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by dmitrygr 210 days ago
What do you mean by "multipoint spec"? I have written a few BT stacks (you might have even used one I wrote at one point or another) and I have no idea what you mean by that phrase. Please cite a section of the spec or proper name of what you are talking about.
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Zetaphor 210 days ago
If you're such an expert then you could have likely found this even easier than I did:

https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/specs/multi-profile...

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dmitrygr 210 days ago
Airpods already do this all...

They support HFP and A2DP and AVRCP, and properly, including all of those features working on android phones and proper switching between them as needed...

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Zetaphor 210 days ago
The argument (which I assume you deliberately ignored) is that those features, like battery reporting and multi device pairing, are being arbitrarily restricted by Apple to maintain a proprietary ecosystem.

How you could argue that this is a good thing tells me you're either too drunk on the corporate kool-aid or that you have some financial incentive to ignore the obvious problems with these facts.

Either way this is my last message in this thread as googling things for you is a bore.

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raw_anon_1111 210 days ago
So show me in the spec where one BT device as seen by the host can report the battery of three different battery levels - ie the case and two ear pieces.
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Zetaphor 210 days ago
The obvious solution would be to report the lowest number, as multiple replies to you have already proposed, but you again chose to ignore because it doesn't serve your agenda.

This entire thread started with you claiming Apple was somehow trying to prevent issues by hiding these features, and you've twice tried to move the goalposts to irrelevant points when given evidence to the contrary.

If you can't even defend your original position then I have no interest in continuing a discussion with Apple's most useful idiot.

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dwaite 210 days ago
The lowest level of the three is not a useful number. The case serves as a battery pack to recharge the headphones (something I did earlier today while on an international flight).

The reality is the sort of compatibility being talked about is a new feature with design choices, not just unwired functionality.

I'd rather them work on features to report charging time or expected playback time on iOS, or write their own app for Android, than try to arbitrarily increase their bluetooth profile compatibility checklist.

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raw_anon_1111 210 days ago
“the lowest number” would be completely useless. What would that tell me? Do I need to charge the case? So I need to put my left pod in the fully charged case? The right one?
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