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If you're not used to it you'd probably not be upset but having an iPhone and Airpods I'd be upset going back. I switch between my Mac and my iPhone daily so i
by twoleftfeets 6y ago
If you're not used to it you'd probably not be upset but having an iPhone and Airpods I'd be upset going back.
I switch between my Mac and my iPhone daily so if I had to re-pair to do that that would suck. My guess is many modern alternatives let you pair more than one device at a time which would be another possible solution (better or worse I don't know). Apple's switching sometimes fails for me and when it does it's infuriating since it can end up taking several minutes to fix when all I wanted to do is use the damn headphones.
The tapping is pretty useful too though the features I use (pause/play/skip to next song/backup) are also part of the bluetooth headphone standard so while I can't change them to something else my other bluetooth headphones have the same standard features that I actually use.
This is also one reason I didn't like the Airpod Pro's. Tap is replaced with squeeze. Squeeze requires 2 fingers, Tap works with a knuckle. I can tap with full hands. I can't squeeze it full hands so they effectively downgraded the product with pro.
- gumby 6y agoWell sure, you you may be and I certainly am all-in on the Apple hw train. However the OP says they are an android user. I guess I forgot to mention “tap for siri” but I’m not sure anyone would miss that much, and I hear android users have a better equivalent.
- Consultant32452 6y agoI switch from my Mac mini to Android phone and back regularly. I don't have to re-pair them.
- gumby 6y agoBluetooth is supposed to require that but not all implementations do. Apple has some additional out of band signalling so that if it is paired on one device you don’t have to do any handshaking to switch it to a device it’s never seen before as long as that device uses the same Apple ID. It’s nice, it reduces friction but as you say it’s a small. Ice to have at best.