Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start
by davesque on Monday October 23, 2017 @07:35PM
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Has any bluetooth wireless headphone maker solved the latency issue yet? If not, then portless might still be a ways off.
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Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start
by cycrutchfield on Monday October 23, 2017 @08:42PM
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Apple Airpods.
Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start
by davesque on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @12:41AM
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Really? Have you tried playing a game with them or any kind of app that is like a musical instrument?
Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start
by cycrutchfield on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @01:47AM
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I just checked now and there is a very slight lag, maybe on the order of 100-200ms. It's pretty subtle though and I definitely did not notice it before you mentioned it. I can imagine that it would be maddeningly slow if it were something like a rhythm game or a musical instrument app though.
Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start
by davesque on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @01:56PM
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Yeah that's what I was referring to. At one point, I thought I was going to wirelessly connect my electric keyboard at home to my stereo through a bluetooth transmitter. I soon found out that there's a delay associated with audio transmission through bluetooth. I don't think anyone's really solved this problem for these kinds of applications because most people use bluetooth audio for passive tasks like listening to music.