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bluetooth will generally "just work" when using two devices with the same manufacturer's chipset (this is not a rule by any measure though). in my experience,

bluetooth will generally "just work" when using two devices with the same manufacturer's chipset (this is not a rule by any measure though). in my experience, many bluetooth hiccups are caused by manufacturers having alternate readings of the bluetooth spec, which is a massive, hard to swallow behemoth. if you have two 1st party BTLE devices, you can expect to see bluetooth at its best. for example, apple airpods + iphone are probably as good as youll ever see a bluetooth pairing.

madeofpalk 9y ago
To be fair, AirPods + iPhone are using more than standard Bluetooth - Apple has their magic sauce on top to make things work super smoothly especially for the initial pairing.
- ztjio 9y ago
  You can still use AirPods with non-Apple Bluetooth devices. The pairing process isn't as braindead easy of course, but they do work. That implies they adhere to the standard at least to some degree. I personally only use my AirPods with Apple products so I can't speak to whether they perform less well on regular devices, but, I somehow doubt it. Beyond pairing, it seems the only remaining secret sauce is in the relay between the two earbuds and coordination between the to for which one actually connects to the source device. None of that matters for the BT spec.
digi_owl 9y ago
Never had much problems with BT while indoors. Outdoors, particularly walking down streets, may be a different matter. Tricky bit about BT is that it is actually designed to bounce of surfaces to some degree. This because in its most basic form, that of a wireless earbud connection, it may not be able to penetrate the human body. So to work around issues with devices being on different sides of a walking, talking, bag of water, it tried to make use of echos from nearby walls and other suitable surfaces. End result is that in a environment that is constantly shifting, like out on an open street, performance will be hit or miss from moment to moment. But when indoors and stationary i have been able to get a phone to talk to a tablet and earbuds, while the tablet also talks to a keyboard. And this was all kit from before BTLE...

madeofpalk 9y ago

To be fair, AirPods + iPhone are using more than standard Bluetooth - Apple has their magic sauce on top to make things work super smoothly especially for the initial pairing.

ztjio 9y ago
You can still use AirPods with non-Apple Bluetooth devices. The pairing process isn't as braindead easy of course, but they do work. That implies they adhere to the standard at least to some degree. I personally only use my AirPods with Apple products so I can't speak to whether they perform less well on regular devices, but, I somehow doubt it. Beyond pairing, it seems the only remaining secret sauce is in the relay between the two earbuds and coordination between the to for which one actually connects to the source device. None of that matters for the BT spec.

digi_owl 9y ago

Never had much problems with BT while indoors. Outdoors, particularly walking down streets, may be a different matter. Tricky bit about BT is that it is actually designed to bounce of surfaces to some degree. This because in its most basic form, that of a wireless earbud connection, it may not be able to penetrate the human body. So to work around issues with devices being on different sides of a walking, talking, bag of water, it tried to make use of echos from nearby walls and other suitable surfaces. End result is that in a environment that is constantly shifting, like out on an open street, performance will be hit or miss from moment to moment. But when indoors and stationary i have been able to get a phone to talk to a tablet and earbuds, while the tablet also talks to a keyboard. And this was all kit from before BTLE...