I was using my iPad mini 4 this morning when having a coffee at a café, I had to manually tell my iPad to use my earpods as it wouldn't select them by default. Then I had to tell them to switch back to my phone I have to do the same with my watch when I wish to listen to something off that.
It really is a pain in the ass. Mind you I do wonder how they would get it auto switching in a way that wouldn't be non problematic to the user. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Miller Sent: Monday, 23 October 2017 12:06 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: audio switching on AirPods with latest software? Hi. I recently got an email from an Apple advisor who talked to an engineer about that problem. The engineer told him that when voiceover is active on both devices, the phone takes priority over the watch. I do not like that intention, but unfortunately that’s how the behavior is supposed to be. They have put it as a feature request, to see if they could possibly fix it in the future version of iOS. Or watchOS. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 22, 2017, at 6:06 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > Yeah I'm wondering what things would be like with the watch Series 3 > and second gen earpods, Wish they'd release them in NZ > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall > Sent: Saturday, 21 October 2017 3:17 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: audio switching on AirPods with latest software? > > Thanks, everyone. I also have an iPhone 7 and Series 2 Watch, so it's not > like different hardware would make things work better. I was considering the > AirPods, since I do a lot of walking and workouts. Having my book on my > phone, but then having my Watch use the same headphones so I can hear workout > details or other information would be incredibly useful. I guess I'll keep > waiting, which isn't a bad thing, really; I'm hoping for more physical > control options, so maybe the second generation will improve on that and work > better for me. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 20, 2017, at 09:23, Jürgen Fleger <mailinglis...@fleger.net> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> for me it works somehow but not as expected. If I hear an audiobook on my >> iPhone and want to look what time it is, the watch sound comes across but I >> can only hear parts of the numbers of the watch. And then it regularly >> happens the audio router gets so confused that VoiceOver completely looses >> the voice or seems to switch randomely between the watch and the iPhone 7. >> So I’d rather see this feature disabled then not working correctly. Frankly >> said it’s annoying as it is at the moment. >> Jürgen >> >> >>> Am 20.10.2017 um 15:11 schrieb Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> Hi Alex, >>> Unfortunately, this is still not working the way it’s intended. If you have >>> your phone playing audio, and the watch makes it sound, the AirPods still >>> do not switch to that device. I reported this to Apple, yet they have no >>> clue why it’s behaving like this. They also said I’m the first person to >>> report that issue. Who knows when or if it will ever get fixed. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Oct 20, 2017, at 7:11 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, but especially AirPods users, Some time ago there was a >>>> discussion on the list about audio switching with AirPods. If you had them >>>> connected to a phone and a watch, for instance, they would play audio from >>>> the phone but would switch to playing watch audio when the watch made a >>>> sound. If my understanding is right, this is working in iOS 11 and watchOS >>>> 4. If I have all this right, I have some questions. If not, can someone >>>> explain what does happen with these three devices? Thanks. >>>> >>>> * When the watch plays a notification or other small sound, does it go >>>> through the AirPods, or is it only VO speech and music that does? If the >>>> former, doesn't it get annoying to have VO or media interrupted for a >>>> sound, given that the watch is supposed to help your devices be less >>>> interrupting? >>>> >>>> * Does this work on other devices? Would it work on Apple TV or a Mac? >>>> >>>> * Is there a way to turn the feature off? >>>> >>>> Thanks for any responses. The more I think about it, this kind of >>>> switching would be quite convenient in a lot of situations. 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