A New Iphone Setting Will Stop Carplay From Stealing Your Airpods’ Audio

Turn this action connected to forestall different wireless devices from stealing audio from your headphones.

If you’ve ever recovered yourself successful a business wherever nan euphony you’re enjoying successful your AirPods abruptly starts playing done your car’s speakers erstwhile you commencement it, you’re apparently not alone. Apple has introduced a elemental solution to nan problem successful iOS 26, arsenic spotted by MacRumors, that should besides activity pinch immoderate different brace of wireless headphones connected to your iPhone.

Open your iPhone’s Settings app and navigate to nan General > AirPlay & Continuity section. In location you’ll find a ‘Keep Audio pinch Headphones’ action you tin move connected that keeps nan audio playing done your wireless headphones moreover aft your iPhone connects to devices for illustration Bluetooth speakers aliases CarPlay-compatible stereos.

Having nan action turned connected doesn’t permanently forestall you from listening to euphony aliases podcasts done your car’s stereo. You tin move to listening done your vehicle’s stereo astatine immoderate clip utilizing iOS’ Control Center aliases wrong nan CarPlay interface, and you’ll still person entree to different CarPlay features while nan audio from your telephone is routed to your headphones.