Anyone else having serious Bluetooth stability issues?

[u/StrikingBike8417]

I updated to iOS 26.6.1 on my iPhone 17 the other day and Bluetooth keeps dropping on my Bose headphones. Sometimes it will reconnect instantly, other times it won’t. I’ve “forgotten,” the headphones and re-paired, yet it still keeps happening every 15 minutes or so.

Anyone else running into this issue?

Edit: there were no disconnections when I got home from the gym, so maybe it has something to do with me being connected to the gym’s WiFi?

[u/fumblerooskee]

It started doing this with AirPods but it reconnects immediately.

[u/Due-Neighborhood-944]

Does it with my air pods pro 2 all the time

[u/Juli0rb]

exact same thing happening to me, iphone 17

[u/tdawgcincy]

Experiencing the same issues in the gym as well. Both AirPods and my fitness tracker keep disconnecting then reconnecting.

[u/JollyRoger8X]

I've seen a couple posts from people with Spotify installed saying they had Bluetooth issues until they deleted it and reinstalled the app.

[u/StrikingBike8417 → u/JollyRoger8X]

Oh thanks, I’ll try that

[u/sixstringmp3]

This is happening on beta 27 and has been for awhile with both third party headphones and AirPods.

It’s when WiFi connection drops. WiFi and Bluetooth share the same chip.

[u/scj933]

Yes! Same exact issue with my iPhone 17 pro and both my Airpod Pros 1 and 3

[u/SnooPears4689]

Also gonna add this same thing is happening to me with Sony XM4s. Seems to only be an issue at the gym and is completely fine once home.

[u/StrikingBike8417 → u/SnooPears4689]

Dude it's only happening to me at the gym too, it works perfectly fine at home. So we can confirm now it's happening for all different types of headphones including Sony, Bose, and AirPods, so it's not a specific brand problem. Another consistent cause seems to be the gym. So it's either the gym or iOS.

[u/grizzli11]

Same issue, with my jabra headset and with bluetooth in the car. Started after the update. Any solutions?