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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by matsemann on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @04:17AM (#32162906)
I sometimes wonder if it's almost deliberate incompetence on Apple's side, to make it seem even more lucrative to buy everything from them. My GF and I sometimes switch/borrow each other earphones and other gear, and she has loads of problems connecting to her Mac or iPhone. Like the Sony MX3000 something she has to reconnect every half an hour or they will be out of sync with the show she's watching on her laptop by a second or so. But for me never issues like that on Android/Dell.
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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by oynqr on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @04:27AM (#32162951)
Judging from other comments, there are still lots of bluetooth problems even if all if your devices are Apple ones.
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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by saiya-jin on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @07:12AM (#32164065)
Oh yes. Colleague has latest iphone 13 pro max, and latest airpods pro. Even this basic apple-apple setup is failing him numerous times, and you would expect this pair to be tweaked to perfection for that price. Conf calls where he had to give up pairing attempts and had to do it via phone. I could understand busy office space interference, but he has same issues at home.

I have Samsung S22 ultra and Sennheiser momentum 2 buds. Pairing works 100% anywhere immediately with aptx (unfortunately they don't support HD variant of codecs). But if I do press play, first 1-2 seconds the music is some ugly skipping. I would rather prefer it to be quiet for longer.

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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by rootusrootus on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:29AM (#32167203)
Judging from all the comments, this is situational. I have a pair of MX4000s that I use when I want noise canceling, and aside from being finicky and slow to reconnect sometimes, once they're connected they're fine. No random disconnects.

But I can also walk halfway across my house and bluetooth doesn't drop until just about the time I reach my refrigerator, so I may have an exceptionally low noise floor where I live.

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