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To clarify because this is confusing: The AirPods work as regular old BlueTooth earbuds on other devices already. This is an implementation of some of the extra
by Aurornis 4mo ago
To clarify because this is confusing: The AirPods work as regular old BlueTooth earbuds on other devices already. This is an implementation of some of the extra features and interfaces that are integrated into Apple products.
- KomoD 4mo agoHow is it confusing? The top of the README explains it. > LibrePods allows you to use AirPods features that are exclusive to Apple devices. It implements the proprietary protocol used to exchange data between AirPods and Apple devices And then has a table listing the features.
- Springtime 4mo agoI wasn't aware they operated as baseline Bluetooth headphones by default on other devices, so even having read the readme it wasn't obvious.
- hack1312 4mo agoHow else did you think they worked
- Springtime 4mo agoI assumed, like Apple's Airtags (which use Bluetooth LE), that they used some proprietary pairing that's incompatible with non-Apple devices.
- culi 4mo agoAirtags can be scanned with your non-Apple smartphone's NFC reader which gives you contact info for the owner. Beyond that, all tracker devices are proprietary. The Tile/Chipolo network only works with Tile/Chipolo; Samsung's SmartTag only works with the SmartThings app which is exclusive to Samsung phones; etc. I just don't think the comparison is apt
- usef- 4mo agoNew chipolos work in both Apple Find My and Android Find Hub. Most third-party tags seem to support multiple platforms now.
- lloeki 4mo agoWarning: many don't support both at the same time (setting up for one disables the other until reset)
- gambiting 4mo agoUgreen tags work with both Google's Find network and Apple's FindMy network.
- jorvi 4mo agoDo they work with the network or with the app? If it's the first, that seems like they would be a vastly superior offering to AirTags, especially outside America, where people aren't so Apple-crazy.
- gambiting 4mo agoI don't know, I have an android phone. I just know it says it's compatible with the airtag network on the box, so I suspect it's the first. Ugreen doesn't even have any specific app for these, so I assume it goes through the primary setup method.
- culi 4mo agoWell there you go. I guess its not so proprietary after all.
- marysol5 4mo agoLoads of 3rd party tags that work on the other networks though. That was the point they were making, not that they had some NFC extra-functionality
- Aurornis 4mo ago> How is it confusing? Judging by all of the other comments that assumed otherwise, a lot of people either weren’t reading the README or weren’t parsing what it was saying.
- bigiain 4mo ago:sigh: There's very little point having a discussion about something where other people can't even be bothered to properly read the link that was submitted - and even more frustrating when that link was literally a README file.
- haunter 4mo ago_A lot of times_ people comment based on the title alone. I think it’s more common than one would imagine.
- bigiain 4mo agoYeah. And that's sad. Recently, for the first time in over 15 years here, I've wished often for a "block user" function, so I can gradually weed those zero-effort zero-contributing users out. (If I didn't read HN across 4 or 5 different devices, I'd probably write a browser extension to allow me to do that...)
- DANmode 4mo agoHow would you handle replies? What happens if they’re the top or middle of a pivotal subthread?
- bigiain 4mo agoI think I'd "behead" subthreads at posts by blocked users, so their posts and any replies under them get hidden for me. I'm happy enough to lose followup discussion and/or arguments against anything a user who I've caught out not reading the actual post and replying - and been annoyed enough at too add them to my blocklist. I _might_ miss some interesting discussion that way, but I'm fine with that to be the cost of me avoiding getting irritated by annoying posters. (And the mood I'm in right now, I'd probably block top level posts by blocked users as well)
- ghostly_s 4mo agoThe very first paragraph of TFA adequately explains this.
- Aurornis 4mo agoI know. That’s why I wrote the comment. I wasn’t responding to the repo, I was leaving some info for all of the other commenters who were confused about this.
- walrus01 4mo agoIf I remember right, there have been several Android applications that show the battery level of AirPods since at least 2021. For essential features in addition to being connected as an ordinary Bluetooth audio output and audio input device.
- bookofjoe 4mo agoI've wondered since inception why AirPods case doesn't at least show a color indicator — red/yellow/green — for AirPods battery level.
- stasomatic 4mo agoThat's not why one buys the AirPods. These things go with me from the iPhone to Apple TV, to my MBP, to the Mini. There is better sound available for less, but the sound is the least of the story.
- leokennis 4mo agoUnfortunately, somehow AirPods also at random go from my wife's iPhone to my iPad. And then when she "steals" them back switch to my Mac a minute later. Doesn't matter that they are linked to her iCloud account/Apple ID and my devices are linked to mine. Apple "it just works" smarts are very nice, until it doesn't just work anymore and you have no way to disable them. It's the reason I switched to JBL earbuds with a touch screen case, where I can explicitly tell them what device to connect to.
- bookofjoe 4mo agoI disable Bluetooth on iPhone when I'm ready to go running using Apple Watch with AirPods Pro. Otherwise it's a big pain in the butt with the phone insisting of me doing stuff when all I wanted to do was check AirPods Pro battery level....
- smcg 4mo agoI bought Airpods second hand because I got a good deal on them. I don't use Apple devices. This mod is useful to me.
- zombot 4mo agoI cannot see my AirPods in my Linux Bluetooth device list, ever.
- jalk 4mo agoYou have to put them in pairing mode first: For airpod pros: Open the lid, keep the earbuds in the case, double tap your finger on the case just below the green led, The led should start to flash white and the airpods now appear in the device list in linux so that you can pair with them. Non-pro have an physical button on the rear IIRC.