I really like my Apple Watch. I really like my AirPods. Nevertheless, attempting to make use of simply these two merchandise to go on a run continues to be an extremely irritating expertise. For years, I’ve run into the identical two points attempting to make this occur. After spending far an excessive amount of time attempting to make the combo work for me, I’m right here to beg Apple to lastly repair this so I can truly go on a run in peace.
To present some context to the setup, I’m at present operating with the Apple Watch Extremely 2 and the AirPods Professional 2 (USB-C model). All of my software program and firmware are updated, and I’m not operating any developer or public beta on both of those units.
That mentioned, the 2 points I’m about to explain should not new. I’ve purchased virtually each technology of Apple Watch and AirPods Professional and, each time, I’ve run into these similar points no matter what {hardware} or software program I used to be operating. So, this downside has adopted me for years.
So, what’s the meat? All of it comes down to 2 easy issues: mobile and Bluetooth.
Mobile doesn’t “simply work” because it ought to
The primary subject that I persistently run into is the power to make use of my Apple Watch Extremely’s mobile connection. I really like having the ability to have my watch linked to my mobile service whereas I’m on a run. If I need to stream a music, I can ask Siri to play something from Apple Music and I don’t have to have downloaded it forward of time — the identical goes for podcasts and audiobooks.
It’s additionally nice to remain in contact with my household and pals. If I’m on a very long term, I can nonetheless verify in on any messages that I’d need or want to reply to and even hop on a telephone name (with out the telephone) with simply my watch. After years of getting the non-cellular variations of the Apple Watch and having to make sure all the things is downloaded and figuring out I’ve no connection in any respect, going with the mobile model has been a game-changer that I wouldn’t ever go backward from.
Nevertheless, that solely works… if the mobile connection truly works. Nearly each different time I go away the home with simply my watch to go on a run, the mobile connection doesn’t work. I’ll use Siri by means of my AirPods to request a specific music for the run that I’m feeling and it’ll simply sit there like a deer within the headlights — similar with podcasts or audiobooks. The Nike Run Membership app gained’t obtain any of its guided runs. You get the thought.
That is so constant that I now anticipate having to take care of it each time I go away the home to go on a run. I cross my fingers that possibly, simply possibly, it’ll truly “simply work” every time (I nonetheless have religion), however, like clockwork, it fails, and I’ve to take care of it another time. While you spend greater than a non-cellular Apple Watch after which additionally pay an additional price every month by means of your service for the service, this shouldn’t be this horrible.
I don’t know if that is Apple’s or T-Cellular’s fault, however it’s utterly enraging and it must get fastened.
The Apple Watch and AirPods connection can be rubbish
The second downside I persistently run into when attempting to go on a run is audio points, the place my Apple Watch and AirPods freak out when I attempt to hearken to something. That is an particularly unusual subject being that Apple is extra in charge of this than the mobile connection.
The problem is identical and likewise happens virtually each time that I attempt to go on a run. I’ll choose a music, podcast, or audiobook to hearken to — that’s downloaded in fact (see above) — and my AirPods would principally have a seizure and begin skipping the audio far and wide.
This one is definitely a more recent downside. It by no means occurred once I owned older generations of the Apple Watch and AirPods, and solely popped up with the Apple Watch Extremely 2 and AirPods Professional 2. That makes me marvel if there’s some {hardware} subject that’s particular to those fashions, or a software program or firmware bug that Apple can repair simply.
Clearly, this subject makes listening to something whereas on the run principally unattainable, so this one actually stops you in your tracks. If mobile isn’t working, you possibly can not less than hearken to a music, podcast, or audiobook you downloaded to your Apple Watch. However, if the audio is simply skipping far and wide, you possibly can’t hearken to something, and who needs to hearken to NOTHING on a run? That’s psychopath habits.
I can repair this, however I shouldn’t must
So, how have I been in a position to repair this? There’s just one factor that has persistently labored for all of those years, and it’s everybody’s favourite reply from the IT division: flip it off and switch it on once more.
Yep, that’s what’s happening. Each time I go away my house energized for a run, I pray to Tim Cook dinner that issues work and, after they inevitably don’t, I slouch down on the curb and switch the watch off, flip it on, join my AirPods, after which go for the run.
Is it the worst factor on the earth? No. Is it horrible that I’ve to waste a couple of minutes earlier than every run fixing this? No. Is it ridiculous that this downside has existed for years, and Apple hasn’t fastened it? Sure.
So, I’m right here to beg Craig Federighi and John Ternus to determine and repair this subject. I see these folks in Apple advertisements throwing their AirPods on and operating out their door with simply their Apple Watch to crush a 5K. I need to be a type of folks, and I simply want Apple to let me.
