Bluetooth connection issues on iPhone 16

OK. It might be a good idea to schedule an appointment at your Apple Store Genius Bar and have the phone tested. I'd take this device with you to show the issue you're having getting it to connect.

So far this has worked, thank you.

Anyone tried? Does resets the network fix the issue?

iPhone 16 Plus here. Bluetooth doesn’t work. It can’t find any devices and I can’t connect my Sennheiser Momentum 4 headphones. My previous iPhone 7 had no problems at all. This is a serious problem!

None of the described solutions have worked for me either

Upgrading to iOS 18.2 finally seems to have resolved the issue for me

I tried. It didn’t help.

I just updated the iPhone 16 I got yesterday to iOS 18.2, and the Bluetooth issues documented here (which I experienced with a Denon soundbar) were solved—to my relief.

I have a new iPhone 16 pro max and none of my Bluetooth devices will work! I spent 3 hours with Apple trying to sort me out to no avail. What unearth is going on Apple.

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That’s the piece that doesn’t work

Same problem. Did a reset for no improvement. Checked car software which was up to date. Deleted car from phone Bluetooth and phone from car Bluetooth and then re established connections after another phone reset. Appears to be working now although I haven’t driven anywhere and only time will tell.

Had several issues with Bluetooth connection migrating from 13Pro to 16Pro. Disconnect of Bluetooth and resetting all network settings solved them all except one. My TagHeuer connected won’t connect still (ios18.0.1). Genius send me to developer of watch. But new connection on my wife’s 13 running 18.0.1 goes smootly???? So Apple fix this!

It’s a hit or miss scenario.

Some of my Bluetooth Audio devices like wireless speakers and headphones work.

But others. Like my Scosche Bluetooth Car stereo device have to manually connected each time. Scosche is blaming Apple.

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!