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> Apple, like every other vendor, does not have a choice but to implement this as a proprietary characteristic. Pre-BLE, other vendors copied Apple's de-facto `HFP

They could publish the details, and not block other manufacturer details, so that it is easier for other platforms to develop drivers for them. Or develop a new standard that works for their earbuds.





Or… just report whichever one is lower, which is the value 99% of people care about 99% of The time.

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I use mine in meetings and often end up in a situation where I need to remove and charge the one which is about to go flat for a few minutes.

I need to know individual levels to do that

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I often use just one of them, and then I want to know that one‘s battery.

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If you're only using one, it seems fine to have only one battery level report. I don't see the problem

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No, in that case they'd want both to be reported separately so they could use the AirPod with the higher charge.

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whichever one you're using will be reporting its battery level. if you want to know the other one, swap them around.

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why would apple do this? it's all cost and no benefit.

companies actually can build and ship stuff that isn't inter-operable with the world, this is Actually Good for user experience

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> why would apple do this? it's all cost and no benefit.

Imagine if every human on the planet would operate like this.

We'd be back in the Stone Ages.

> companies actually can build and ship stuff that isn't inter-operable with the world, this is Actually Good for user experience

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what? stone ages?

god forbid someone prioritize concrete user experience over abstract interoperability

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