Apple uses a modified version of Bluetooth
I mean my AirPods are fantastic. I think they’re great at playing my podcasts and I’ve not had any problems with random disconnects. Granted I’ve only ever used them with my phone but still.
MisterD@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Every version of Bluetooth since 1.0 has been a modified version of Bluetooth.
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
No one uses standard bluetooth. I’m pretty sure it can only transfer files in its base form
zik@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s absolutely not true. Bluetooth has many “profiles” which define different capabilities. Here’s a list of them. These are all defined in the official bluetooth standards.
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Thank you for the correction. I was indeed thinking of the profiles and misremembered how it all works.
flames5123@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Exactly. I just click a button on my laptop and it pairs. Start playing a video on my phone? It instantly jumps to my phone. No lag, no pairing waiting. Didn’t want that? Click the “connect” button on the laptop bc it just noticed that it jumped to my phone. My Apple TV notices when the AirPods are around. Did I ever have to pair them to the Apple TV? No! They’re connected to my account and can see the other devices easily.
boonhet@lemm.ee 1 week ago
This shit right here is why people buy Apple. You sell your soul to the devil and get convenience in return.
Don’t get me wrong - both my work laptop and my gaming PC run Linux. But my phone is still an iPhone and if I ever have need for a personal laptop again, it’s gonna be a Macbook Air again.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I get the same seamless switching on my cheap soundcore headphone, so it’s not just Apple devices that can do this. What Apple is good at is consistency in its reliability. On other ecosystem, it can be a hit and a miss.
flames5123@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Exactly. I fuck with software and device issues all day at work. I don’t want my free time to always be fucking with my phone. I was jailbroken for so long back in the day but it’s just a hassle now when I just want to go home and relax.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Shiny new AirPods + shiny new iPhone = minimal issues. Certainly preferable to cords for many, even if no dongle were required for many corded headphones.
In fact AirPods + iPhones have been all but rock solid for years, at least since first gen kinks were worked out… so five years worth of high reliability.
pixely@lemmy.world 1 week ago
My AirPod Pros have also worked perfectly on my Linux PCs - just as solid as connecting to an Apple device.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
That is great to hear. Do you still have to pay the Apple tax if you want the full experience of say using your computer with the AirPods, getting a phone call which pauses your music and having them automatically switch over to the phone until you end the call?