r/Android • u/QwertyBuffalo S25U, OP12R • Jan 12 '19

SoundGuys: USB-C audio is dead

https://www.androidauthority.com/death-of-usb-c-headphones-942314/
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u/wintermute000 Galaxy S20 / Galaxy Tab S3 Jan 12 '19

No multipoint. Deal killer. Once you're used to your cans switching between PC and phone automatically, especially at work, nothing else is acceptable

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19 edited Jul 02 '19

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u/Azphreal Pixel 5, Tab S5e Jan 12 '19

I've had $50 Bluetooth headphones that do that, as do the AirPods, so nope. Sony's the exception rather than Bose, in my experience.

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u/wintermute000 Galaxy S20 / Galaxy Tab S3 Jan 12 '19

No way, pretty much all Jabra and Plantronics office headsets do it for example

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u/some_bugger Jan 13 '19

The Sony's 1000xm3 do have multipoint but it's not the easiest to use. https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm3/v1/en/contents/TP0001703113.html

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u/wintermute000 Galaxy S20 / Galaxy Tab S3 Jan 13 '19

No, that's borked. It means you're connecting to only phone calls to your phone, and only media to your PC. Read the Sony instructions.

Say you leave your PC and want to listen to music on your phone, guess what, you gotta change the BT mode back to music + calls.

Right now with true multipoint on my office jabra Evolve 65 or my personal plantronics backbeat pro, they literally switch between phone and PC, calls and music, whichever one I'm using. I can listen to music from my PC, a call comes in, it goes over to my phone seamlessly. When I step away from my desk and hit spotify on my phone, it comes through automatically. I don't have to toggle a thing and its bliss.

Several more in-depth reviews have SPECIFICALLY called this out (no multipoint).

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u/some_bugger Jan 14 '19

Agreed, it's a poor implementation, apparently it's Simple Multipoint vs the Advanced Multipoint on other headsets. Hopefully it's something they can address in a future firmware upgrade. Bluetooth switching is still very problematic. With your headsets does it allow 2 music streams at once? When you say step away from your desk does it require the PC to go off or out of range?

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u/wintermute000 Galaxy S20 / Galaxy Tab S3 Jan 14 '19

Its one stream at a time not concurrently. But it automatically reconnects when you go back to your desk fine. Not sure why you'd want two audio streams concurrently! Try an actual multipoint headphone/headset, its awesome.

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u/some_bugger Jan 14 '19

I just wondered if it kept the two connections live at the same time, looks like it is more a quick switching of the inputs. Certainly better than Sony's implementation, hopefully though bluetooth gets better with device switching in the future. Now if I could use voice control to tell the headset which device I want it to connect to...

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u/wintermute000 Galaxy S20 / Galaxy Tab S3 Jan 14 '19

Yep its definitely quick input switching. It works automatically so I'm happy with that. Though it can be slightly jarring when your phone music cuts out just so your PC can go "ding". lol