A new setting in iOS 26.1 solves an annoying speaker problem
Macworld
|January 2026
In iOS 26, you can now prevent audio from your AirPods from being automatically picked up by other Bluetooth speakers-including car speakers.
If you use AirPods (fave.co/4hWwnMA) or other Bluetooth headphones, it can happen that other Bluetooth speakers in the vicinity simply take over the audio. These then hijack the iPhone's audio stream, so to speak. In the worst-case scenario, others can now hear what was only intended for you—loudly playing in the speakers that have stolen the connection from your AirPods.
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