Re:Nix on the Steam Deck
by reissbaker on Friday December 23, 2022 @06:15AM
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Isn't Bluetooth multipoint what you're looking for re: intelligently switching Airpods? There are a decent number of non-Apple Bluetooth headphones that can do that with any manufacturer's Bluetooth capabilities (it even works switching between an iPhone and a non-Apple laptop!). For example, the extremely well reviewed Sony WH-1000XM4 can do it — those are over-ear headphones, not the earbuds, but Sony announced that they're updating the earbuds (the WF-1000XM4, to use the nearly-inscrutable Sony product name) to support Bluetooth multipoint too — as well as earbuds and headphones from Anker, Panasonic, etc.
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Re:Nix on the Steam Deck
by carlhjerpe on Friday December 23, 2022 @07:29AM
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I own the Sony headphones, and the multipoint stuff isn't great. If I as much as get a notification on my computer it'll mute my phone playing music, I can't be in "high quality audio mode" while talking (Bluetooth ext that doesn't seem implemented).
It works, but in my day2day I Bluetooth with my phone, join meetings on both Android and Linux at the same time.
Re:Nix on the Steam Deck
by hacktehplanet on Friday December 23, 2022 @10:39AM
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High quality headset support is supposedly fixed with PipeWire. But yes it was worse for years and years. Screen sharing is still hit and miss. Those saying "it just works" must either not have scratched the surface or forgotten that they did.