AirPods get stuck in low-quality 16 kHz audio mode when starting a VM

Post by jtbayly » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:17 AM UTC

vkou wrote: post #48

snazz wrote: post #42

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Bluetooth is equally or more universal than Wi-Fi, though. There aren’t that many connectivity standards that are present in just about every single device under the sun, including stuff like headsets and wireless mice and keyboards. It’s effectively wireless USB (from a user perspective), with all the good and the bad that that brings.

I've never had the left half of my keyboard crap out when I plugged it into a USB port. I have never gotten both the input, and the output half of a bluetooth headset to work on Windows 10. But that's understandable, since I'm sure Microsoft is strapped for resources, and has more important things to work on - like the bricking the data in My Documents in an OS update. Even if you don't want the microphone to work, g…

Post by iscrewyou » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:20 AM UTC

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I also find them to be incredibly slow to connect to my iPhone — frequently necessitating going into system preferences->Bluetooth on the iPhone and clicking on the AirPods before the connection finally happens ... it’s a complete mystery to me whether they will be connected when I pull my phone out and put them on at any given time (seems worse with Xs than before - though Xs seems worse generally in all network con…

Im having kind of similiar issues. I foud out that if I last paired them to mac, they will not auto connect to iphone. But if iphone was last paired device, they will usually pair. Also sound sonetimes go to super low volume and I have to reconnect to get volume up.

Post by iscrewyou » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:22 AM UTC

breatheoften wrote: post #20

saagarjha wrote: post #8

I figured I’d ask this here: my AirPods have never been what I’d call “perfect”, and I’m trying to figure out whether these are fundamental issues with AirPods or if I have a bad pair. Is it normal for AirPods to ignore double taps on them 50% of the time (it’s worse if I try to use Siri, which almost never works, and better if I try to play/pause but still not great)? My AirPods also take up to thirty seconds to swi…

I also find them to be incredibly slow to connect to my iPhone — frequently necessitating going into system preferences->Bluetooth on the iPhone and clicking on the AirPods before the connection finally happens ... it’s a complete mystery to me whether they will be connected when I pull my phone out and put them on at any given time (seems worse with Xs than before - though Xs seems worse generally in all network con…

Post by loeg » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:36 AM UTC

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My reaction to reading that this happened when the microphone was turned on was also a mental "well yeah, welcome to Bluetooth". I have literally shifted my rating scale for crap technology completely to make room for Bluetooth to be far enough below everything else. The nice part is a monkey brain interprets that as everything getting better, so I am generally more content with software and tech in general. So, than…

Would it be possible for the device to essentially expose itself as two devices, one stereo audio sink and one mono audio source? I mean, yea, it's more of a pairing headache but it solves this whole class of problems without requiring cooperation from the other half of the system.

Post by jtbayly » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:50 AM UTC

joombaga wrote: post #58

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I’ve never gotten input and output from a Bluetooth headset working on MacOS, either.

Just to balance the anecdotes, I've had both input and output from a Bluetooth headset work in Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10, OSX Mountain Lion through macOS Mojave, and various Linux distros.