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I’m waiting for some airpods to be delivered today so this is painful to read. I don’t mind a few ms of latency but are we talking noticeably bad latency? The o

by m0xte 6y ago

I’m waiting for some airpods to be delivered today so this is painful to read. I don’t mind a few ms of latency but are we talking noticeably bad latency? The only experience I have is with BT pairing with my car for music. I don’t even use voice in the car.

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spongeb00b 6y ago
For playing music or even calls you won’t notice any difference. The problem is trying to use and app like GarageBand where you need instant response to instrument control. In fact, first time you open GarageBand and it detects you’re using Bluetooth it’ll give you that warning.
- m0xte 6y ago
  Thanks. Just arrived and saw that. It’s not that bad though. I’m not using them for GarageBand though. Phew :)
- enriquto 6y ago
  > For playing music What do you mean by "playing"? I play the digital piano with wired headphones, and with bluetooth sound it is absolutely unplayable due to the latency.
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  - cma 6y ago
    Playing as in pressing play and listening. He was separately talking about interactive playing with the GarageBand example.
cfn 6y ago
In my experience it varies a lot. I don't have airpods but I have some other wireless earbuds without any noticeable latency. Later I bought a different model from the same manufacturer (Anker) and they are useless for video of any kind. I also have a pair of Sony wireless headphones that have no latency I can discern.
bspammer 6y ago
Watching videos and listening to music is fine, devices usually delay video playback to match the latency so you don't notice any difference. The latency problem really only matters for when you need instant feedback for your actions: playing games, editing audio etc. Even then you get used to it.
sethammons 6y ago
I only notice it on my AirPods when I pause what I’m listening to. I have “double tap right pod” as toggle play/pause. “Tap tap” and wait, often I’ll “tap tap” again just as it pauses only then to have caused it to play again. I have to trust that my initial tap tap registered.

by m0xte 6y ago

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spongeb00b 6y ago

For playing music or even calls you won’t notice any difference. The problem is trying to use and app like GarageBand where you need instant response to instrument control. In fact, first time you open GarageBand and it detects you’re using Bluetooth it’ll give you that warning.

m0xte 6y ago
Thanks. Just arrived and saw that. It’s not that bad though. I’m not using them for GarageBand though. Phew :)
enriquto 6y ago
> For playing music What do you mean by "playing"? I play the digital piano with wired headphones, and with bluetooth sound it is absolutely unplayable due to the latency.
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- cma 6y ago
  Playing as in pressing play and listening. He was separately talking about interactive playing with the GarageBand example.

cfn 6y ago

In my experience it varies a lot. I don't have airpods but I have some other wireless earbuds without any noticeable latency. Later I bought a different model from the same manufacturer (Anker) and they are useless for video of any kind. I also have a pair of Sony wireless headphones that have no latency I can discern.

bspammer 6y ago

Watching videos and listening to music is fine, devices usually delay video playback to match the latency so you don't notice any difference. The latency problem really only matters for when you need instant feedback for your actions: playing games, editing audio etc. Even then you get used to it.

sethammons 6y ago

I only notice it on my AirPods when I pause what I’m listening to. I have “double tap right pod” as toggle play/pause. “Tap tap” and wait, often I’ll “tap tap” again just as it pauses only then to have caused it to play again. I have to trust that my initial tap tap registered.