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I see you’ve never used AirPods between multiple devises. It’s become a lot better in the last year, but that’s only because it started out infuriating. QC3s w

by theNJR 6y ago

I see you’ve never used AirPods between multiple devises. It’s become a lot better in the last year, but that’s only because it started out infuriating. QC3s were much better than AirPods at multi device up until a recent update.

bognition 6y ago
Its wild to see such different experiences. I have QC35s and they've never paired correctly with my iPhone. Part of that, I suspect, is because you have to use the stupid Bose app to pair your BT headphones. Why Bose doesn't let you pair them using the standard system is beyond me. In the end I only use the QC35s on my laptop which is a total disappointment.
- theNJR 6y ago
  The app was essential in making it all work. Agreed that’s annoying.
- jskajakzkjx 6y ago
  I have the QC 35 II and I didn’t need the app to pair them. There’s a physical switch that you can hold to enable Bluetooth pairing.
- millzlane 6y ago
  You don't need the app what so ever unless you want to do a firmware update. Actually there is a standalone desktop app to do it.
- fpgaminer 6y ago
  > Why Bose doesn't let you pair them using the standard system is beyond me. The app collects data on what music you listen to and sends it back to Bose. So obviously they want to encourage you to install and use the app. Last I checked, at least. Also, there are _two_ Bose apps now, and which one you use depends on which Bose QuietComfort headphones you have. That I have no explanation for.
  - nielsbot 6y ago
    does it really?
    - mattstudio 6y ago
      It does! You can turn it off but by default it sends usage data back to Bose. To disable this go there hidden the setting under the profile icon in the top left then Privacy Policy.
- aplummer 6y ago
  I don't use my QC700s because I had so many pairing issues. I'm using Steelseries ones with a boom (great quality but I look like a helicopter pilot on zoom).
- ngokevin 6y ago
  My QC35s disconnects every 10 minutes on Windows desktops or Apple Macbooks. It's better wired but even wired I can hear it cut out for a bit sometimes.
pbronez 6y ago
Do you still get the magic if you're moving between iOS devices with different iCloud users? e.g. a personal device and a work device?
- diebeforei485 6y ago
  You don't get the magic. You can still connect to them. If your case is personal iPhone + work MacBook, it's probably easier to just use wired EarPods with the work MacBook. You'll get better microphone quality for meetings too.
  - onedognight 6y ago
    I find switching between a work MacBook (different Apple ID) and a personal iPhone and MacBook Air to work just fine. You have to use the Bluetooth Menu, but I haven’t seen any issues.
    - rawbot 6y ago
      I have the same use case, and you don't need to visit the Bluetooth menu. On OSX, you can use the volume icon and select the AirPods as output device to switch. On iOS, you can use the AirPlay quickmenu icon to select the AirPods and switch to them. I think this is much faster than going to either OSs bluetooth settings menu.
dawnerd 6y ago
My AirPod experience has gotten much worse since they added the auto switching feature. It just keeps jumping between my phone, iPad and MacBook. Ended up just disabling it.
- steve_adams_86 6y ago
  Interesting. I wonder what goes wrong for you. I’m always astonished that mine gets it right. I have the occasional mishap but it’s quickly and easily corrected. We have some google nest speakers and wow, they get it wrong so often despite being stationary. They can connect to one person, not another, drop connections, vanish for days until I care to reset them and get them back online. Sometimes the voice changes, haha. Airpods though, I can share them with my family and they work great between each of our devices. It’s one of those things where I consider myself lucky. As a software developer I don’t subscribe to the “no adults in the room” attitude, but I know this stuff is hard. I’d expect more people to have problems.
  - dawnerd 6y ago
    Hah, whats funny is my google speakers work 100% of the time. The switching itself technically works. The problem is it needs to be smarter to not switch away when audio is currently in use - especially if the mic is in use. One issue I've seen a few times is if I have something playing on my mac, and a video going on my iPad, they've gotten into a switch loop.
- MagerValp 6y ago
  Same. I found out the hard way that if your mom butt calls you phone they'll switch over even if you're in the middle of a Zoom meeting on the Mac. Using your phone while watching Netflix on the computer also became a minefield.
- tito 6y ago
  Toothfairy helps here https://c-command.com/toothfairy/ https://c-command.com/toothfairy/
- tito 6y ago
ogre_codes 6y ago
> I see you’ve never used AirPods between multiple devises. It’s become a lot better in the last year, but that’s only because it started out infuriating. Not the OP, but I've used AirPods since day one, switching between my iPad, iPhone, and Mac and they've been fine. I honestly have no idea what you are talking about. It's one of the things I loved about them from go, in fact a lot of people loved the way they switched between devices from the start. It was one of their most praised features.
- samatman 6y ago
  I had the same experience with iPad and iPhone and with my MacBook... sometimes. Mohave, at least on my machine, had buggy networking stacks, and sometimes the bluetooth would just stubbornly refuse to work, WiFi as well, and it would take a reboot to fix it. Happened every week or two, and I've never seen this problem with Catalina, or in fact any previous OSX. And I still get the thing where a device only picks up one AirPod and I have to stick them both back in the case to get stereo. Dramatically better than any bluetooth speaker I've had? Of course. But not perfect.
  - ogre_codes 6y ago
    > Dramatically better than any bluetooth speaker I've had? Of course. But not perfect. I agree, save I wouldn't describe it as dramatically better. My experience with bluetooth headphones switching between multiple devices prior to the AirPods was pretty much unusable. So the AirPods delivering "Not Perfect" was by comparison night and day.
- cactus2093 6y ago
  Same, airpods work great for me. Bose requires using their mobile app that is always very slow to open and sync and full of useless bloated features, and for whatever reason they've decided nobody should ever have more than 2 devices as a firm rule. So you want to use them with a work computer, home computer, and phone? Gotta spend 20 seconds opening the shitty app all the time and fiddling with which two are the currently connected devices. And then on top of that, even when exactly 2 devices are connected they frequently steal focus from each other (which may be MacOS behaving badly rather than the fault of Bose, but the end result is that I'm often connected to the wrong thing and my sound isn't working).
deepGem 6y ago
I am on BigSur and iOS 14. While watching a video, AirPods switch from Mac to iPhone when I get a call, but won't switch back after I disconnect the call. I have to manually do the switch back. So this is still not an optimal experience. I forget how this is on my Bose. I think video keeps playing with muted volume when you take the phone call so when you disconnect you just rejoin the video.
turtlebits 6y ago
Not sure if it's my ignorance, but doing the bluetooth dance is infuriating, even with AirPods. 5% of the time, I get correct pairing when powered on. 20% of the time, going to the Bluetooth menu -> Device -> Connect works. The rest of the time is a frustrating time having to remove/go into paring mode/re-pair to get it to work (AirPods included).
dzhiurgis 6y ago
Anecdotally my airpods never automatically switch, unless my partner decides to call her mom at 6AM

