I'm having trouble with new airpods pro 2 and switching between devices.

I'm having trouble with new airpods pro 2 and switching between devices. Even without trying to use 'handoff' (which basically never worked for me), my multiple Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Macbook Pro, TV 4K) will not force connect to the airpods if they are already connected to another device (eg: switching from iPhone to Macbook). My old airpods pro 1 did this just fine when trying to connect manually through bluetooth settings. I have tried everything I can find in the help articles (updating OSs and firmware, ensuring signed in with same Apple ID, Forgetting device and re-pairing, etc) and the behavior is the same.