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AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem

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1424 points moonleay | 4 comments | 16 Nov 25 00:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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isoprophlex ◴[16 Nov 25 06:17 UTC] No.45943174[source]▶
From a bit further down the page

> Bluetooth DID (Device Identification) Hook > Turns out, if you change the manufacturerid to that of Apple, you get access to several special features!

I hope Apple gets slammed hard by some regulatory body. Apparently there's absolutely zero magic reasons why their airpods are unable to connect to non-Apple devices; pretend you're an iPhone and you're in.

EDIT: read "unable to connect" => "unable to expose advanced functionality", ofc they connect just fine

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matwood ◴[16 Nov 25 06:32 UTC] No.45943218[source]▶
> Apparently there's absolutely zero magic reasons why their airpods are unable to connect to non-Apple devices

I've had almost all of the versions of AirPods and AirPod Pros and they have connected to non-Apple devices just fine.

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1. realusername ◴[16 Nov 25 07:41 UTC] No.45943430[source]▶
Personally I've tried the ones of my wife on my Galaxy S23 and I have frequent audio cuts, since it's the only Bluetooth device I've ever experienced that, there's some shenanigans for sure in their firmware.
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2. maccard ◴[16 Nov 25 09:39 UTC] No.45943847[source]▶
I had a slightly older galaxy as my last android phone, and had this problem with the galaxy buds and with the anker ones I got to replace them. My experience with audio on android (Samsung and pixel) was overwhelmingly “this sucks” so I’m more inclined to blame android than apple here
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3. realusername ◴[16 Nov 25 10:21 UTC] No.45943995[source]▶
Personally I never had any audio issues at all apart from pairing (but I also had this issue on iPhone, this is a general case of Bluetooth pairing sucks)
4. esskay ◴[16 Nov 25 17:27 UTC] No.45946767[source]▶
Used mine with a Galaxy S22 for about ~6 months, zero connectivity issues. Also given others also are saying they've had no issues I'd say it's pretty fair to assume this was an isolated problem unrelated to the topic at hand.