The first Android 16 developer preview adds an Audio Sharing feature that lets other people listen to your phone’s media along with you.

The first Android 16 developer preview adds an Audio Sharing feature that lets other people listen to your phone’s media along with you.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
10
edit-2
2M

I got a feeling this is gonna be annoying as hell, given various timing delays from different devices.

Hell, my matching earbuds can’t even stay in phase half the time.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
82M

Won’t matter that much for just sharing music/tv/movie/youtube with a friend in public

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
-12M

They’ll just end up charging extra for sharing your media with friends.

Yggstyle
link
fedilink
English
32M

Not immediately. Gotta give that teaser trial to hook you…

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
22M

This is literally already a feature on samsung’s OneUI, I use it to watch movies with the wife on airplanes and the like. Sync issues between bluetooth devices would only be a problem if you were trying to use it for like a surround system or something.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
52M

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
9
edit-2
2M

It’s using LE Audio, which is a new tech explicitly designed for this. Syncing audio should not be an issue, at least once it has some time to mature and client devices improve support https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/10-frequently-asked-questions-on-le-isochronous-channels/

Clay_pidgin
link
fedilink
English
112M

Huh. It never occurred to me to wonder how my earbuds keep in sync.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
42M

Unfortunately my left one won’t charge anymore, but when it did, half the time it wouldn’t sync up in time with my right one.

They’re not exactly name brand, so I can’t complain much, but yeah that can be an issue, and it’s really annoying to listen to when they don’t exactly sync up.

Clay_pidgin
link
fedilink
English
22M

Mine were like $20, so I didn’t expect much. Similar boat, I think.

Does my phone connect to both earbuds individually, or is one the primary and it passes on the audio to the other?

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
22M

That I do not know. Mine were advertised as being able to individually connect to two different devices, but I never tested that supposed feature.

Sigh, left one now dead, guess I’ll never get to test that ☹️

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
22M

The latter.

Create a post

DROID DOES

Welcome to the droidymcdroidface-iest, Lemmyest (Lemmiest), test, bestest, phoniest, pluckiest, snarkiest, and spiciest Android community on Lemmy (Do not respond)! Here you can participate in amazing discussions and events relating to all things Android.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Rules


1. All posts must be relevant to Android devices/operating system.


2. Posts cannot be illegal or NSFW material.


3. No spam, self promotion, or upvote farming. Sources engaging in these behavior will be added to the Blacklist.


4. Non-whitelisted bots will be banned.


5. Engage respectfully: Harassment, flamebaiting, bad faith engagement, or agenda posting will result in your posts being removed. Excessive violations will result in temporary or permanent ban, depending on severity.


6. Memes are not allowed to be posts, but are allowed in the comments.


7. Posts from clickbait sources are heavily discouraged. Please de-clickbait titles if it needs to be submitted.


8. Submission statements of any length composed of your own thoughts inside the post text field are mandatory for any microblog posts, and are optional but recommended for article/image/video posts.


Community Resources:


We are Android girls*,

In our Lemmy.world.

The back is plastic,

It’s fantastic.

*Well, not just girls: people of all gender identities are welcomed here.


Our Partner Communities:

[email protected]


  • 1 user online
  • 32 users / day
  • 147 users / week
  • 438 users / month
  • 2.03K users / 6 months
  • 1 subscriber
  • 1.73K Posts
  • 33.1K Comments
  • Modlog