AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem

Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by jb1991 on Sunday November 16, 2025 @01:57AM (#45943299)

This sounds like you were making some guesses, which turn out to be incorrect. You are saying that AirPods cannot connect to non-Apple devices, which is untrue. They function as regular Bluetooth headphones for any device.

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by hu3 on Sunday November 16, 2025 @08:14AM (#45944893)

They don't function as a regular bt headphone. They don't even report battery life among other artificially blocked basic functions.

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by dwaite on Sunday November 16, 2025 @10:27AM (#45945794)

Which of the three battery level values should be reported in the one slot Bluetooth provides?

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by GrinningFool on Sunday November 16, 2025 @10:56AM (#45946009)

It seems the the right answer shouldn't be "none of them" though.

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by raw_anon_1111 on Sunday November 16, 2025 @11:25AM (#45946259)

So which one should it be?

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by hu3 on Sunday November 16, 2025 @03:06PM (#45947977)

Whatever is reported to iPhones. It's not an excuse to block non Apple devices from reading battery level

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by sosborn on Sunday November 16, 2025 @03:22PM (#45948091)

All three get reported to iphones.

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by raw_anon_1111 on Sunday November 16, 2025 @04:13PM (#45948430)

That’s not part of the Bluetooth spec to report battery power for three separate batteries on one device. Where would it be reported to?

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by sosborn on Sunday November 16, 2025 @11:08PM (#45950781)

Yes, that's my point.

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by raw_anon_1111 on Sunday November 16, 2025 @11:18PM (#45950818)

If it’s not part of the BT spec - how is Apple going to report three battery levels in a way that’s compatible with non Apple devices?

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by sosborn on Monday November 17, 2025 @09:33PM (#45960775)

Again, that's what I'm saying. We are in agreeance but you really seem to want to argue.

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by raw_anon_1111 on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @09:35AM (#45966663)

You said when I asked which should get reported “Whatever is reported to iPhones. It's not an excuse to block non Apple devices from reading battery level”

Exactly how is Apple going to send information to none Apple devices using the BT protocol in a method that they can understand?

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by sosborn on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @11:18PM (#45988905)

Read the thread again. You lost the plot. Pay attention to the usernames.

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by sudosysgen on Sunday November 16, 2025 @10:58AM (#45946022)

Minimum between L and R.

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by fsflover on Sunday November 16, 2025 @10:57AM (#45946010)

The lowest one among the two earpieces?

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by monocasa on Sunday November 16, 2025 @01:27PM (#45947221)

The different devices look like one device by being a "coordinated set" in Bluetooth parlance.

Each member of a coordinated set gets its own Bluetooth battery level slot, so there's no problem here. The spec supports this use case natively.

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