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Bluetooth 6.0 adds centimeter-level accuracy for device tracking — upgraded version also improves device pairing (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] [email protected] 134 points 6 months ago (33 children)

I will die on the hill that Bluetooth always has and always will suck ass. Pairing sucks. Latency sucks. Random-ass disconnects suck. Fuck Bluetooth in the neck sideways with a rusty screwdriver.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (12 children)

I mean my AirPods are fantastic. I think they’re great at playing my podcasts and I’ve not had any problems with random disconnects. Granted I’ve only ever used them with my phone but still.

[–] MisterD 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Apple uses a modified version of Bluetooth

Edit: for Apple-only version

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Every version of Bluetooth since 1.0 has been a modified version of Bluetooth.

[+] [email protected] -9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No one uses standard bluetooth. I'm pretty sure it can only transfer files in its base form

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

That's absolutely not true. Bluetooth has many "profiles" which define different capabilities. Here's a list of them. These are all defined in the official bluetooth standards.

Maybe you were thinking of the "core specification" which defines the underlying protocol but doesn't define the profiles? But that's just the way they broke up the spec documents. The profiles are still official parts of bluetooth.

Apple's proprietary extensions for audio are not part of any official specification though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Thank you for the correction. I was indeed thinking of the profiles and misremembered how it all works.

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