Bluetooth connection issues on iPhone 16

My 13 Pro Max worked perfectly! My Apple watch 8, Airpod Pro 2nd gen, my Sony Xm5's, and all car's bluetooth would just connect pretty much instantly! There was never any drop in/out, having to reboot to connect, or delayed connecting. It just worked.

I've since had a 14 and currently 15 pro, and they've both had horrible bluetooth and wifi issues. I'll have to put my airpods back in the case 2 or 3 times before they finally connect. Heck it'll even say my devices are connected in the settings then start blasting music from the external speaker when I press play. I'll have to reboot my phone up to twice a day to get my Xm5's to connect. AND my Apple watch 8 will be "connected" but not actually connected causing massive battery drain on it while it's constantly searching for signal. One of the only way's I can tell is when the weather widget stops showing the temp, then if I try to use the watch app I can't see any of my watch's info like how much free space it has, nor can I search for updates cause it's "Not connected."

Still have my 13 Pro Max that's fully updated, after testing it, bluetooth still works flawlessly on the same devices.

This has been an issue since the 14 release sadly and it still doesn't seem to be fixed.

My 16 pro max wont stay bluetooth connected to Shiftcam pro & Snapcam (photo attachments) If I do get them connected as soon as a few minutes it unpairs - they are still listed in my Bluetooth devices but if I try to reconnect them it says Pairing unsuccessful. Asks me to delete the device and re-pair it. In all my older 15, 14, 13 this never happened, just a few shutter clicks and the phone was taking pix with no fuss. I use these photo devices so much the 16 problems are making me nuts. Anyone have a real fix? Apple address your 16 bluetooth problems!

I upgraded from the iPhone 13 to the 16. My Luba 2 robot lawnmower will nat appear in the Bluetooth list. Mammotion (maker of Luba 2) says it’s an IOS issue but they don’t seem to have a work around yet.

I’m having the same issue with an Echo Studio. My son can connect to it with his Kindle but I, nor my wife, can connect with our iPhone 16 Pros. Strangely, the old phones stopped connecting too. Resetting network settings did not fix the issue.

I am having major Bluetooth problems with my new iPhone 16 Pro. If I touch the phone, it changes the quality of the audio via CarPlay. Also, if I touch the phone, it has connectivity issues with the connection to Bluetooth headphones.

Same issue with me .tried something like reset the network settings but it didn’t work.called to apple support they were blank and don’t have any answer. Just saying to book an appointment in nearby apple store.

I seen a comment that if you used the backup from cloud you will have this issue. I used that option and have had no problems at all with Bluetooth connection. However my husband wasn’t able to use the backup from cloud option and has had nothing but issues. So that is definitely not a 100% guaranteed issue.

I have been facing same problem. I am totally unable to run CarPlay in my Toyota Corolla 2020 when I have upgraded to Iphone16 pro. I am tired but to no avail. Bluetooth device Autolink is showing and connected but not working. Please let us enlighten if you find any solution

For me the problem is solved with the below steps, but I don't know for how long.

Apple support told me to do this first before resetting the settings.

Follow the steps quickly

> push volume up

> push volume down

> Hold side button(power button) till its turning off

They also told there are coming some fixes.

Regards,

This solution was also told yesterday by a support employee from Apple.

The before that you can try to hard restart your iPhone.

If your reset your network settings all your know wifi networks are wiped.

Yes, Apple support told me it’s not a network issue. It doesn’t make sense for it to be since you’re not using the network. You’re using Bluetooth (which is its own small independent network) .

The solution that finally worked for me was to read each manual very carefully and pair each of my five Bluetooth items exactly the way the manual said (the Apple tech supervisor actually looked them up & told me what to do). It was a tiny bit different for each one (click twice for this one; click and hold for that one, etc.

I never had to do that with my iPhone 15 (just turned each one on and they immediately saw each other), but I sure did with this delicate flower 16.

Everyone out there in the US does know it’s free to call Apple Support for the first 90 days (and I’ve heard longer) to get help with these things, right? Just call 800.MYAPPLE (692.7793).

Hint: Be sure to ask for a case number before you hang up. It will save you a ton of time if you ever have to call back on this same stupid issue. .

I setup my iphone 16 via a transfer from my iphone 14. Spent a day trying to get the bluetooth to work. Not sure if this is the solution, I went into my old iphone 14 bluetooth setting and selected forget this item on the items I tried to connect to the new iphone 16. After forgetting the items on the iphone 14 they all showed up on the new iphone 16. I guess my iphone 14 was jealous of my iphone 16. For now, my fitbit, and sony earbuds are connected to my iphone 16 bluetooth. I will see if this solved the issue.

I have the iPhone 16 Pro Max and I have the same issue. I have found that if I reset network settings every single time I get in my car that it will connect. If I forget to it connects and disconnects over and over. Sometimes for 10 minutes sometimes for 35 minutes. Its crazy. Do better Apple.

I have Jabro Pro 7 buds and samsung buds 3 and both get continously dropped . calls get dropped, when phone rings, the ear buds do not connect but worked perfectly on my Samsung S23 ...Iphone 16 Pro Max, no such luck. $2500 phone not so smart. Affecting my business, I am on the phone ALOT>

Having Bluetooth reconnection issues with my 2022 Toyota Prius and iPhone 16 pro. Oddly Bluetooth worked fine with iOS 18 and my iPhone 13 pro. Upon restarting car the phone cycles through phone disconnected and phone connected. I have more luck if I unlock phone and start playing audio manually.