> Also, I don't quite understand why nobody worked around this yet? Apple implemented proprietary codec for AirPods to have high quality audio with mic when co

> Also, I don't quite understand why nobody worked around this yet? Apple implemented proprietary codec for AirPods to have high quality audio with mic when connected to macOS/iOS device. With other host AirPods fallback to A2DP/HFP, and macOS with non-Apple headphones has the same problem, as described in this blog. I think Bluetooth protocol spec is not free and because of that ecosystem is very fractured. I hope the situation will improve with Bluetooth 5.3s LE Audio/LC3[1][2]. Regardless, it's not backwards compatible with existing Bluetooth devices... [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/bluetooth/comments/1746e02/does_bluetooth_53_and_le_audio_finally_bring_us/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bluetooth/comments/1746e02/does_blu... [2]: https://www.soundguys.com/bluetooth-le-audio-lc3-explained-28192/ https://www.soundguys.com/bluetooth-le-audio-lc3-explained-2...