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> Apple, like every other vendor, does not have a choice but to implement this as a proprietary characteristic. Pre-BLE, other vendors copied Apple's de-facto `
by thayne 11mo ago
> Apple, like every other vendor, does not have a choice but to implement this as a proprietary characteristic. Pre-BLE, other vendors copied Apple's de-facto `HFP
They could publish the details, and not block other manufacturer details, so that it is easier for other platforms to develop drivers for them. Or develop a new standard that works for their earbuds.
- TylerE 11mo agoOr… just report whichever one is lower, which is the value 99% of people care about 99% of The time.
- manmal 11mo agoI often use just one of them, and then I want to know that one‘s battery.
- freedomben 11mo agoIf you're only using one, it seems fine to have only one battery level report. I don't see the problem
- smileybarry 11mo agoNo, in that case they'd want both to be reported separately so they could use the AirPod with the higher charge.
- exe34 11mo agowhichever one you're using will be reporting its battery level. if you want to know the other one, swap them around.
- tass 11mo agoI use mine in meetings and often end up in a situation where I need to remove and charge the one which is about to go flat for a few minutes. I need to know individual levels to do that
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- dpoloncsak 11mo agoWhich is solved by the suggestion of 'only reporting the lower of the two', right? The one with more battery isn't about to go flat...
- tass 11mo agoOnly if it tells you which one it is
- kiitos 11mo agowhy would apple do this? it's all cost and no benefit. companies actually can build and ship stuff that isn't inter-operable with the world, this is Actually Good for user experience
- oblio 11mo ago> why would apple do this? it's all cost and no benefit. Imagine if every human on the planet would operate like this. We'd be back in the Stone Ages. > companies actually can build and ship stuff that isn't inter-operable with the world, this is Actually Good for user experience ...
- kiitos 11mo agowhat? stone ages? god forbid someone prioritize concrete user experience over abstract interoperability