| ▲ | inetknght 6 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
> This sounds bogus right? If all the headphones can do is transmit audio via first party operating system features how is this creating a data privacy issue? Wait until third parties "require" an app to be installed, and the headphones send audio as data to the app instead of calling itself a microphone, and the app then sends that data to wherever you don't want it to. Bose, for example, "requires" an app to be installed. For "updates", they tell you. Updates... to headphones...?! | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | dragonwriter 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> Bose, for example, "requires" an app to be installed. For "updates", they tell you. Updates... to headphones...?! The headphones work without the app, but the app is required for updates (the headphones have onboard software) and also if you want to manage the multipoint connection capability from your phone (which can be more convenient than doing it from the headphones and each device you want to connect to, but is not necessary to use the feature.) | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | general1465 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Yes this is a thing. I.e. I have Samgung Buds and first thing my Samsung phone did was to load new firmware into them, probably for active noise protection | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | mcsniff 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Stop the FUD with those quotes. Bose does not require or "require" an app to be installed to use their headphones and I'm not sure any vendor of BT headphones does; feel free to share if that's not the case... I do not install vendor apps for BT peripherals, and have been through the QC and 700 series of headphones without using their app. Same for Google and Samsung BT earbuds. Can you install an app and get updates for bugs or changes to equalizer, noise cancellation, or other features (wanted or unwantes)? Yes, but it is not required nor "required", whatever that means. | |||||||||||||||||
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