Apple’s iPhone 16e has solely been out for per week and there’s already a significant challenge that has early adopters on the lookout for a repair. In accordance with posts on the Apple Dialogue Discussion board and Reddit with greater than 60 feedback and 100 “Me too” reactions, Apple’s new telephone has a nagging audio challenge: When you’re enjoying audio by any Bluetooth headphones, the sound stutters a number of occasions per tune for a second or two earlier than persevering with to play.
Apple is now conscious of the issue, experiences a person on the Apple Dialogue Boards, who put in a profile on his affected iPhone and documented the problem for Apple’s engineering workforce. Whereas there are reports that Apple is engaged on an in-house Bluetooth/Wi-Fi chip, the iPhone 16e nonetheless makes use of the half provided by Broadcom.
iOS 18.3.2 doesn’t assist
Apple this week launched an replace to iOS 18.3.2, however affected customers who put in the replace have been confronted with the identical issues. Some customers additionally report that their native Apple assist changed the gadgets with a brand new telephone, however the challenge continued, which signifies that it’s a software program challenge. Some customers have reported the problem on different iPhone fashions, nevertheless it doesn’t seem like as widespread because the iPhone 16e.
These affected appear to have recognized a typical issue: Apparently, the sound playback within the Bluetooth headphones begins to “stutter” when the iPhone 16e can also be related to a different gadget through Bluetooth. In a number of circumstances, it was a health tracker, for one more person, it was an Oura ring.
Apparently, the bug can be mounted within the upcoming iOS 18.4, a number of contributors within the boards report no connection issues with the beta model of iOS 18.4.
This text initially appeared on our sister publication Macwelt and was translated and localized from German.
