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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by etchinghillside@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I frequently wear a pair of Bluetooth headphones paired to a computer. If I want to listen to something on my phone I have to re-pair the device to my phone.

Is it possible, through software or hardware, to have both my phone and computer connected in such a way that I can get audio output from either device to my headset simultaneously.

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[-] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 year ago

Yes, but you need "multipoint" headphones that are designed to do that. Low end headphones tend not to have that feature. Medium to high end often do, but make sure before you buy.

[-] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Appreciated.

Searching on Amazon for “noise canceling multipoint headphones” is kind of a crap shoot.

Some other searching is leading me to find there are multiple types of multipoint - simple, advanced and triple. The description for simple kind of hints at that not being what I want and advanced would be preferred at minimum.

This seems to be leading to “Microsoft Surface Headphones 2” as the best entry point(?)

[-] Stell@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Just as an fyi, If you're looking for fully wireless earbuds they're even harder to find with multipoint BT. This is due to the fact that they're already using it to connect to both the other bud and to the device, and at least at the time the bluetooth boards that were in production were pretty much only supporting 2 simultaneous connections. I believe more have been coming out, but when I checked a couple years ago Jabra was one of the few companies making them. Elite 75ts were what I got at the time. I really liked them, but a trip through the washing/drying machines took them out of service and I replaced them with something without the capability as I no longer needed it.

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