Working Around Bluetooth Audio Stuttering on a MacBook Air
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Working Around Bluetooth Audio Stuttering on a MacBook Air
I mainly use Bluetooth headphones at home for listening to music and podcasts. The three devices I primarily switch between are the 2nd generation AirPods Pro, Beats Studio Pro, and Sony WH-1000XM5. No matter which one I use, I always face the same issue when they are connected to my M2 MacBook Air: every so often, the audio randomly starts stuttering for a few seconds. Before I switched to the M2 MacBook Air as my main computer last year, I was using the M1 iPad Pro. I never had an issue with the iPad Pro or iPhone, so something was definitely up with this new MacBook Air.
As always, I started googling. I was obviously worried that something was wrong with my unit. However, I quickly realized how common of an issue this actually is. There aren’t enough words I could write in this sentence to prove to you how many Apple Community posts and Reddit threads mention a similar problem on Apple Silicon MacBooks. The symptoms vary, but they typically involve the same set of devices: game controllers, mice, and headphones are commonly affected by Bluetooth lag in these reports.