Re: AirPods: priority device list

On Jan 31, 2025 at 3:58:52 AM EST, "Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Ammammata <ammammata@tiscali.it> wrote:

AirPods are connected to the iPhone, the iPad and the computer
 
How can I set a priority device list when all of them are ON in the
same room?

 
You can't. This is a huge weakness of bluetooth on Apple.
 
Heading home from work with my mac, asleep in my backpack, and wanting to
listen to music on my phone, my headphones of course always choose to
connect to my mac rather the iphone in my hand. smdh.

I never have this problem. I don't understand why people leave Bluetooth on
all the time on everything.  Turn them all off, then turn on Bluetooth on the
one you want to use.

Self-created problem solved.

Why not have all of your TVs, radios, iPads/phones/whatever all on and all
playing various shows/movies/music and then ask "How do I choose which one to
listen to?".

Why not have every light in your house on all the time and then ask "Why can't
I sleep at night?"

The answer in each case is obvious.

I have 2 Macs, 2 iPhones, 3 iPod Touchs and more iPads than you can imagine.
Leaving Bluetooth on all the time on all of them is not needed (and is an
extra battery drain) and would create a house of chaos.

Self-created problem.

Part of my routine is that after every iOS update I turn Bluetooth off. Why
Apple thinks it needs to be on 24/7/365 is a mystery to me.  That it gets
turned on after every iOS update is intrusive and irritating.  Updates should
not change ANY of my settings.