by theNJR 6y ago

bognition 6y ago

Its wild to see such different experiences. I have QC35s and they've never paired correctly with my iPhone. Part of that, I suspect, is because you have to use the stupid Bose app to pair your BT headphones. Why Bose doesn't let you pair them using the standard system is beyond me. In the end I only use the QC35s on my laptop which is a total disappointment.

theNJR 6y ago
The app was essential in making it all work. Agreed that’s annoying.
jskajakzkjx 6y ago
I have the QC 35 II and I didn’t need the app to pair them. There’s a physical switch that you can hold to enable Bluetooth pairing.
millzlane 6y ago
You don't need the app what so ever unless you want to do a firmware update. Actually there is a standalone desktop app to do it.
fpgaminer 6y ago
> Why Bose doesn't let you pair them using the standard system is beyond me. The app collects data on what music you listen to and sends it back to Bose. So obviously they want to encourage you to install and use the app. Last I checked, at least. Also, there are _two_ Bose apps now, and which one you use depends on which Bose QuietComfort headphones you have. That I have no explanation for.
- nielsbot 6y ago
  does it really?
  - mattstudio 6y ago
    It does! You can turn it off but by default it sends usage data back to Bose. To disable this go there hidden the setting under the profile icon in the top left then Privacy Policy.
aplummer 6y ago
I don't use my QC700s because I had so many pairing issues. I'm using Steelseries ones with a boom (great quality but I look like a helicopter pilot on zoom).
ngokevin 6y ago
My QC35s disconnects every 10 minutes on Windows desktops or Apple Macbooks. It's better wired but even wired I can hear it cut out for a bit sometimes.

pbronez 6y ago

Do you still get the magic if you're moving between iOS devices with different iCloud users? e.g. a personal device and a work device?

