I highly recommend the brand Jabra if you are an Android user. Basically all other bluetooth buds have horrible UX in my experience besides Jabra and AirPods.
AirPods don't “just work”
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#552I didn't read the whole article, and this is quite a conversation. However, I have to ask: Why oh why is digital voice quality downgraded to telephony quality, when the computer and buds both play crystal musical audio? This happens for me in Windows, and IIRC in Mac as well. What about the audio device being headset vs. speaker changes things at a technical level?
This only seems to happen for Bluetooth. Using a RF gaming headset or a wired connection causes no issue.
keyword: Annoyance 3
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#553All valid annoyances, but I really think OP should try using another brand of Bluetooth headphones for a week just to get some perspective of how well AirPods "just work" compared to the competition. Manually having to re-pair once in every blue moon, one earbud playing while the other isn't, no automatic device switching without having to go through the Settings app everytime, A/V desync, dodgy mic quality, earbuds…
Y’know what headphones really did “just work” though? Wired headphones, circa 2017. Their battery life was infinite. You could “pair” them in seconds to any device with a headphone jack, aka any device, because we’re in 2017. Oh, and they were cheaper and better for the environment. Courage, indeed. And this is why I’m currently typing my comment on an iPhone 6S...
I still just my ath M50xs for everything, its lovely, but its very annoying to use with my newer phone
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#554For anyone who wants something very close to "just works" checkout the Jabra Elite 85t or 75t.
I've never had a single problem with them besides the fact that they think that they are in my ears when they're actually in my pocket so they will unpause whatever you are listening to.
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#555Earlier quoted context omitted.
> but the choice has been made for all people who do not experience that What are you talking about? Is someone stopping you from using wired earbuds?
You're not technically stopped, you just have to pay extra money to get an adapter, with the additional downside that you can no longer charge the phone while using those headphones.
For me, it's not the cost or the ability to charge my phone, but the fact that the adapter can get lost. I can't leave it plugged in because I use my headphones with non-iPhone devices too.
I perpetually loose my headphones anyway. If I had an adapter too, I'd find myself unable to listen to anything twice as often.
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#556Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exactly. Removing the headphone jack is incredibly hostile to those of us who want to use wired headphones, and clearly motivated by the insane profits of wireless earbuds. And the worst part? It's working. Just look at the AirPods business and you'll see exactly why Apple does it. For myself, I'm sticking with an older phone and IEMs with replaceable cables. Super happy with it because I'm OK with the tradeoff of de…
You could always get the dongle to support the wired headphones. My teen daughter is using it now that she has lost her airpods.
Tried it, Apple-made dongles fail with incredible frequency, and non-Apple made ones just don't work.
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#557All valid annoyances, but I really think OP should try using another brand of Bluetooth headphones for a week just to get some perspective of how well AirPods "just work" compared to the competition. Manually having to re-pair once in every blue moon, one earbud playing while the other isn't, no automatic device switching without having to go through the Settings app everytime, A/V desync, dodgy mic quality, earbuds…
Get some jabra 75Ts. Problems solved.
I had to return mine because the kept popping out, regardless of tip size or material. Now I have the Galaxy Buds Pro, which not only sound better to me (Jabras have IEM sound that I dislike), but also have none of the problems described. And while the do back out, they don't pop out, so it's manageable,
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#558Two suggestions that might help OP with some of these annoyances:
- See the "Turn off automatic switching" section of https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212204, to take manual control of when they switch devices
- In System Preferences -> Notifications & Focus you can switch any apps notifications from "Alerts" to "Banners" which will make them go away automatically when ignored.
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#559All valid annoyances, but I really think OP should try using another brand of Bluetooth headphones for a week just to get some perspective of how well AirPods "just work" compared to the competition. Manually having to re-pair once in every blue moon, one earbud playing while the other isn't, no automatic device switching without having to go through the Settings app everytime, A/V desync, dodgy mic quality, earbuds…
Pretty much all multipoint Bluetooth headsets these days "just work". Hell, the only real upgrade they could make is muxing multiple audio channels from multiple devices. Beyond that, I honest to god don't see how Bluetooth headsets could really be improved.
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#560Most of the authors complaints are valid. I'm definitely guilty of the 10-second 'Hello? Hello?' dance at the start of phone calls. However, AirPods are such a good product I can forgive them all of those flaws and more. One hidden feature: I was walking around my city listening to something on AirPods Pro. A truck in the lane adjacent to the sidewalk braked hard, making painfully loud squeal. Except I didn't hear it…
So if I'm understanding this correctly, you had the device set to let in ambient sound, but a motor vehicle slamming on the brakes was filtered out, and you consider this to be a good thing? Sounds dangerous to me.
It was still audible, but filtered from 'damagingly painful' to 'perceptible', and only on the side that was directly exposed. I don't find a lot of navigational value in listening to someone's poorly maintained brakes while I'm walking around.