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It's weird because I've had the BEST experience with apple in terms of shared experiences. I go to share audio on my iphone, then I share with my wifes airpods.

It's weird because I've had the BEST experience with apple in terms of shared experiences. I go to share audio on my iphone, then I share with my wifes airpods. Seems to work fine.

afavour 5y ago
Everyone is different, I suppose. A shared TV watching experience where we're both plugged into our own isolated audio and can't hear each other talk would be an awful experience for me.
- a4isms 5y ago
  Not only is everyone different, but we have different needs at different times. My partner and I use shared audio infrequently, but when we need it, we need it. Our use case is watching something together in bed while the kids are going to sleep. We put our AirPods Pro in “Transparent” mode, which allows us to converse with each other just fine. To say that “Your Mileage May Vary” would be putting it mildly. I accept that this feature may not be useful for you, in exactly the same way that Dark Mode in IOS is not useful for me, but seems to have its fans.
- crazygringo 5y ago
  > and can't hear each other talk That's what transparency mode is for. You can hear each other perfectly. You don't need noise cancellation as much when you're at home. It's more for the subway, planes, etc.
- slownews45 5y ago
  Actually apple has a setting for this (at least on the pro's) which is called transparency. Works surprisingly well. You get the TV / movie audio in ear, and then any other audio from outside. We use it to keep an ear out for kids (bathroom breaks / falls off bed or whatever) and to chat with each other. But yes - some people do hate apple products - so different uses I think for different folks. My one MAJOR complaint is the volume of the mode switch sound on these things is way way too loud! Perhaps there is a setting for that I haven't found. Bong! in the ear is super annoying. Make it a click or something.
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It's weird because I've had the BEST experience with apple in terms of shared experiences. I go to share audio on my iphone, then I share with my wifes airpods. Seems to work fine.

afavour 5y ago

Everyone is different, I suppose. A shared TV watching experience where we're both plugged into our own isolated audio and can't hear each other talk would be an awful experience for me.

a4isms 5y ago
Not only is everyone different, but we have different needs at different times. My partner and I use shared audio infrequently, but when we need it, we need it. Our use case is watching something together in bed while the kids are going to sleep. We put our AirPods Pro in “Transparent” mode, which allows us to converse with each other just fine. To say that “Your Mileage May Vary” would be putting it mildly. I accept that this feature may not be useful for you, in exactly the same way that Dark Mode in IOS is not useful for me, but seems to have its fans.
crazygringo 5y ago
> and can't hear each other talk That's what transparency mode is for. You can hear each other perfectly. You don't need noise cancellation as much when you're at home. It's more for the subway, planes, etc.
slownews45 5y ago
Actually apple has a setting for this (at least on the pro's) which is called transparency. Works surprisingly well. You get the TV / movie audio in ear, and then any other audio from outside. We use it to keep an ear out for kids (bathroom breaks / falls off bed or whatever) and to chat with each other. But yes - some people do hate apple products - so different uses I think for different folks. My one MAJOR complaint is the volume of the mode switch sound on these things is way way too loud! Perhaps there is a setting for that I haven't found. Bong! in the ear is super annoying. Make it a click or something.

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