Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem

Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem by WhyNotHugo on Monday June 29, 2026 @08:13AM (#48718250)

I'm really curious why some features are tagged "Will not be implemented" for Linux, but "Planned" for Android.

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Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem by functionmouse on Monday June 29, 2026 @08:57AM (#48718686)

because android has users

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Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem by nailer on Monday June 29, 2026 @10:03AM (#48719422)

Non-Android Linux does have users, but people don't use Airpods on their gaming PCs.

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Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem by brynnbee on Monday June 29, 2026 @11:00AM (#48720162)

I do, on my Linux gaming build :) So this project is perfect for me

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Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem by itsnoone on Monday June 29, 2026 @11:18AM (#48720421)

The dev here- there are exactly 2 features- Head Gestures and heart rate monitoring. Both have no use on Linux. On Android head gestures is to answer calls and heart rate will be provided to Health Platform.

edit: there's just one that's not planned for Linux and planned for Andorid- HRM. Head gestures is already implemented on Android.

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Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem by Kirby64 on Monday June 29, 2026 @03:20PM (#48723850)

Is there a reason head gestures couldn't be mapped to functions in Linux? I see little reason why you couldn't have it used to play/pause or something. Heart rate monitoring less-so... but even that exposure could be useful for something if given the right API.

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