I don't understand this - why would it take five minutes to re-sync with a different device? Bluetooth headphones can be paired with multiple devices (how many varies per headphone, I think mine does 3 devices, some go as many as 8).
I have had massive issues keeping Bluetooth headphones paired to more than one device—when two or more are in range, the headphones don't know which device to connect to. I always have to go into settings on the device I'm not using and forget the headphones, and then re-pair them in the future. Five minutes was an exaggeration, but it takes much too long.
I guess I could just turn off Bluetooth, but that would still require reaching for the device I'm
not actively trying to use, and mess with my Pebble Smartwatch. It also gets hard to keep track of what device currently has Bluetooth turned on. Plugging in 3.55mm headphones takes
five seconds.
If you know of any Bluetooth headphones that somehow get around this problem, please send them my way.
how so?
the AirPods, just like other W1 head and earphones work with non-apple devices too, albeit don't pair as seamlessly. - i use my beatsX across multiple devices, one of those non-Apple, and it works perfectly fine.
The problem is the seamless pairing, see above.
IIMHO the bigger crime (only slightly joking here) is Switch and 3DS not having BT stereo support than Apple removing the headphone jack.
I don't totally disagree with you, except that in my case, adding Bluetooth to the 3DS wouldn't solve any of my problems, for all the reasons I've described above. If it was only Nintendo devices that were giving me compatibility issues, and I could envision a system in which everything else worked fine, I'd be annoyed with Nintendo. As-is, Apple is the one who decided to complicate everything.
make a habit of putting it in a safe place like the 3DS case or Switch case.
This is all just a bit too much effort when I'm sitting down on the subway. My non-XL new 3DS doesn't even
have a case; it goes directly in my pocket, precisely because I want to be able to get at it quickly.
Use something to attach the dongle to the wire
...this is something I never thought of, and the first good suggestion I've heard all year! I guess I'd just duct tape the two together? Presumably that would be strong enough to not come apart in my back pocket.
It would
still require plugging in two things instead of one when I want to switch devices, but at least the whole system would be one piece. That's a huge improvement. For now, I'm super thankful for the headphone jack in my 6S, but this is something to fall back on whenever that becomes no longer an option. Thank you!
) but so is, say, a Switch game.
