{"id":21436,"date":"2018-05-04T14:51:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=21436"},"modified":"2018-06-15T10:02:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T14:02:21","slug":"airpods-switching-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/04\/airpods-switching-limitations\/","title":{"rendered":"AirPods Switching Limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Jones<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Wasn’t the W1 in AirPods supposed to, and did initially ship with, automatic pairing switching between Mac and iOS?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Ryan Jones<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Consensus is saying W1 AirPods shipped with<\/p>\n

1) shared pairing between iCloud devices<\/p>\n

2) auto switching between iOS devices<\/p>\n

No documented auto switching Mac to iOS.<\/p>\n

Consensus was wrong. Auto switching is not between iOS devices, it’s between Watch and iPhone. That’s it.<\/p>\n

For the record, the AirPods intro video deviously leads you to thinking they switch, without saying it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

ADITYA Patel<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Agree. Whatever it shipped with, right now Mac vs iOS switching doesn’t work automatically.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Ryan Jones<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Bingo. W1...meh for Bluetooth pairing. Actually, worse since they can only pair to 1 device at a time.<\/p>\n

Also, press did<\/em> get a version that auto switched between Mac and iOS...for a few weeks. It never shipped.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

I continue to like my AirPods, but it is disappointing that the switching is more limited than we initially thought it would be.<\/p>\n\n

Previously: Tooth Fairy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2018-05-04): See also: Dan Masters<\/a> and Evgeny Cherpak<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Tom Hagopian<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Well they just remember which device used them last, right? What’s really annoying to me is 1) using them with iPad; 2) leaving the iPad at home and just bringing my Watch+iPhone; 3) AirPods don’t auto-connect to the “only device” present. (Quotes bc Watch+iPhone auto-switch.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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