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hsbauauvhabzb ◴[12 Nov 25 05:48 UTC] No.45896750[source]▶
What’s the status of audio on modern Bluetooth? The only decent mic+audio configuration I’ve ever experienced is AirPods on apple devices, anything else sounds terrible when the microphone is activated.
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1. gbil ◴[12 Nov 25 06:29 UTC] No.45896969[source]▶
try to connect more than 2 devices simultaneously on your mac and "enjoy" the sound you get then. I had this problem with either intel or m* mac and it seems from a search on the Internet that it is widespread to the point that is the normal. Nowadays I only use dongles for mouse+keyboard+headset to avoid such issues, at least the usb-c ones are quite bearable on size you just need to be careful how you put your laptop in the bag, which way up.
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2. jeroenhd ◴[12 Nov 25 09:44 UTC] No.45898226[source]▶
That's just a Bluetooth capacity problem. Bluetooth isn't built for high throughput scenarios and "HD bidirectional audio" is considered high throughput in this case.

Same problem happens with a combination of earbuds and a smart watch, or headphones and a Bluetooth mouse, depending on the interference and chattiness of your devices.

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3. fransje26 ◴[12 Nov 25 09:58 UTC] No.45898309[source]▶
> Same problem happens with a combination of earbuds and a smart watch, or headphones and a Bluetooth mouse

Oh! TIL. I will have to keep using that port-hogging mouse dongle then..

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4. gbil ◴[12 Nov 25 09:58 UTC] No.45898317[source]▶
I'm not talking about anything HD, basic mouse keyboard via BT and simple SBC for the headset. Never had any issues with that combination on Windows in the past before jumping on to Mac 6+ years ago. To add insult on top, I still remember many people telling me to "just do" a full system reinstall to see if it solves the issue.
5. jeroenhd ◴[12 Nov 25 10:05 UTC] No.45898348{3}[source]▶
It depends on how chatty your mouse is. "Gaming" or "high-resolution" mice can spam the BT piconet and cause issues, but a basic office mouse will work without issues.
6. vel0city ◴[12 Nov 25 15:28 UTC] No.45901370{3}[source]▶
It definitely varies a good bit with the hardware in question, and even how saturated 2.4GHz is in your current environment.

I currently have a bluetooth mouse, a bluetooth keyboard, and bluetooth headphones all on the same device and haven't had any issues. On a different computer with a different bluetooth chipset it would have issues with audio when I moved my mouse around a lot.