AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem

moonleay

A cool project, when you want to use AirPods outside of Apples ecosystem. Sadly, you have to use a rooted android device with a small patch due to a bug in the Android Bluetooth implementation. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/371713238

cbsks

That is such a typical bug report to a large company. A user who spent a lot of time debugging and finding the root cause of an issue, and a few faceless peons at the large company spending a few minutes on it, realizing it’s not a priority, and abandoning it.

netsharc

Ah, when "open source" means begging an advertisement company to bless your code changes...

fragmede

And not a small bug either. This large an interoperability issue and it takes a nerd not in the employ of Google to fix their shit? This is why Apple's vertical integration makes it one of richest companies in the world. Google's only up there because of their success in that one business of theirs.

mhluongo

Funny, I was under the impression that Apple's stuff is closed source, so no one outside their employ even could fix a similar issue?

almostgotcaught

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WD-42

Cool project, not cool that it needs to exist. Apple isn’t only content to leech off OSS software, they have to force the existence of more of it to workaround what they closed off.

blackqueeriroh

Uhhhh, Apple donates a ton of code to OSS

Scene_Cast2

Super cool. Also, this is an example of why having an open OS is awesome.

DerekL

Title has a typo, should be “liberated”.

Edit: I noticed that the article's page title is also misspelled this way.

bradfitz

I assume it's intentional, playing on "libre" (as in libre software, not just gratis software)

thaumasiotes

As just the biggest problem with that idea, the typo doesn't exist on the page. It's in the HN title, and the page's HTML <title> tag.

flexagoon

It does exist on the page. It's in the description of the repository below the repository name.

losthubble

How much effort would it take to get this working on Windows?

t1234s

This excellent.. there needs to be a macos version as well. Using Mavericks I was unable to adjust any settings on my airpods pro 2

aboardRat4

Aren't airpods just bluetooth headphones?

DrewADesign

For just listening to music, yeah. They’ve got other features that aren’t supported elsewhere, though.

fragmede

specifically, configuring noise cancelation or transparency mode, as well as multiple different profiles for microphone usage. plus buttons on the airpods themselves.

Still baffles me why the first gen airpod "button" wasn't the winner, but unfortunately Steve's no longer with us.

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toenail

Huh? I've used all my airpods with my linux and android systems.. nothing was liberated.. just more features were added

wslh

Excellent project, don't forget to upvote the Android bluetooth bug to give a signal: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/371713238?pli=1

teraflop

Given that it's already the most upvoted open Android framework bug, and the Google employee it's assigned to hasn't touched it in almost a year, it seems unlikely that more upvotes will make any difference whatsoever.