>The OS has special case Airpod code. How would another manufacturer replicate this? I don't think they could without Apple's ecosystem. They could if Apple wo

>The OS has special case Airpod code. How would another manufacturer replicate this? I don't think they could without Apple's ecosystem. They could if Apple would license out the W1 chip, or even sell dongles with W1 functionality that convert the 3.5mm jacks in headphones into bluetooth (like one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Receiver-TaoTronics-Hands-Free-Cancelling/dp/B0728GP9XH?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B0728GP9XH https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Receiver-TaoTronics-Hands-F...). Of course they never will, but a man can dream.