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So, no one has touched on a technical limitation. Bluetooth sucks for going through water. (If you like The Maths http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/microwave_water.h
by conception 7y ago
So, no one has touched on a technical limitation. Bluetooth sucks for going through water. (If you like The Maths http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/microwave_water.html http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/microwave_water.html )
Guess what people are mainly made of?
So, if you are standing between a BT transmitter and a BT receiver a lot of magic needs to happen to get the data moving between the two.
People love Airpods. People often put their phones in their pockets. A lot of water in the way.
If you notice BT being particularly terrible, look for how water might be blocking the signal.
This, of course, isn't the cause of all BT problems, but knowing this fundamental really helps troubleshoot when you run into a lot of them.
- notyourwork 7y agoI noticed this when in dense cities bluetooth is much worse when phone is in my back pocket. Moving it to front pocket makes a big difference.
- K2L8M11N2 7y agoWiFi also uses 2.4 GHz (or even higher in newer versions) and it seems to be much more resilient. Is it really a matter of the underlying electromagnetic link?
- yuhc 7y agoMostly bc WiFi has stronger signal, and the protocol is designed for higher speed and better stability.