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My headphones (Plantronics) will connect to two devices at the same time. The controls interact with whichever was playing more recently, and an existing strea
by andrewaylett 10y ago
My headphones (Plantronics) will connect to two devices at the same time. The controls interact with whichever was playing more recently, and an existing stream takes priority over a new one. So I can quite happily stop my music from my phone and start up a call from my laptop, then switch back, without re-pairing at all.
If I did need to re-pair, it's as simple as picking the phone from the phone or laptop's recently-used devices list. I usually only have to do that if the phone has decided it wants to keep talking to my headphones while I'm in the car. Pairing from scratch with the phone is as simple as holding the phone to one of the ear cups, but I've only had to do that once and I can't remember which one now.
- ishields 10y agoIt's less about the process of pairing being painful and more about the amount of time it takes to pair. I also use a plantronics headset sometimes and it usually takes somewhere from like 15-60 seconds to actually pair up and have audio coming through. Vs the 2 seconds it takes for me to plug in a wired pair
- andrewaylett 10y agoThe Backbeat Pros have a "nice" start-up chime. If you push the play button while it's playing that, it'll start playing music once the chime ends. Less effort and delay than untangling the cable and plugging it in (which is an option: I still keep the cable in my bag). I'm also enjoying auto-pause when I take the headphones off -- no more fiddling for the pause button when someone wants to talk to me.