone that can't do wifi or bluetooth...

 

[tyranne201]

They are experiencing current state of Apple.

You are holding it wrong.

 

[Zahni]

Has anyone taken a look at the analytics data? If, for example, the Wi-Fi driver crashes, something should be recorded there.