[dkonofalski]

I have a Jabra Elite headset which is what I figured you were referring to and I think you're stretching it to say that it's seamless. I can't get it to connect to my computer and phone without having the app installed and, even then, the sound quality was garbage until I updated the firmware on the set. I don't see how you can think that the Jabra is more seamless unless you only use 2 devices and don't use the Airpods with iCloud. My Airpods switch from my phone, computer, iPad, and Apple TV so seamlessly that I "donated" my the Elite to my wife for work. She has to answer phones for her job and even she thinks the audio quality on the Elite is bad compared to her Airpods but she finds the headset more comfortable than the Airpods.

[tidepod12]

I have the Jabra Elite 65t and I've never installed the app on any device. As I type this I currently have it connected to both my iPhone and my Macbook Pro and it is definitely more seamless than my AirPods when switching between the two. The AirPods require me to manually switch which device it is connected to when I switch between music and a call (it's only one single button press, so not that big of a deal, but still). The Jabra, OTOH, requires literally zero interaction for me. I listen to music on my phone and then when it's time for a Zoom call on my laptop I simply launch Zoom and the Jabra automatically switch. I also use it with my iPad, an Android tablet, and two other macbooks and it works fine. The only quirkiness is that it doesn't like being connected to a macbook and an ipad at the same time. When switching between the iPad and one of my MBPs I have to manually disconnect from the iPad first, but that's only with the iPad for some reason.

I've never noticed a difference in the sound quality, and I have actually had coworkers remark that they can hear me better when I use the Jabras, FWIW.

[dkonofalski]

I love how everyone is making the same point while, I think intentionally, ignoring the major issue... Jabra's can do the switching with 2 bluetooth devices. Airpods can do it between every Apple device, without doing anything. The situation you're describing where you use the Jabra headsets/phones with an iPad, tablet, and other Macbooks requires you to connect to the devices manually. It's not always a pain but it's not seamless like with Airpods. If you have to manually switch anything then you either don't have them set up correctly or you intentionally turned something off. I don't have to do anything to get my Airpods to switch devices.

[tidepod12]

>Jabra's can do the switching with 2 bluetooth devices. Airpods can do it between every Apple device, without doing anything.

I dunno, it seems like you're the one ignoring what people are saying. Multiple people in this thread are specifically pointing out that Jabra can easily do this automated switching too, with no issues. I don't know why you keep ignoring that.

>The situation you're describing where you use the Jabra headsets/phones with an iPad, tablet, and other Macbooks requires you to connect to the devices manually.

No, that's not what I said. The Jabras automatically switch between all of my devices (with the sole exception of the iPad for an unknown reason). It does not require any manual acts on my part.

>If you have to manually switch anything then you either don't have them set up correctly or you intentionally turned something off.

Yes, I intentionally turned off the Automatic switching feature of the Airpods because if I left it on, the Airpods would decide to randomly switch devices even when I was in the middle of a phone call, in the middle of a song, or randomly switch to a device that was sitting in another room completely unused. The Automatic switching feature on the Airpods is completely unusable to me, and after talking to other Airpods users, they found the same. The Jabras, on the other hand, don't have any such issues, and thus the Jabras are much more seamless.

[dkonofalski]

Then I'm befuddled on how our experiences, and apparently those we've talked to, can be so different. Especially considering that Jabra's official support had confirmed to me that you can only be actively paired to 2 devices at a time with the Elite headsets (https://www.reddit.com/r/Jabra/comments/g32aom/elite_75t_act...). Either that has changed since I first purchased the Elite or you're stretching the truth. On top of that, the Airpods automatic switching can't connect to devices that are in sleep mode so I feel like you're stretching the truth with that too.

[tidepod12]

I don't really care if you believe me. There are other people in this very thread talking about Airpods terrible automatic switching behavior, and many people talking about the exact same seamless automatich switching that the Jabra provide. But you can keep sticking your head in the sand and ignoring it if you want. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[dkonofalski]

I'm not ignoring it. Why would a Jabra representative lie to me and say that it only supports 2 active connections instead of lying to me to say that it supports as many as I want? It's far more likely that they were telling me the truth about their product and that you're misrepresenting your experience than it is that they were lying to make their product seem worse while you're telling the truth.