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Honestly, can't we just ditch BT and send audio over WiFi? One thing less to worry about.
by amelius 11mo ago
Honestly, can't we just ditch BT and send audio over WiFi?
One thing less to worry about.
- cloudfudge 11mo ago"Just use wifi for headphones" and "One less thing to worry about" These are not compatible statements. :)
- michaelt 11mo agoIf you think wireless headphones are insecure today, I very much doubt connecting them directly to the internet would improve the situation.
- wolvoleo 11mo agoWiFi is nowhere near as low energy as Bluetooth is.
- Namidairo 10mo agoQualcomm kind of does this with their XPAN extension, sends the audio over local network. I believe it's mostly a proprietary solution though, so I haven't seen any serious attempts to re-implement it yet.
- girvo 10mo agoThat exists, using proprietary 2.4ghz dongles usually, but they’re much higher power draw.
- a96 10mo agoAnd roughly zero security.
- mrheosuper 10mo agoand enjoy your precious 1 hour of listening time. The whole tcp/ip, wifi stack is at least a magnitude more complex than bluetooth one, and the wifi radio generally consumes more power.