"While nearly all of our consumer audio devices share the 3.5mm headphone jack (and have since before I was born), my Apple “earpods” don't function properly wi

"While nearly all of our consumer audio devices share the 3.5mm headphone jack (and have since before I was born), my Apple “earpods” don't function properly with Android phones!" Welcome to Apple world, where everything interesting is patented so it works only with your iPhone. "Even my Mac computer can accept remote commands from and utilize the microphone of these (for audio/video calls)." Guess who makes Macs? Apple.