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itsnoone

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About itsnoone

a highschool student. creator of LibrePods.

contact: me@kavish.xyz

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    Comment #48881793

    Not Linux: librepods/#655

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    Comment #48722697

    But AirPods are the only wireless headphones with which you can use the mic without having to suffer from horrible audio playback and microphone quality because of Headset/Handsfre…

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    Comment #48720462

    They do, and that's what is coming to Linux with PR #655. surprisingly, last I checked, even macOS doesn't support this!

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    Comment #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 p…

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    Comment #48714910

    Hi! The developer here. The app requires a purchase only when you install it from Play Store. The FOSS version available on GitHub takes you to my GH Sponsors page where you can wa…

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    Comment #45950816

    It was a typo in the GH repo description, fixed it.

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    Comment #45947718

    apple doesn't allow much customization, only the 9 presets under accessibility>hearing>headphone accomodation. this eq then also applies to the audio played and transparency settin…

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    Comment #45947691

    setting up hearing aids is a one time thing. then, the main adjustment is the amplification, which can be controlled by swiping on the stem. there is no need for an iphone for usin…

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    Comment #45945338

    The developer here- I didn't plan to release an app for android, or even linux. The android app just started out as a personal project. My plan was to make a service for linux that…

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    Comment #45943449

    Apple devices uses their own codec, which isn't even supported on macOS, that supports high definition two-way streaming

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    Comment #45943438

    the head gestures is something i couldn't quite figure out, so the gesture logic is completely AI generated. i don't know how to get the actual values from the sensors. but there s…

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    Comment #45942545

    yup it did- fixed it now. thanks!

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    Comment #45942540

    i don't think macos allows l2cap connections (the protocol that airpods use), at least pybluez doesn't support that on macos which would've made making a simple script a lot simple…

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    Comment #45942523

    see MagicPods. although, it's paid, and requires windows to be in test mode to install a driver for L2CAP support. microsoft has decided to not allow l2c for userspace applications…

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    Comment #45942516

    hey, do you have the 'act as apple device' hook enabled perhaps? that sometimes causes connections to drop. other than that, i believe i refactored the background service to store …

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    Comment #45942490

    It not that hard to imagine Apple going out of their way to do something that would break functionality on Android, honestly. Although, I believe Fluoride also is to be blamed here…

  17. story
    Show HN: AirPodsLikeNormal Bringing AirPods' Apple-Exclusive Features to Android

    presenting AirPodsLikeNormal - bringing AirPods' apple-exclusive features on android! (and linux too) (i do realize this is not the best name, but i'm a programmer, not a creative …