Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem
by Aurornis on Sunday June 28, 2026 @04:53PM
(#48711545)
The AirPods already work outside of the Apple ecosystem. This is just someone building out interfaces for their extra features that are already integrated into Apple operating systems.
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Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem
by jamwise on Sunday June 28, 2026 @05:10PM
(#48711686)
Yeah I understand. But there are plenty of good headphones that work with Android and include most of the features. That's kind of the point of Librepods right? To bring AirPods up to par for non-Apple devices and make them a viable option for Android and/or non-Mac users. So "this working" means those features.
Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem
by bigiain on Sunday June 28, 2026 @07:29PM
(#48712879)
Still a useful project for those of us with a foot in both the iOS and Android camps. (And who use Linux as well as macOS)
Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem
by jamwise on Sunday June 28, 2026 @11:09PM
(#48714351)
Yeah no criticism of the devs here, it's a great project. I meant to point at Apple. Though I'm a customer and like many of their products. I do hate their rigid clearly profit driven walled garden.
Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem
by socks on Monday June 29, 2026 @01:24AM
(#48715148)
Be wary - I do not have an iPhone, and I once connected my AirPods to my wifes MacBook. They now chirp at me loudly every time I pick them up, automatically try to connect to her phone etc, and I cannot unregister them from her account. I want to add them to Find My - I cannot add them to Find My from my MacBook, I 'need' an iPhone or iPad to do that...
Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem
by Handrail on Monday June 29, 2026 @04:32AM
(#48716423)
I had the same problem but for me resetting them fixed that quickly. Then I was able to add them on my Macbook so they don't do that anymore when connecting to other peoples apple devices.