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0 pointsgeoduck144y ago0 comments

I have a pair of fancy Bose over-the-ear headphones. They have the "connect to 2 devices" feature you mentioned. And it inconvenient.

It will connect to my cell phone and computer at the same time. I'll be on a zoom call (computer) and something will make it decide to disconnect and reconnect from my phone - so I'll get a 10 second interruption notifying me of this glitch.

Also, if someone calls me, I haven't figured out how to force it to switch to my cell phone.

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lucian19004y ago

You can pull the power button to switch between devices the headphones are paired to.

I've instead found it useful to disable the voice prompts. The connects/disconnects become a short beep that doesn't drown out anything else.

StevePerkins4y ago

That doesn't sound like simultaneous-connection support is inconvenient. It sounds like Bose's buggy implementation of it is inconvenient.

Back when I used to lug around over-the-ear headphones, I mostly used a $50 pair of bluetooth headphones by Taotronics (a no-name, fly-by-night company that doesn't even seem to exist in Amazon's catalog now). And they work flawlessly with two simultaneously connected devices.

Tsiklon4y ago

Taotronics were one of the brands banned from Amazon last year for inflating user reviews[1].

[1] - https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/1/22703276/amazon-banned-br...

StevePerkins4y ago

Huh. Looks like the company behind my "Taotronics" headphones are the same people who made the "Vava" USB hub that I use with my Mac (and which has been more reliable than Anker's that I've paid twice as much for).

Stupid. They would have done just fine relying on organic reviews, but now they have the death penalty. It's like watching Richard Nixon get Watergated out of office, because he thought he needed an edge to beat George freaking McGovern.

elteto4y ago

I have exactly the same problem! I’ve resorted to manually disabling Bluetooth on the device I don’t want to use… never had that issue with Airpods.

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0 pointsgeoduck144y ago0 comments

I have a pair of fancy Bose over-the-ear headphones. They have the "connect to 2 devices" feature you mentioned. And it inconvenient.

Also, if someone calls me, I haven't figured out how to force it to switch to my cell phone.

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lucian19004y ago

You can pull the power button to switch between devices the headphones are paired to.

I've instead found it useful to disable the voice prompts. The connects/disconnects become a short beep that doesn't drown out anything else.

StevePerkins4y ago

That doesn't sound like simultaneous-connection support is inconvenient. It sounds like Bose's buggy implementation of it is inconvenient.

Tsiklon4y ago

Taotronics were one of the brands banned from Amazon last year for inflating user reviews[1].

[1] - https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/1/22703276/amazon-banned-br...

StevePerkins4y ago

elteto4y ago

I have exactly the same problem! I’ve resorted to manually disabling Bluetooth on the device I don’t want to use… never had that issue with Airpods.

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