I use the air pods now, so it works on every machine except my nintendo switch :(

Surely you can buy a $10 BT transmitter that plugs into the 3.5mm jack?

I've tried that - a cheap BT transmitter has latency high enough that the sound is out of sync with the game.

I have a Genki and I like it a lot, though it's pricey: https://www.amazon.com/Genki-Standalone-Transmitter-Headphon...

It is pretty aggravating the Switch still doesn't support bluetooth audio, since it seems like it is a software limitation.

Can you tell me why I’m always seeing AirPod users with only one headphone in their ear?

Single headphone usage is a feature. The AirPods can detect that only one is present in the ear and switch from stereo to mono output. Here are a couple use cases:

* To listen to the environment as well.

* To take phone calls.

* To extend the battery life of continuous listening by listening to one, charging the other, and then switch.

To listen for hazards while outside. I don't know about inside.

I do it when I chain calls and I don't have batteries anymore. I can charge one while using the other, then swap. The battery is great if you're only listening, but as soon as you start using the microphone it goes down pretty fast (a bit more than one hour maybe?).

In addition to the other reasons mentioned, I sometimes wear one at work on the side facing the wall of my office so I look more approachable.

In my case, I lost one of them.

maybe you could connect them with something, so you cant loose them. A cable would work for that :)

Podcasts, audiobooks, or taking phone calls.

halving the wear on the batteries?

> nor charge an iPhone from a Mac using the cables that come with the devices.

Portable Macs, sure. But USB-a charging ports are everywhere now - powerboards, wall outlets etc. If apple included a type-c to lightning cable you/someone would complain it doesn’t work with those.

Well, you see, this is about products from one brand being able to work as one ecosystem - what we had previously and what we've lost. Before I had to upgrade my work laptop, when I've got to the office I could just plug my headphones from phone to laptop and that's it - now I have to keep additional ones. Phone battery run low - I could've just plugged it into a laptop with one cable - now I have to use adapter/charger. Before all that, if you had to replace your phone/tablet/laptop - you just did that and everything was working as before. Now you have to buy adapters to connect one apple device to another. And don't get me started on travelling.