Bluetooth connection issues on iPhone 16

Unfortunately, this did not work for me

Found the problem, if you guys did choose to setup your iphone from a backup or from your old iphone then you all will get the dame issue, if you did setup as a new iphone then you wouldnt have gotten the bluetooth issue, there is a fix, just go to Settings-General and then scroll down to reset iPhone and then choose Reset network setting, after that phone wil reboot and your Bluetooth will work as it should be!

The term, 'Apple Genius' right now is the most Oxymoronic Oxymoron that ever Oxymoron'ed.

I spent HOURS at the Apple store with my iPhone 16 Pro, my Bluetooth device, and the equipment to demonstrate the problem.

The "Genius" spent that time wiping the phone blaming that perhaps one of the apps I have is causing the issue, testing it again, and then taking the phone to the back room to give it some satanic ritual and final test.

He comes back and says, "We will replace the phone, but we don't have the 1TB model in the store. We will have to order one in."

Then I asked

ONE.

SIMPLE.

QUESTION.

"Can you connect one of YOUR iPhone 16s to the Bluetooth device?"

He tried.

It didn't work either.

So, this has been and is a grandiose waste of time and resources for a matter which is still not resolved.

Apple: Fix this.

I upgraded from a 13 to a 16. 13 worked fine. I can't get 16 to keep a bluetooth connection for more than a second. I've removed and readded the device about a dozen times. Had 3 Apple support people walk me through steps that don't work. I don't want to lose all my wifi passwords since that doesn't seem to help. I don't want a phone that doesn't work. Apple needs to fix this now.

On iPhone 16 a device keeps disconnecting from Bluetooth. On my iPhone 12 Pro Max the same device has solid Bluetooth connection.

This iPhone 16 cost me $1377 in cdn dollars.

Please tell me what’s going on.

Tried the advice to rest network and, unfortunately, it made no difference.

Experiencing same here. Upgraded to a Pro 16 512GB (non-Max) from a 13 non-Pro. Rarely had issues if ever with BT connections on my 13. Yesterday I was trying to stream some music in my car wirelessly using BT and was getting static and random start/stop. Never was an issue with old phone.

Just now was trying to watch IG reels and YouTube via my Bose QC45 headphones, and gotthe same crap. Again this never happened with my 13.

i am not resetting my network as I do not want to lose all my wifi login info. Apple needs to fix this crap. Running 18.0.1 as well.

Me too… bummer. I hope they can fix this with a new update. Not sure if this is solvable or something we’re stuck with

I have spent hours every day for a week with Apple support and Verizon support. Nobody can fix this. Bluetooth and carplay just simply don't work on the iphone 16. and yes, I resent my network settings, lost all my passwords and it didn't help. I'm sorry I got the 16. it so far has been a total waste of time and money.

I spent over an hour on the phone with two different Apple techs on this issue (pairing my old Bluetooth items with my new iPhone 16 Pro) yesterday. It turns out it doesn’t have anything to do with your network settings.

Oddly enough, it has to do with the individual devices and their initial Bluetooth setup steps. I had three different Bluetooth speakers (a Sony, a Marshall Emberton, and a Bose), as well as three different pairs of earbuds (a pair of Sonys and two pairs of craptastic knockoffs) that wouldn’t pair with my new iPhone, even though my Apple Watch and car had no problem doing so.

I was certain it just had to be the phone and not the SIX different Bluetooth items, but when the first Apple guy couldn’t figure it out, his supervisor came on, asked me the model # of each of the items I couldn’t pair, looked up the pairing instructions, &, amazingly, one by one, each one paired with my new phone when I followed his directions!

Now, I’m no tech newbie, and I had no trouble pairing any of this stuff the first time around with my iPhone 13. I also know I hadn’t followed the detailed steps he read off to me, either — even though I was reading along to a copy of the manual he’d sent me, so I know he wasn’t making this stuff up!

So try following the pairing steps of your Bluetooth device precisely from the manual, even though you’ve never had to do that before. Apparently the iPhone 16’s a prissy little thing that wouldn’t think of accepting an invitation from a Bluetooth device unless she was introduced properly through a formal courtship in the front parlor.

ran into this issue as well. 16 Promax 512gb

Since having the iPhone 16 pro my AirPod pro 2 gens keep glitching, stuttering and disconnecting and sometimes won’t reconnect.

Did that.

Did not work.

But, now I need to renter ALL OF MY WIFI NETWORK PASSWORDS.

I'm still having trouble with Bluetooth connectivity with my new 16pro, even with all of the suggestions and multiple options. My airpods and carplay have it mostly figured out, as well as a speaker I use for work. But NONE of my echo dots will connect properly. A few of them won't connect at all, but the ones I do get the phone to recognize, it won't connect to via the Bluetooth settings on the phone - I have to ask Alexa to make the connection and, even then, it only manages to connect about 50% of the time. My home is so quiet rn. I'm sad and I can't figure out what to do. My 13pro had zero of these issues.

In my case, on the iPhone 16 Pro the bluetooth will see other devices it is paired with, but connecting will fail and require a restart of the phone to begin working again. I’ve experienced this with both my car and AirPods Pro. I tried “forget device” and pairing again with the car, and the car sees the phone and vice versa, but they are unable to complete the pairing process. On a separate occasion, the same thing happened with my AirPods, which could be seen on the phone as an option but when selected the icon spun for a few seconds then reverted to phone speaker. Restarting the phone fixed both of these cases… until it happens again.