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📣 yawnxyz

Neighbors' kids game interfering with AirPods and JBL


I have this strange bluetooth interference happening- my AirPods Pro and JBL bluetooth speaker both get heavy interference from some neighbor's kids toy / game — simultaneously!

If I'm listening to music, I can clearly hear this kid's video game sound loudly blaring through my AirPods or JBL, on top of whatever I'm listening to. I didn't even know this was possible. The sounds sound like male/female voices saying "hello!" over and over, with paw scratching sounds. Sometimes it's another voice actor saying "yarr" or "shiver me timbers" (anyone have kids / know what this is). I think the voices are in response to a "click on X / get a response" kind of kids game, and the voices all sounds like they're made for a game for 5-9 year olds.

Sometimes this happens when I get home from a run, sometimes around dinner, and sometimes after midnight (kids play games that late?).

I haven't been able to track it down yet (asked a couple of neighbors with kids; they don't know or haven't experienced it, or don't know what game this is).

It's simultaneously very frustrating, very puzzling (didn't know Bluetooth could get overlapping sounds like this), and very hard to track down.

Does anyone have ideas on how I can track this problem down?


  👤 whelp_24 Accepted Answer ✓
Are you certain that you are the only one paired to the devices? Try unpairing all the devices and then pair quickly. Also, make sure you don't have some sort of spammy ad in a background tab or something. If not maybe there is something odd going on.