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Not at all a fanboy comment. Apple uses proprietary extensions to Bluetooth in order to facilitate very quick and easy device pairing. If you open an AirPods c

by brirec 6y ago

Not at all a fanboy comment. Apple uses proprietary extensions to Bluetooth in order to facilitate very quick and easy device pairing. If you open an AirPods case while it’s near an unlocked iPhone, iPad, or Mac, an alert pops up asking if you want to pair to it. (Or, if necessary, letting you know that you grabbed the wrong AirPods case, and it’s paired to someone else’s equipment). Then, the action of pairing causes Apple to associate the AirPods themselves with your Apple ID. If you have more than one device signed into the same iCloud account, all of them will effectively be paired to those AirPods, and you do not need to actively do anything in order to connect to them, and standard system volume controls gain the option to switch output devices (with the AirPods listed). What non-AirPods headset pairs and switches devices that seamlessly and easily?

banachtarski 6y ago
> and it's vanishingly unlikely that Google got this right. this is the fanboy part. I'm not a google fanboy (I own none of their products), but you can frame your comment differently (aka more neutrally). Just say what it is about the air pods you like, ask if google's pixel buds do the same, or just research it yourself and provide information as opposed to speculation. What makes it a fanboy comment is the bias, and you've still done nothing to dissuade me from believing you possess it.
- tfehring 6y ago
  That comment was informed by my experience with Google devices more than by my experience with Apple. I don't own airpods and have only owned one Apple device in my life (my current iPhone). But Android devices - across various OEMs including Google, and both stock Android and CM - have always seemed to make simple things far more annoying than they need to be, in my experience. Same with Chromecast. (FYI, I'm the GP commenter but not the one you're replying to directly.)
- scarface74 6y ago
  That’s like saying it’s vanishingly unlikely that Google will get a chat app right. It’s precedent.

by brirec 6y ago

banachtarski 6y ago

> and it's vanishingly unlikely that Google got this right. this is the fanboy part. I'm not a google fanboy (I own none of their products), but you can frame your comment differently (aka more neutrally). Just say what it is about the air pods you like, ask if google's pixel buds do the same, or just research it yourself and provide information as opposed to speculation. What makes it a fanboy comment is the bias, and you've still done nothing to dissuade me from believing you possess it.

tfehring 6y ago
That comment was informed by my experience with Google devices more than by my experience with Apple. I don't own airpods and have only owned one Apple device in my life (my current iPhone). But Android devices - across various OEMs including Google, and both stock Android and CM - have always seemed to make simple things far more annoying than they need to be, in my experience. Same with Chromecast. (FYI, I'm the GP commenter but not the one you're replying to directly.)
scarface74 6y ago
That’s like saying it’s vanishingly unlikely that Google will get a chat app right. It’s precedent.