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

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220 points zdw | 1 comments | 06 Nov 25 00:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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TheAceOfHearts ◴[12 Nov 25 07:30 UTC] No.45897298[source]▶
I haven't tried a bluetooth device in years, is pairing still godawful? I wish they would give you the option to pair through USB. Just plug in the host and peripheral and press the pair button, and it should automatically negotiate pairing. I don't care if it requires the hassle of occasionally having to plug something in to pair the two devices as long as it works 100% reliably.
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user_7832 ◴[12 Nov 25 08:33 UTC] No.45897739[source]▶
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't NFC at one point considered the solution for such out of band pairing? I think NFC headphones are still available for sale.
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1. miki123211 ◴[12 Nov 25 10:13 UTC] No.45898414[source]▶
Yes, I had an NFC-based speaker once, and that worked wonderfully.

You'd go up to the speaker (which you had to do anyway to turn it on), and you'd touch the phone to the NFC part. That would turn it on and pair it with this specific phone. The whole thing took less than a second.

It was great for sharing the speaker among family members, when different people used it at different times, each with their own phone.

This was in ~2015, I had a Galaxy S4 at the time, no idea whether this works with iOS or modern Android.