i pod touch 6th generation with software version 12.5.7 is not hooking up bluetooth to air pods. It was functional until yesterday 3-24-23
iPod, iOS 12
Typically, Bluetooth devices only connect to one device at a time ("Connecting" is not the same as "Pairing"). If this is the case with both the iPod and the AirPods, then if your AirPods are currently connected to another device, that may be preventing your iPod from connecting to it.
Alternatively, if the iPod was previously connected to a different Bluetooth device, then it will attempt to connect to that device the next time. But if that device is not available, in theory the iPod should look for any of the other Bluetooth devices with which it is already paired. Perhaps that particular feature didn't work or is not mean to work.
In either situation, the best thing now is to make sure that your iPod is not connected to any other Bluetooth device in preference to the one you want to use, and to make doubly-sure that the AirPods are not connected to another device. Is there an indicator on the AirPods that tells you whether they are connected or not? On many devices, the indicator is white when not connected, and blue when connected.
One more possibility: I have two devices that can (and frequently do) connect, at the same time, to one Bluetooth speaker I own (the speaker accepts this). However, if I start the second device playing, although the player indicates play-in-progress, no audio comes out of the speaker because the other device has got priority over the second one. Fix; turn off the first device's Bluetooth until I have the second speaker in control.
Typically, Bluetooth devices only connect to one device at a time ("Connecting" is not the same as "Pairing"). If this is the case with both the iPod and the AirPods, then if your AirPods are currently connected to another device, that may be preventing your iPod from connecting to it.
Alternatively, if the iPod was previously connected to a different Bluetooth device, then it will attempt to connect to that device the next time. But if that device is not available, in theory the iPod should look for any of the other Bluetooth devices with which it is already paired. Perhaps that particular feature didn't work or is not mean to work.
In either situation, the best thing now is to make sure that your iPod is not connected to any other Bluetooth device in preference to the one you want to use, and to make doubly-sure that the AirPods are not connected to another device. Is there an indicator on the AirPods that tells you whether they are connected or not? On many devices, the indicator is white when not connected, and blue when connected.
One more possibility: I have two devices that can (and frequently do) connect, at the same time, to one Bluetooth speaker I own (the speaker accepts this). However, if I start the second device playing, although the player indicates play-in-progress, no audio comes out of the speaker because the other device has got priority over the second one. Fix; turn off the first device's Bluetooth until I have the second speaker in control.
i pod touch 6th generation with software version 12.5.7 is not hooking up bluetooth to air pods. It was functional until yesterday 3-24-23
