Re:Bluetooth 5 will quadruple the range, double the speed
by _puk on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @05:09AM
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So you'd be happy with a Chromecast Audio receiver built into a set of headphones?
Re:Bluetooth 5 will quadruple the range, double the speed
by Normal_gaussian on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @05:50AM
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Bluetooth headphones tend to have device volume control, play, pause, and skip. Many also have microphones and also allow to to take and make calls.
Because you might want to stream audio from the Internet, or you don't want to waste time converting newer audio formats to MP3 and then copying them over, or you'd rather not have cables around you when you work out, or you might want to track what you've listen (particularly useful for audiobooks and long podcasts), etc.
Yes, these are not indispensable life necessities nor anything like that, but given the choice, I'd rather beam the audio from my tablet than carry an extra player.