Automatic Audio Switching

By Scott Duck, 18 December, 2020

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iOS and iPadOS

I have a set of second generation AirPods. My primary IOS device is a 2020 iPhone SE and I also still have my iPhone 6s. Both are running IOS 14. It is my understanding that I should be able to get the AirPods to automatically switch between the two devices but I have not ben able to get this to work. On both phones, I went into the settings for my AirPods and turned on automatic audio switching but it just doesn't work. I know that Voice Over audio will not prompt the switch but playing media or using Siri should cause the AirPods to switch automatically, right? However, the AirPods still connect to which ever device they were last connected to. If I want to switch from one device to the other, I have to go into control center on the device and select the AirPods as the audio route. Am I missing something? I have rebooted both phones and still got the same results.

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