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Big Sur AirPods auto switching not working
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Well that sucks. Hopefully this comes soon.
Not to derail the topic, but I feel like this “works on iOS, but not on MacOS” is a recurring thing lately. I’m hoping the M series Macs end this trend (not that I have one yet, but eventually).
Yeah ?finally it's working for me since installing 11.2 yesterday.
This has never worked for me with my 2018 mac mini yet it works fine with iPhone and iPad pro....whats going on still after all this time???
I believe this will work with macOS Big Sur 11.3 or an AirPods firmware update in March because Apple updated the Feedback Assistant with Auto Switching category. Previously it was automatically displaying "Automatic Switching for AirPods is not included in this beta", now there is no warning and a specific category included.
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Damn! The 11.3 macOS update does not fix this 
They can't get it to work on the mac!
From Apple:
FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!!!!!!!!
They can't get it to work on the mac!From Apple:
AirPods automatic device switching
AirPods seamlessly switch between your active devices paired to the same iCloud account — making it even easier to use them with your Apple devices.FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!!!!!!!!
Haven't tried yet, how annoying though. They specifically touted this as fixed in the release notes!!!Damn! The 11.3 macOS update does not fix this
I bough a new AirPods Max and the same, auto switch simply sucks. For example I'm listening music in my MBP (11.4) and when I answer a call from iPhone (14.6) it changes perfectly but it doesn't change back to MBP if I end call and I start listening music again in MBP.
I read somewhere that auto switch works flawlessly between iOS and iPadOS but not on macOS. I'm still on Intel so I can't comment if this feature work better with Apple Silicon based computers...
So bad.
I read somewhere that auto switch works flawlessly between iOS and iPadOS but not on macOS. I'm still on Intel so I can't comment if this feature work better with Apple Silicon based computers...
So bad.
For the record what you describe is the same on my ARM MacBook Pro! Simply a poor implemented feature...
I've tried Intel 2016 & 2018 MacBook pros and a ARM 2020 MacBook Pro, with both applicable Powerbeat pros and AirPods Pro, it doesn't work. You have to hit the audio source in the menu bar every time on the MacBook Pro and select the headphones to switch back. "Switches from" but doesn't "switch back" automatically. Completely pointless to not allow this.