fsh 16 hours ago

Yes, this is called Bluetooth multipoint and has been common on non-Apple devices (for example Bose) for a few years now. Requires no logins and is vendor-agnostic.

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  • morshu9001 10 hours ago

    It's finnicky though. Sometimes, if I get a call on my phone and hang up, my Bose headphones tell my Mac to start playing music.

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eptcyka a day ago

I can stop music on my phone and immediately listen to music from my laptop. I have non-apple headphones, a non-apple laptop and an iPhone. There is no apple magic dust that makes this happen.

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  • raw_anon_1111 16 hours ago

    Can you do that with 7 devices? Can you pair your device with your phone and it automatically pairs with all of your devices?

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formerly_proven a day ago

> switching quickly between phone and laptop like Airpods do?

They do that? Mine can't even switch quickly between my corporate and my own iphone.

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  • pityJuke a day ago

    Are they on the same iCloud account? I believe that's the magic needed.

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    • formerly_proven a day ago

      Of course not, that's the whole point of having a separate corp phone ;)

      But why would switching headphone connections need the cloud... ah... nevermind...

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      • rafram 6 hours ago

        It doesn’t need “the cloud” (switching works offline) but it does need to verify that the device it’s switching to belongs to you, which it does using a keypair associated with your account.

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        • formerly_proven 3 hours ago

          Didn't I previously prove this by completing the pairing process anyway?

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