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Can headphones that stick to the spec actually play nicely with multiple devices? - switching quickly between phone and laptop like Airpods do?

• formerly_proven 10mo ago
  > switching quickly between phone and laptop like Airpods do? They do that? Mine can't even switch quickly between my corporate and my own iphone.
  • pityJuke 10mo ago
    Are they on the same iCloud account? I believe that's the magic needed.
    • formerly_proven 10mo ago
      Of course not, that's the whole point of having a separate corp phone ;) But why would switching headphone connections need the cloud... ah... nevermind...
      • rafram 10mo ago
        It doesn’t need “the cloud” (switching works offline) but it does need to verify that the device it’s switching to belongs to you, which it does using a keypair associated with your account.
        • formerly_proven 10mo ago
          Didn't I previously prove this by completing the pairing process anyway?
• eptcyka 10mo ago
  I can stop music on my phone and immediately listen to music from my laptop. I have non-apple headphones, a non-apple laptop and an iPhone. There is no apple magic dust that makes this happen.
  • raw_anon_1111 10mo ago
    Can you do that with 7 devices? Can you pair your device with your phone and it automatically pairs with all of your devices?
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• fsh 10mo ago
  Yes, this is called Bluetooth multipoint and has been common on non-Apple devices (for example Bose) for a few years now. Requires no logins and is vendor-agnostic.
  • morshu9001 10mo ago
    It's finnicky though. Sometimes, if I get a call on my phone and hang up, my Bose headphones tell my Mac to start playing music.