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Yeah, it did. Your point?

scarface_74 3y ago
You can seamlessly share standard Bluetooth devices between 5 devices just by pairing it to one like I do with my iPhone, iPad, Watch, MacBook and AppleTV and it automatically switches?
- tonoto 3y ago
  "seamlessly". I've had trouble between just an Apple-branded mobile phone and their branded all-in-one computer when it comes to the Apple-branded wireless headphones. The ping-pong between active sound channel/device had me disable the "seamless" handover, as it were a subpar experience for me. Better to manually decide which device that actively "owns" the channel.
- smoldesu 3y ago
  Yeah. Multipoint connection has been a part of the Bluetooth spec since 4.0. Compatible devices will connect to anything available nearby and negotiate audio to whichever device pressed 'play' last. No iCloud mumbo-jumbo required, it was smoother than the Airpods experience when I was using it.
  - scarface_74 3y ago
    And how many “multipoint” devices support an unlimited number of devices? I currently have 2 AppleTVs, a MacBook, iPad, an iPhone and an Apple Watch all paired to my AirPods . What’s the pairing process like? Mine is just - sign into iCloud and my AirPods show up.
    - vetinari 3y ago
      I have JBL headphones currently paired with Samsung phone, tablet, Intel NUC running Ubuntu and MacBook Pro running macOS. No problem, no cloud login necessary.
      - scarface_74 3y ago
        That’s still less than the 6 devices I have..
        smoldesu 3y ago
        Next you're going to ask how high into the air I can piss?
        scarface_74 3y ago
        No, it’s still a substandard “solution” and not exactly a great argument. I told you the devices I use with my AirPods.
        donkeybeer 3y ago
        And how is he supposed to tell how it will work with your devices? He already said examples of how many devices he has and that it works with, and you did the same for yours. You haven't presented any standard spec and pointed to the part where the spec states the figure that lists the max number of devices. He shared some spec, I am sure you could find some number there.
        scarface_74 3y ago
        Because I know how to Google “how many devices does the JBL headphones support”
        donkeybeer 3y ago
        Apparently 8 with some gotchas? But in principle this should not be gated to a hardware, what is stopping one from making a bluetooth device that muxes all the signals and sends it to the audio device? Is there any reason thats not happening other than greed of the headphone makers to try to upsell "higher models"?

You can seamlessly share standard Bluetooth devices between 5 devices just by pairing it to one like I do with my iPhone, iPad, Watch, MacBook and AppleTV and it automatically switches?

tonoto 3y ago
"seamlessly". I've had trouble between just an Apple-branded mobile phone and their branded all-in-one computer when it comes to the Apple-branded wireless headphones. The ping-pong between active sound channel/device had me disable the "seamless" handover, as it were a subpar experience for me. Better to manually decide which device that actively "owns" the channel.
smoldesu 3y ago
Yeah. Multipoint connection has been a part of the Bluetooth spec since 4.0. Compatible devices will connect to anything available nearby and negotiate audio to whichever device pressed 'play' last. No iCloud mumbo-jumbo required, it was smoother than the Airpods experience when I was using it.
- scarface_74 3y ago
  And how many “multipoint” devices support an unlimited number of devices? I currently have 2 AppleTVs, a MacBook, iPad, an iPhone and an Apple Watch all paired to my AirPods . What’s the pairing process like? Mine is just - sign into iCloud and my AirPods show up.
  - vetinari 3y ago
    I have JBL headphones currently paired with Samsung phone, tablet, Intel NUC running Ubuntu and MacBook Pro running macOS. No problem, no cloud login necessary.
    - scarface_74 3y ago
      That’s still less than the 6 devices I have..
      - smoldesu 3y ago
        Next you're going to ask how high into the air I can piss?
        scarface_74 3y ago
        No, it’s still a substandard “solution” and not exactly a great argument. I told you the devices I use with my AirPods.
        donkeybeer 3y ago
        And how is he supposed to tell how it will work with your devices? He already said examples of how many devices he has and that it works with, and you did the same for yours. You haven't presented any standard spec and pointed to the part where the spec states the figure that lists the max number of devices. He shared some spec, I am sure you could find some number there.
        scarface_74 3y ago
        Because I know how to Google “how many devices does the JBL headphones support”
        donkeybeer 3y ago
        Apparently 8 with some gotchas? But in principle this should not be gated to a hardware, what is stopping one from making a bluetooth device that muxes all the signals and sends it to the audio device? Is there any reason thats not happening other than greed of the headphone makers to try to upsell "higher models"?