Sometime in the past couple of years, Bluetooth turned into magic.
It went from something that had range measured in inches, constant static, incessant pairing headaches.. to something with incredible range, throughput, and connectivity.
I've got a Tivoli Audio bluetooth speaker from about 2009 that's maddening to use. I have to switch bluetooth on and off on my phone, and switch the device on and off about 10 times before I get the dreaded "failed to connect" doesn't pop up, and it actually finds the damn thing.
But now my iPhone's connected to my fitbit and apple watch all day long, can send usably high datarates to the watch (hell, it can even show the live camera viewfinder from my phone on the watch screen!), and has multi-wall-penetrating range. When I hop in my car and flip off my headphones, the music or phone call picks up on my car's audio system almost seamlessly. It's really amazing.
Forgot to add, I recently bought some Outdoor Tech Chips bluetooth speakers for use in my ski helmet. The damn things lost connection with line-of-sight and about 3ft between my head and my phone in the pocket. If I sat down, they dropped. If I turned my head right instead of left, they crackled and stuttered. It felt like 2002 all over again. Returned, replaced with Sena Snowtalk.
It went from something that had range measured in inches, constant static, incessant pairing headaches.. to something with incredible range, throughput, and connectivity.
I've got a Tivoli Audio bluetooth speaker from about 2009 that's maddening to use. I have to switch bluetooth on and off on my phone, and switch the device on and off about 10 times before I get the dreaded "failed to connect" doesn't pop up, and it actually finds the damn thing.
But now my iPhone's connected to my fitbit and apple watch all day long, can send usably high datarates to the watch (hell, it can even show the live camera viewfinder from my phone on the watch screen!), and has multi-wall-penetrating range. When I hop in my car and flip off my headphones, the music or phone call picks up on my car's audio system almost seamlessly. It's really amazing.