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Neither — frequency hopping is used so that the device can establish AWDL connectivity directly with nearby devices while maintaining a connection to an access
by neilalexander 3y ago
Neither — frequency hopping is used so that the device can establish AWDL connectivity directly with nearby devices while maintaining a connection to an access point, while still only having a single Wi-Fi adapter.
- j1elo 3y ago> frequency hopping That this is possible, and allows to maintain a dual connection to an AP and an ad-hoc connection to another device for AirDrop, sounds amazing. Now I want to learn more about that technique and where/how it can be applied to non-Apple devices!
- neilalexander 3y agoBluetooth does it too!
- solardev 3y agoIt's hard enough to get Bluetooth to connect to one device!
- fnordpiglet 3y agoTo be fair it’s great at connecting to every device within 100 meters other than the one in your hand.
- lostlogin 3y agoThe next version fixes this problem and uses less power. And yes, I’m being sarcastic.
- BossingAround 3y agoHonestly, I've been having excellent experience with BT (and headphones) with modern devices. For example, my Lenovo T14s (2023 AMD version running the latest kernel) connects to my (5.2 version of BT) headphones really well. Similarly, my android phone connects to the same headphones and whatever device sends data, that's what I hear. Similarly, my Steam Deck connects to two of the headphones I'm using (Sennheiser and Apple Airpods) seamlessly.
- withinboredom 3y agoAt first, I thought you were alluding to Bluetooth file sharing, which Apple doesn’t support.
- neilalexander 3y agoI was referring to frequency hopping. In any case Apple does support Bluetooth file transfer on macOS, just not on iOS.