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Why are Airpods and Beats products the only Bluetooth devices supported?
iPhone SE, iOS 13
These devices are owned and manufactured by Apple. Apple can only support devices which they manufacturer, however you are welcome to use other devices by Bluetooth with your iPhone even though Beats/Airpods are designed to work much closer with your device.
You are free to use any Bluetooth device that you want. I have LG Bluetooth headphones that work well with my iPhone and iPad. I have 3 Bluetooth speakers from different manufacturers that all work well too.
Supported by what?
Airpods and beats support special features because they use a custom Bluetooth chipset designed and manufactured by Apple.
Any set of Bluetooth headphones will work with Apple products.
Sorry, just realized that I did not fully communicate my question. I was referring to the ability to stream music to two pairs of separate Bluetooth headphones at the same time from an Apple devise. As of right now it looks like this feature only works with Beats and iPods. Was just wondering why Apple restricted the duel use feature only to those two.
Ok, the custom Bluetooth chip in the Beats and AirPods is the answer.
The Apple H1 chip.
Because I believe they use the W1 chip in them to do this.
W1 is a watch chipset.
H1 is specifically for headphones, used since 2019.
Sorry, just lost another friend to COVID-19, got confused.
Was just wondering why Apple restricted the duel use feature only to those two.
The other Bluetooth earbuds on the market do not have this feature.
Ask them why they don't have the feature.
deggie wrote:
Sorry, just lost another friend to COVID-19, got confused.
I am so sorry, deggie.
Appreciate it. They thought she had beaten it and then it attacked her brain. So close...
Why are Airpods and Beats products the only Bluetooth devices supported?