diebeforei485 6y ago
You don't get the magic. You can still connect to them. If your case is personal iPhone + work MacBook, it's probably easier to just use wired EarPods with the work MacBook. You'll get better microphone quality for meetings too.
- onedognight 6y ago
  I find switching between a work MacBook (different Apple ID) and a personal iPhone and MacBook Air to work just fine. You have to use the Bluetooth Menu, but I haven’t seen any issues.
  - rawbot 6y ago
    I have the same use case, and you don't need to visit the Bluetooth menu. On OSX, you can use the volume icon and select the AirPods as output device to switch. On iOS, you can use the AirPlay quickmenu icon to select the AirPods and switch to them. I think this is much faster than going to either OSs bluetooth settings menu.

dawnerd 6y ago

My AirPod experience has gotten much worse since they added the auto switching feature. It just keeps jumping between my phone, iPad and MacBook. Ended up just disabling it.

steve_adams_86 6y ago
Interesting. I wonder what goes wrong for you. I’m always astonished that mine gets it right. I have the occasional mishap but it’s quickly and easily corrected. We have some google nest speakers and wow, they get it wrong so often despite being stationary. They can connect to one person, not another, drop connections, vanish for days until I care to reset them and get them back online. Sometimes the voice changes, haha. Airpods though, I can share them with my family and they work great between each of our devices. It’s one of those things where I consider myself lucky. As a software developer I don’t subscribe to the “no adults in the room” attitude, but I know this stuff is hard. I’d expect more people to have problems.
- dawnerd 6y ago
  Hah, whats funny is my google speakers work 100% of the time. The switching itself technically works. The problem is it needs to be smarter to not switch away when audio is currently in use - especially if the mic is in use. One issue I've seen a few times is if I have something playing on my mac, and a video going on my iPad, they've gotten into a switch loop.
MagerValp 6y ago
Same. I found out the hard way that if your mom butt calls you phone they'll switch over even if you're in the middle of a Zoom meeting on the Mac. Using your phone while watching Netflix on the computer also became a minefield.
tito 6y ago
Toothfairy helps here https://c-command.com/toothfairy/ https://c-command.com/toothfairy/
tito 6y ago

ogre_codes 6y ago

> I see you’ve never used AirPods between multiple devises. It’s become a lot better in the last year, but that’s only because it started out infuriating. Not the OP, but I've used AirPods since day one, switching between my iPad, iPhone, and Mac and they've been fine. I honestly have no idea what you are talking about. It's one of the things I loved about them from go, in fact a lot of people loved the way they switched between devices from the start. It was one of their most praised features.

samatman 6y ago
I had the same experience with iPad and iPhone and with my MacBook... sometimes. Mohave, at least on my machine, had buggy networking stacks, and sometimes the bluetooth would just stubbornly refuse to work, WiFi as well, and it would take a reboot to fix it. Happened every week or two, and I've never seen this problem with Catalina, or in fact any previous OSX. And I still get the thing where a device only picks up one AirPod and I have to stick them both back in the case to get stereo. Dramatically better than any bluetooth speaker I've had? Of course. But not perfect.
- ogre_codes 6y ago
  > Dramatically better than any bluetooth speaker I've had? Of course. But not perfect. I agree, save I wouldn't describe it as dramatically better. My experience with bluetooth headphones switching between multiple devices prior to the AirPods was pretty much unusable. So the AirPods delivering "Not Perfect" was by comparison night and day.
cactus2093 6y ago
Same, airpods work great for me. Bose requires using their mobile app that is always very slow to open and sync and full of useless bloated features, and for whatever reason they've decided nobody should ever have more than 2 devices as a firm rule. So you want to use them with a work computer, home computer, and phone? Gotta spend 20 seconds opening the shitty app all the time and fiddling with which two are the currently connected devices. And then on top of that, even when exactly 2 devices are connected they frequently steal focus from each other (which may be MacOS behaving badly rather than the fault of Bose, but the end result is that I'm often connected to the wrong thing and my sound isn't working).

deepGem 6y ago

I am on BigSur and iOS 14. While watching a video, AirPods switch from Mac to iPhone when I get a call, but won't switch back after I disconnect the call. I have to manually do the switch back. So this is still not an optimal experience. I forget how this is on my Bose. I think video keeps playing with muted volume when you take the phone call so when you disconnect you just rejoin the video.

turtlebits 6y ago

Not sure if it's my ignorance, but doing the bluetooth dance is infuriating, even with AirPods. 5% of the time, I get correct pairing when powered on. 20% of the time, going to the Bluetooth menu -> Device -> Connect works. The rest of the time is a frustrating time having to remove/go into paring mode/re-pair to get it to work (AirPods included).

dzhiurgis 6y ago

Anecdotally my airpods never automatically switch, unless my partner decides to call her mom at 6AM