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Really? What phone OS are you on? On new Androids BT is wonderful, all the switching is in the tray menu. Turn on headphones, it connects, turn them off or us
by eternityforest 5y ago
Really? What phone OS are you on?
On new Androids BT is wonderful, all the switching is in the tray menu. Turn on headphones, it connects, turn them off or use the switch to go back.
I also don't ever turn Bluetooth off though, or even have the button to do so in my quick shortcuts, so things might be different if I did.
And I do remember older androids being annoying, since you couldn't switch away from the headphones in a hurry without turning it off.
But as is, I'm pretty much pro-3.5mmless and don't think I'd ever want to go back to cords.
- stephendause 5y agoNot the parent comment, but I have had a devil of a time getting Bluetooth headphones to work with Ubuntu. By contrast, my experience with Android has been the same as yours -- basically flawless, and I love it.
- eternityforest 5y agoSharing a Bluetooth between multiple devices does seem to be a weak point of the protocol, that only works when the device explicitly supports it like Logitech's fantastic mice. I expect PipeWire is going to fix this for the most part though. I haven't really used BT much on desktop in general though, I have a Fire stick for videos and phones are perfectly fine for music.
- bradknowles 5y agoBluetooth hell is far worse than any dependency hell I have ever seen. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. Bluetooth audio is just about the worst possible audio that could possibly exist and still survive. The proprietary 2.4ghz wireless audio formats from Logitech and HyperX are proof that wireless audio can work, and work well. Bluetooth exists as the counter example of how bad an audio format can be, and somehow still survive.