Simultaneous Bluetooth Connections - Airpods Pro 3

Been using the Sony WF-1000XM5 earbuds for two years. These work very nicely connected simultaneously to my laptop and iPhone 16 Pro.

Excited to get the new APP3 which arrived yesterday. The sound quality and ANC is just as good as Apple has been saying. The ANC is orders of magnitude better than the Sony.

BUT, I'm now discovering that the APP3 will not simultaneously connect to more than one BT device. This is incredibly disappointing and might be enough to make me return the APP3.

With Apple always being on the bleeding edge why would they not provide this functionality?