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Re:AirPods don't “just work” by smoldesu on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:38PM (#30091433)
I know some people have experimented with WiFi direct for that, but I'm not really familiar with it's limitations besides "you have to be hooked up to a router for it to work". One thing's for certain though, if someone made a pair of lossless cans that could "find" devices over arbitrary WiFi networks, I'd probably switch just for the improvement in latency alone.
Re:AirPods don't “just work” by Gigachad on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:01PM (#30092610)
Wifi has an ad-hoc mode which doesn't require a router.
Re:AirPods don't “just work” by fphhotchips on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:24PM (#30092958)
Ah yes, the famously well supported and not at all prone to weird bugs Wifi Ad-hoc mode.
Re:AirPods don't “just work” by vineyardmike on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:49PM (#30093886)
I've long wished for a Wifi headset that you could Airplay/cast to