In this tutorial you will learn how to disable the automatic connection of AirPods to iPad, Mac or MacBook. Stop your AirPods from switching automatically.
Apple puts great value on the synchronization and interaction of devices in the ecosystem, and headphones AirPods are no exception to this feature.
Un Apple Watch we can't use it if we don't have an iPhone to initiate it, MacBook and iMac can be unlocked with Apple Watch, music on HomePod / HomePod mini can be started only by simply bringing an iPhone to the touch surface, which can then run independently on the device, a iPad Pro we can use it as an extension of the MacBook screen / iMac by feature Sidecar without the need for a physical cable connection between the two devices, take the examples of synchronization and interactions between the devices Apple could continue. Most likely we will make a complete article about this aspect.
As for the headphones AirPods Pro / AirPods Max, thanks to the H1 chip, they support in addition to "Hey Siri”And faster synchronization with other devices Apple around us. So if we have headphones AirPods Pro put in your ears and you are in the vicinity of an iPhone, iPad and iMac or MacBook, it will be a "spectacle" of synchronizations. Not very user friendly. The mention is that all devices belong to the same account iCloud. Then the AirPods will be automatically connected to the iPad and other devices Apple.
AirPods Pro they will automatically connect to all devices and the audio content will come from the active device. But there is also the scenario in which you want to make a voice call / video from iPhone (with AirPods Pro in your ears) and have the unpleasant surprise that you can hear the music on your iPad or MacBook in your headphones. Automatically, without being asked whether or not you want to play music from another device Apple to transfer to AirPods Pro.
I personally went through this situation several times. Being called on the iPhone, the moment I put the headphones in my ears and took the call, the sound came from my iMac, where I was watching video content, instead of the sound coming from my iPhone where I was already in a conversation. The best idea was to disable the automatic connection of AirPods to iPad, Mac, MacBook.
If we use headphones AirPods Pro more for iPhone (calls, music, Siri), it is best to prevent them from automatically connecting to other devices Apple around us.
Compared to other wireless headphones, AirPods once initiated on a device Apple, the Bluetooth connection will be made with all the devices on which it is the same account iCloud. Deleting them from the list of Bluetooth connections on one device will also remove them from the others. So it is not a good idea. We can do something else to prevent the AirPods from automatically connecting to the iPad, MacBook or iMac.
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How to disable the automatic connection of AirPods to iPad
To disable the automatic connection of AirPods to iPad, iMac, MacBook or other devices Apple, all you have to do is follow the tutorial below. It is very simple.
1. Open the AirPods charging case and put the headphones in your ears.
2. Go on iPad (in case you no longer want the sound to be picked up automatically from this device) in: “Settings” → “Bluetooth“ and click on the sign "i" from "AirPods Pro". See the image below.
3. In the settings AirPods Pro from Bluetooth you have an option by which you can stop the automatic transfer of the sound from the iPod when you have headphones in your ears. It is about the option "Connect to This iPad“, Which by default is set to automatic mode.
4. Go to the option "Connect to This iPad” and change from “Automatically"In"When Last Connected to This iPad".
After changing this setting, the automatic connection of AirPods to iPad is no longer made, unless the headphones were last connected manually.
Basically, this option will automatically switch the sound from the iPad to the AirPods only if this was the last device to which the headphones were last connected.
I noticed that there are tutorial portals that give as a solution the deactivation of the option "Automatic Ear Detection". It doesn't really make sense to disable this option, especially since I noticed both with it enabled and with it disabled, AirPods behave the same. I mean, I tested "Automatic Ear Detection” disabled on iPhone 12 Pro, and the AirPods connected automatically as soon as I put them in my ears.
The iPad will still detect whether the headphones are active or not (in the ears) and we will be able to switch the sound from the iPad to the AirPods at any time and we can we still see the charge level of the case battery and headphones. Even if theoretically AirPods are no longer connected to the iPad.
If we manually switch the sound from the iPad to the AirPods, the next time the AirPods are reused, they will automatically reconnect to the iPad.
As I said at the beginning of the tutorial, it is a real "festival" of notifications if I had more devices Apple around and we put AirPods Pro in the ears. iMac and MacBook Pro I am no exception.
Voice calls regardless of whether they are made through FaceTime or not, they can be downloaded both on iPhone and on iMac / MacBook or iPad if you have them nearby when you are called. But if you only want to use the iPhone and take the call on the AirPods, I tell you from experience that it is best to disable the automatic switching of the sound on iMac on AirPods. More than once, I had to answer from off AirPods Pro and the call to switch itself when on iMac, when on the iPhone, neither I nor the conversation partner could understand anything.
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After you have seen how you can disable the automatic connection of AirPods to the iPad, let's see how you can do this on Mac as well.
How to disable the automatic connection of AirPods / AirPods Pro la iMac and/or MacBook
If you want the AirPods to stop automatically connecting to your Mac, the steps in the tutorial below will help you.
1. Open "System Preferences” and go to “Bluetooth".
2. In the list of Bluetooth devices and accessories connected to iMac / MacBook Pro, identify the AirPods headphones, connect them, then click on the button "Options” from their right.
3. In "Options"We have several options for AirPods Pro. From the microphone we want to use to the automatic connection to the device when the AirPods are placed in the ears.
As with the iPad, at “Connect to This Mac“ we will change from “Automatically“ in “When Last Connected to This Mac“. That is, in the same way that you stop the automatic connection of AirPods to the iPad.
headphones AirPods will no longer automatically connect to iMac or MacBook unless at their last use they were manually connected to this device.
Of course, both on the iPad and on Mac you can still easily transfer the sound from the internal speaker to AirPods / AirPods Pro.
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