AirPods activate Siri on phone speaker instead of AirPod

[sissified84]

I have a new pair of AirPods connected to a 2 month old iPhone SE. I really enjoy them most of them, but I have noticed that on occasion Siri works incorrectly. I double tap on the AirPod to activate Siri, it hesitates, and then activates through the phone speaker instead of the AirPod. I have noticed that most of the time it happens while I am driving with Do Not Disturb While Driving turned on, but that may only be because I activate Siri with a double tap much more often while driving than any other time. Also, sometimes when the AirPods are connected and I receive a call, I can't hear anything. The phone shows that the audio is toggled to the AirPods, but nothing. I have learned that if I toggle to the speaker phone and then back to AirPods, it starts working correctly. I have (1) restarted my phone, (2) forgot the AirPods and set them up again, and (3) ensured that I am running the latest iOS version and current AirPod firmware, but the results are the same. Any thoughts or insight would be appreciated. Thank you!

 

[sissified84]

I have a new pair of AirPods connected to a 2 month old iPhone SE. I really enjoy them most of them, but I have noticed that on occasion Siri works incorrectly. I double tap on the AirPod to activate Siri, it hesitates, and then activates through the phone speaker instead of the AirPod. I have noticed that most of the time it happens while I am driving with Do Not Disturb While Driving turned on, but that may only be because I activate Siri with a double tap much more often while driving than any other time. Also, sometimes when the AirPods are connected and I receive a call, I can't hear anything. The phone shows that the audio is toggled to the AirPods, but nothing. I have learned that if I toggle to the speaker phone and then back to AirPods, it starts working correctly. I have (1) restarted my phone, (2) forgot the AirPods and set them up again, and (3) ensured that I am running the latest iOS version and current AirPod firmware, but the results are the same. Any thoughts or insight would be appreciated. Thank you!

For others having a similar problem... After returning the AirPods for a new pair and experiencing the exact same problem, I followed the advice from other threads to disable bluetooth in the Tile app. With bluetooth in Tile disabled, the problem hasn't happened once over the past two days.