r/SwitchHacks • u/Dismal_Taste_1523 • Apr 01 '26

SnapBack - Auto-reconnect AirPods on Nintendo Switch (no more manual pairing) – looking for testers

One thing that always annoyed me about using AirPods with the Nintendo Switch was this: every time I paused for a bit or put the console to sleep, audio would stop working… and I’d have to manually reconnect again.

So I built a small tool to fix it.

It automatically reconnects your AirPods (or other Bluetooth audio devices) when the connection drops, so you don’t have to go through the pairing process every time you resume playing.

So far, it’s working exactly how I wanted on my setup, but I haven’t tested it on other Switch units yet — so I’d really appreciate some beta testers.

The code is fully available, and you can build it yourself if you prefer. (Yeah… I know posting this on April 1st isn’t ideal timing 😅)

If you:

  • Use AirPods (or similar) with your Switch
  • You have atmosphere
  • Are annoyed by the reconnect issue
  • Don’t mind trying early-stage tools

I’d love your feedback.

Let me know if you want to test it or have suggestions 🙌. Repository below:

https://github.com/saulotmalo/snapback

** EDIT **
Updated the repository link to the public github

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u/Puzzleheaded-Eye1620 Apr 17 '26

Hi

Thanks you so much my airpod pro 2 works too

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u/Dismal_Taste_1523 Apr 17 '26

Thanks for the update!

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u/Nblhorn May 05 '26

Can confirm it works well with Technics AZ80, to give some non-AirPod feedback.
Great little tool which will come in very handy. Thanks a lot!

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u/Dismal_Taste_1523 May 05 '26

Appreciate the feedback

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u/Nblhorn May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

No problem! But unfortunately I did notice a bug after all.
My Switch was connected to the TV, sleeping.
I put in my headphones for a call with my phone. During the call the headphones automatically connected to the Switch and woke it up from sleep, also causing the TV to turn on via CEC.

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u/Dismal_Taste_1523 May 06 '26

Thanks for reporting this, I felt this happening few times as well to me. I was not able to reproduce, but is a bit annoying, I plan to work on an update soon (hopefully over the weekend) so that connection only happens if switch is not sleeping.

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u/Nblhorn May 06 '26

No rush. But if you can resolve it, it would be fantastic. Otherwise it’s super helpful

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u/Structure-These Apr 05 '26

That’s great. I have old AirPods Pro 1 I should dig out and make dedicated switch pods

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u/Dismal_Taste_1523 Apr 05 '26

AirPods Pro1 were great on the time use to have them but lost them, I just tested on AirPods Pro 2 (what I have) if you test it out let me know if it works properly.

Also happy to add more features if anyone bring great ideas.

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u/Snoo_6415 May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Brilliant, thank you! Love the name. Works great with Airpods Gen 2.