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Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by kalleboo »

theshrike79 wrote: post #251
ballenf wrote: post #231

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd prefer a hardware switch over pure software anyway. A toggle on the headphones -- a slide switch for Device A or B. (Auto software switching would be better if it worked 99%+ of the time.)

My Airpods Max connect to 5 different devices daily. What kind of switch would you suggest they use?

My first bluetooth earbuds were the Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 back in 2006. Back then batteries were bigger so it had a pendant that hung down, and on that it had a little display on it that would show the names of the paired devices and you could select one. It worked great.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by nicbou »

bironran wrote: post #417

And still no mute button on the airpod itself. Seriously, I would love to have a chat with the product manager in charge. With over 6.2M call-minutes per minute and over 300M daily active users [1], how can "mute", the most important functionality in a video call (I would argue even more than disconnecting the call) still be missing? Just a tiny dot that sets a mute/unmute flag on the mic, preferably with an audible…

This feature is completely useless to me. It might just not be such a universal need.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by TechBro8615 »

kapsel wrote: post #12

I love my AirPod Pros, but I hate how unreliable charging in the case is. The AirPods will often think they are out of the case, when they are, and discharge themselves, while connected to my phone/laptop. Then they will re-charge, emptying the battery in the case, so I will end up with a dead pair of AirPods after a couple of days in the pocket, not using them. I guess their tolerances are too tight, hopefully somet…

I have two devices I pair my AirPods with, one a work laptop and one a personal phone, using two different iCloud accounts. I also had the problems you describe.

I started disabling Bluetooth on my phone and now the AirPods don’t seem to have any issues. Not sure if it was related, but maybe worth trying.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by nicbou »

initplus wrote: post #245
cpsns wrote: post #150

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I used to think like this, but on closer inspection I realized that you create more waste/polution on every trip to the grocery store, or by driving a car for a week, or eating meat. Yes it's a shame that they are designed not to be repairable but there are so many more low hanging fruit in our everyday lives that we don't think about when it comes to environmental issues.

I can’t imagine anyone whose environmental impact is so small that a pair of Airpods registers on the radar.

I get enough junk mail to dwarf that impact. My weekly grocery shopping contains more plastic.

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Post by robertwt7 »

makeitdouble wrote: post #423
robertwt7 wrote: post #319

Airpods is one of the invention that you don’t know you need it but when you buy it, you know it’s good and it just works seamlessly It mentioned in the page that it’ll support high fidelity audio? Does this mean that they came up with new encoding for wireless transmission? Possibly something better than AAC?

Do we still call it an invention when it’s the proprietary and fully integrated take on an existing job to be done ? It’s kinda like saying Google invented the Pixel phone and it’s so well integrated and working seamlessly in the Google ecosystem.

What are you talking about dude. Invention and compatibility is a different thing, you sound line a hater

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Post by vbezhenar »

tomphoolery wrote: post #281
epolanski wrote: post #277

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Nobody cares about those, not to the point of paying such premiums.

I mean, if there was another "commodity" processor one could just insert into their earbuds and write some awesome software, why hasn't anyone done that yet? If you could offer the same features as AirPods (and other Apple headphones) at half the cost, you'd make serious money. People might not care too much about those technical features of them, but I know they care about consistently good performance, and the AirP…

I own airpods max and so far I didn't notice anything special about them. They're just ordinary headphones. They have noise suppression, but it's hardly a unique feature. Head tracking is a gimmick and I disabled it almost immediately.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by chroma »

bironran wrote: post #417

And still no mute button on the airpod itself. Seriously, I would love to have a chat with the product manager in charge. With over 6.2M call-minutes per minute and over 300M daily active users [1], how can "mute", the most important functionality in a video call (I would argue even more than disconnecting the call) still be missing? Just a tiny dot that sets a mute/unmute flag on the mic, preferably with an audible…

If airpods had mute buttons, tons of people would complain about accidentally muting themselves. People already have mute functionality in the paired device's OS and the app they're using. Adding mute functionality to a third place just increases confusion. And worse: if you build it how you're suggesting (purely in-headphone, without notifying the paired device), people won't have any indication that they're muted other than a one-time audio cue. They'll end up toggling mute/unmute in Zoom and/or their device's OS, then assume that the headphones are broken. It's a UX nightmare.

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Post by Lio »

jeremy_wiebe wrote: post #372
ballenf wrote: post #231

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I'd prefer a hardware switch over pure software anyway. A toggle on the headphones -- a slide switch for Device A or B. (Auto software switching would be better if it worked 99%+ of the time.)

A cord used to plug into whichever device you want to listen to would also work and be correct 100% of the time… barring user error.

A backup cable is definitely still a useful feature on Bluetooth headsets. My Bose QC-35s seem to only be able to pair with two devices at a time.

I always switch to the cable if I want to use them with my Linux laptop as repairing is a pain in the arse.

I've also found the cable to be very useful for anything that requires both sound quality and a microphone at the same time. Over Bluetooth and even on my Apple stuff they seem to switch to the headset profile to use the mic and the sound then becomes aweful.

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Post by makeitdouble »

robertwt7 wrote: post #455
makeitdouble wrote: post #423

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do we still call it an invention when it’s the proprietary and fully integrated take on an existing job to be done ? It’s kinda like saying Google invented the Pixel phone and it’s so well integrated and working seamlessly in the Google ecosystem.

What are you talking about dude. Invention and compatibility is a different thing, you sound line a hater

I'm just not sure if it's sheer hyperbole or people use the word completely differently.

For instance we don't talk about Sony inventing a new Walkman, or Lenovo inventing the Chromebook Duet. Or Tesla inventing the Model S. Does Apple invent new bluetooth earphones ?

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Post by gniv »

lostlogin wrote: post #442
wvenable wrote: post #252

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Apple's key to success is that they're the best hardware company at doing software.

Which company is the best software company? I used to have an answer, but don’t anymore.

Probably Google, but it's hard to tell since most of the good stuff is hidden (backend infrastructure).
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