How to Stop Your AirPods Pro From 'Quick Switching' Between Devices
Iâm a huge fan of iOS 14, and since I own a pair of AirPods Pro, Iâm also loving the new âQuick Switchingâ enhancement that creates seamless transitions when Iâm using the fancy earbuds with different Apple devices. No longer do I have to fuss with Bluetooth settings to make sure my AirPods are connected to the right device; they just switch over to whichever one I am using automatically.
Hereâs the thing, though. While this feature is incredibly convenient, I can definitely see moments when you might not want your AirPods Pro switching back and forth. Perhaps youâre streaming music from your iPhone and you want to read an article on your iPad, but an autoplaying video BS yoinks away your audio feed from your phone to your tablet. Or maybe you just want to quickly look at a YouTube video with captions on. With quick switching, that means saying goodbye to the audio feed from your iPhone.
There are two methods to get around this treatment. One is quick and easy, with caveats, and the other is slightly less easy, but permanent.
The easy way to switch your AirPods Pro audio back to your original device
If youâre using one device, say, an iPhone, and you pick up another device thatâs logged in with the same Apple ID as the first and start playing audio on it, you should see this little pop-up appear on your first device:
Hitting that blue return arrow will restore your audio to the previous device, but it doesnât always appear. Iâve swapped my AirPods Pro between my iPhone and iPad plenty of times, and Iâve only seen that little blue icon when using the Music app on my iPhone. If Iâm listening to Spotify, for example, I donât get any notification whatsoever on my iPhone that the sound has shifted to another deviceâjust a notification on my iPad, and without a quick way to âsendâ the audio feed back to the original device.
Itâs likely that this little feature only works (for now?) when youâre listening to content via Appleâs apps. Otherwise, if you want to block automatic switching, youâll have to dig a little deeper.
The permanent way to keep your AirPods Pro from switching devices
If you need to take a break from the handy device-switching feature on your AirPods Pro, you can always manually disable it. With your AirPods Pro in your ears (one or both, doesnât matter), tap on Settings > Bluetooth > the âiâ icon next to your AirPods Pro. From there, scroll down a bit until you see âConnect to This iPhone,â and tap on it.
Youâll then see this screen, which will default to âAutomatically.â Switch it to âWhen Last Connected to This iPhone,â which should disable the quick-switching feature:
Youâll now have to manually swap your AirPods Pro between your Apple devices (via their Bluetooth menus), but you can always change the setting back once youâre ready for Apple to manage the handoffs again.
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