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Bluetooth 6.2 – more responsive, improves security, USB comms, and testing

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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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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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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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1. 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.