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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by novok on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:52PM (#23593758)
If apple made a new protocol called APAN (apple personal area network) where they get rid of all the BS in bluetooth and did it properly, kept it proprietary for 5 years and then released it to the general market, I bet they will sell like hotcakes.

Make AirPods 3 APAN & BT compatible, with the same latency characteristics of theatre wireless mics (really low). Same with the mice & keyboards.

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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by dud3333 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @04:38PM (#23595218)
Bruh, they did! They call it „W1 chip“ and its in airpods and beats.
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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by novok on Sunday June 21, 2020 @06:16PM (#23595826)
It's still BT inside. The W1 adds some convenient new pairing logic. It's not a new stack.
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