Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?

Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by johnmaguire2013 on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:09PM (#21985589)

Sorry to burst your bubble, I'm a long-time Android user who switched to the iPhone 6S for about a year and a half, then back to a Pixel 2. Following its release, I bought the iPhone XS expecting to love it and be done with Android.

Oh, how wrong I was. Siri is still garbage, CarPlay is terrible compared to Android Auto. And there's nothing even similar to Google Home. Apple's hands-free story is completely nonexistent which is fine if you've never used a decent hands-free ecosystem, but it's very hard to switch back to.

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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by rolltiide on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @07:29PM (#21986916)

Interesting use cases, the Google variant is still a good choice but a sliver of the android market that I cant really consider it meaningful

Its one vs many variants

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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by mhh__ on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @08:03PM (#21987163)

You get that on any modern Android phone, not sure when the cutoff is but my Oneplus from years ago still gets the modern crap.

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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by aduitsis on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:25PM (#21985781)

Can Android today handle voice dialing non-English names in the address book? If not, their hands-free story leaves a lot to be desired as well.

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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by projektfu on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:37PM (#21985894)

Yes, with phonetic names, an optional field like the pronunciation name in iOS.

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