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Has anybody got standard bluetooth headphones and found a way to reliably use them on multiple Apple devices? Mine are usually paired to my phone, and it's just not worth the hassle of unpairing and pairing repeatedly until the Macbook picks them up as unpaired and lets me try to pair with them, which works about half the time. Maybe my Macbook's bluetooth is just broken.. This is kinda disappointing though because I know it'll never get fixed, because why bother when if I just bought headphones from them I wouldn't have the problem?



I have Bose QC35s and they can be simultaneously connected (not just paired) to two devices at the same time. They can be paired to more, and you can cycle through paired devices with a switch on the headphones or use the iPhone app to select which two devices you want connected.

I almost always have both my Macbook Pro an iPhone connected. The switch from listening to music from the laptop to the iPhone (such as when I leave the office and get on the bus) is seamless. Simply stop playing music on the laptop and start playing music on the phone. I highly recommend them.


That's not an Apple issue -- Bluetooth doesn't support that. I've never seen any Bluetooth device that can be paired to multiple devices at one time without having some type of device switcher button.


Now you have: http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/accessories/ste...

Way under 100 monetary units, IP57 protection, aptX support. Integrates perfectly with iOS (I can see the remaining battery right in the header and dashboard).


I've been using these Sony SBH70's[1] paired with both my iPhone 6S and Apple Watch Series 2 without any major issues. The multipoint support just connects to multiple devices at the same time, also it can be turned off when powering up the headphonese.

[1] http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/accessories/ste...


Most I've used (including Jambox) include a built-in "pair" toggle which will cycle them through devices with a single button press.




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