Marco ArmentFeb 4, 2023

I love when I put in my AirPods, click the stem to presumably start playing from the phone in my pocket, and instead, music begins playing on my Mac in the next room…

which I've told it NOT to auto-connect to…

and it plays through the computer's speakers, not even through the AirPods!

(I wish there was a global setting to tell a pair of AirPods, “Always reconnect to the last-used device. Never ever ever automatically switch.”)

Show threadMatthew HammFeb 4, 2023
@marcoarment Mine randomly connect to a mystery device but seemingly only when I’m outside. So I’ll be mowing the lawn and as I approach the house they’ll disconnect from my phone, connect to something else, and then reconnect to my phone as I’m mowing back the other way.
I believe I have everything set to not auto connect and it only happens in that scenario, so I can’t figure out what the offending device is.
Show threadScott Davidson 🎸📝🕹️
@brainfed @marcoarment Sounds like RF interference in your yard. This is a big problem right now at truck stops since all the routing, logs, and communication tech in a semi have gone to a combination of Bluetooth and cell signals.
Feb 5, 2023 at 2:13amWeb
Show threadMatthew HammFeb 5, 2023
@ScottXD @marcoarment That’s interesting! And makes more sense than anything I came up with so far.