Airpods disconnecting when garmin connect is enabled

Question

My airpods keeps disconnecting when garmin connect is enabled in bluetooth settings. I cant use both devices, this is annoying. 
 Forerunner 165 
 ios 27.0.1

Garmin - PW · Answer

Please try the following steps to resolve this. 
 
 Unpair/forget the Garmin watch from iPhone settings and GCM. 
 Forget the Bluetooth headphones from iPhone settings. 
 Reset iPhone Network Settings: Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset > Reset Network Settings (This restarts the system's Bluetooth configuration.) 
 Power cycle both the iPhone and the Garmin watch 
 Re-pair the watch and headphones. 
 
 If your Airpods continue to disconnect, please reply back.**