[digi_owl]

Yeah i think the biggest source of flakiness with Bluetooth is when people pretend it is wifi and stick devices behind various objects but expect the connection to remain flawless.

Only usb-to-bluetooth dongles are likely to have the signal strength to penetrate walls. Mobile devices, and in particular earpieces and similar small devices, are likely to use weaker signals that rely heavily on being reflected off surfaces to get around obstacles.

And one such obstacle is the human body. Thus putting you phone on one side, and the ear piece on the other side may results in poor reception. But standing near a surface, be it a wall, a car, or something else, in front or behind may allow better reception as the signal can bounce off said surface.

[krrrh]

Not meaning to contradict you because most of my experience matches this, but I would really like to get more detail on Apple’s W1 enchanted bluetooth as used in AirPods, which consistently work smoothly through 2 or 3 walls.

[cedivad]

That W1 is magic. I'm blown away by its range.