Re:How I discovered my left AirPod was bad
by mercer on Sunday March 05, 2017 @01:52PM
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As others have said, the first time you'd have to pair the device (which makes sense).
Once paired, my experience is that at least with the AirPods, pairing with 'regular' bluetooth devices, while not instant, is pretty quick and painless. I'm not entirely sure if that's because 1) bluetooth technology improved in general, 2) the W1 chip somehow improves 'regular' switching, or 3) or my idea of 'quick and painless' deviates from the norm, but I suspect 1 to be most likely.
Once paired, my experience is that at least with the AirPods, pairing with 'regular' bluetooth devices, while not instant, is pretty quick and painless. I'm not entirely sure if that's because 1) bluetooth technology improved in general, 2) the W1 chip somehow improves 'regular' switching, or 3) or my idea of 'quick and painless' deviates from the norm, but I suspect 1 to be most likely.