iOS 18 Bluetooth Connection problems

Right after I updated to 28, my iphone 12 pro max’s bluetooth connection to my car has been choppy, randomly disconnecting every few minutes. No changes to my driving routes.

Mine is off. Still doesn’t work. Why has Apple been so silent on this? Infuriating.

Why Apple is silent on this?

the 18.1 update has REDUCED the frequency of my hearing aid Bluetooth disconnects, but has not completely eliminated these • while not "solved", a definite improvement

Why Apple is silent on this 🤭

Same here. I’m a truck driver and rely on bluetooth connectivity for my dexcom. Random disconnects every 3 seconds also my Bluetooth earbuds sound really low to the point you can barely hear anyone on the other line. And carplay connects and disconnects every second. About to return this iPhone 16 back if they don’t get it together soon!

I'm having the same problem with ios18, CarPlay and my car. Won't connect. Tried rebooting phone and rebooting the system on my BMW but the car is looking for a bluetooth connection with the phone and cannot find it. Also, when I pair an external speaker to my phone via bluetooth to listen to music, the connection cuts out after several minutes. Have to manually stop the song from playing and start it again and the connection reappears, only to do the same thing several minutes later. Seems there is a problem in ios18 that needs resolving.

Im having the same issue with both my bluetooth bose speakers. I teach a line dance class and just came from the class and had dozens of disruptions of the music just stopping then starting again. really embarrassing since i have a nice class. I had to end it early. it was impossible to teach. I use spotify for my music. i hope they have a fix soon. this all started since the software update.

None of the above suggested tricks worked for me. I rely on my Bluetooth headset daily to field phone calls. Looks like I won’t be able to do that. Thanks Apple; I’m glad you spent more time working on the side button press animations than ensuring you enabled industry-standard tech from the 90s.

Adding to the parade of complaints so  doesn’t think it’s isolated…

Bluetooth audio: on iOS18 and Sonoma, AirPods Pro and Beats Studio+ both connect normally, but within 90 seconds, the audio deteriorates—scratchy and choppy on the Beats and “wobbly” like a warped vinyl record on the AirPods. Putting the earbuds back into their cases for a few seconds fixes it but just for another 90-ish seconds.

CarPlay: Nearly unusable. Disconnects itself often. Car then gives me an error that says the device’s version of Bluetooth is outdated. When it’s working, things are fine until Maps speaks directions. After the map directions, audio doesn’t return to whatever I was playing before (music or podcast). About half of the time, the phone just disconnects at this point.

Yes, same for me, same bug with Tesla and iPhone 15 pro max. It works perfectly with our other iPhone 16 Pro Max and 14 Pro Max phones, so this must be some iPhone specific hardware version related bug

Hi, had the same problem with all my bluetooth headsets but a soft reset of the iphone solved the sound issue.

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Press up botton and release, press down button and release and press and hold the big button on the right side on the iphone untill you see the apple logo, phone then reboots, and all is sorted

I had the said issue after I updated to iOS 18.2. Could not connect the phone with Car bluetooth and AirPods Pro 2 had difficulties in connecting to the phone and when connected, kept on disconnecting. I was able to circumvent this issue by doing followings:

1. Removed my phone from Windows 11 Phone link
2. Unpaired the phone from Windows bluetooth

Since then, phone connects to car right away and Airpods connects quickly and don't get disconnected.

Yes i have facing this problem after ios18 update car play and Airbuds phone lock unlock sound is lagging

Brand new iphone 16pro with ios18, Bluetooth won’t even find a lot of my previous connections like my bike’s Karoo2 my wife’s iPhone XS still on iOS 17 finds everything. Come on Apple sort this out.