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by user_7832 990 days ago
> On iOS, there's nrf connect. Which is slightly more limited, but can still do BLE. I think there's other bluetooth-serial apps for iphones, but apple has a stick up their butt about bluetooth-classic not working super good unless the other device has a "made for i" chip/cert in it.

Is BLE why "modern" iphones don't have issues with android/3rd party devices/accessories? I remember a long time ago when an iPhone meant you could only share bluetooth with other Apple devices. My iPhone today doesn't seem to be like that.

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Kinda. From reading the docs, apple really didn't want the battery drain and software jank that came with classic bluetooth. Pretty sure bluetooth audio has been exempt most of the time though.
Thanks!