Can headphones that stick to the spec actually play nicely with multiple devices? - switching quickly between phone and laptop like Airpods do?

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fsh 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, this is called Bluetooth multipoint and has been common on non-Apple devices (for example Bose) for a few years now. Requires no logins and is vendor-agnostic.

	▲	morshu9001 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It's finnicky though. Sometimes, if I get a call on my phone and hang up, my Bose headphones tell my Mac to start playing music.

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eptcyka 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can stop music on my phone and immediately listen to music from my laptop. I have non-apple headphones, a non-apple laptop and an iPhone. There is no apple magic dust that makes this happen.

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raw_anon_1111 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Can you do that with 7 devices? Can you pair your device with your phone and it automatically pairs with all of your devices?

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formerly_proven 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> switching quickly between phone and laptop like Airpods do?

They do that? Mine can't even switch quickly between my corporate and my own iphone.

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pityJuke 16 hours ago | parent [-]

Are they on the same iCloud account? I believe that's the magic needed.

	▲	formerly_proven 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Of course not, that's the whole point of having a separate corp phone ;) But why would switching headphone connections need the cloud... ah... nevermind...