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Powerbeats Pro 2 Can't Play Music While Tracking Heart Rate on Gym Equipment
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I'm more surprised it took several weeks to figure this out. MacRumors had these at the start of February and didn't find this out somehow.
No longer having a product experience obsessed CEO
Of course, Tim has claimed he uses every Apple product, every single day
Didn't he claim he was still using an iPhone 13 Pro as his main device a few months ago? 😂
Unfortunately PowerBeats Pro 2 only has one Bluetooth chip and that Bluetooth chip can only connect to one device at a time. When it connects to gym equipment it will disconnect the connection to the phone. This is a hardware limitation and unfortunately was done to maintain the battery as having two Bluetooth chip on one headphone would drain the battery quickly. (From what I heard from industrial sources)
This is a software bug that will be fixed on future beta on iOS 18.4. HOWEVER, app devs will need to update their apps as well as there is new API coming later that will have enhanced support for Powerbeats and HR detection with third party apps. And this API will be highlighted more during this year’s WWDC.
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No product can be too cheap and budget friendly and no product can be too expensive and innovative so that every product is just close enough to entice the customer to spend just a little bit more money!
"All Hail The Price Ladder!" "All Hail The Price Ladder!" "All Hail The Price Ladder!"
I assume this is how board meetings begin??
I have 3 year old Sony earbuds that do this. Ridiculous this is not included
What a mess… but I don’t get it: why someone should want this feature? Just buy an Apple Watch or a sport tracker
Lol of course the MR’s community blows this up into something ridiculous. I highly doubt that many people, actually most people, are even connecting their headphones to the gym equipment.
Why would they before now- there was no purpose but now there is. This is gaslighting
Doesn't count, because they were not headphones with heart rate monitoring.
Headphones with HR monitoring were invented by Apple, everyone knows that!
It would be much more convenient than heart rate chest strap (and you don't have to wash them regularly). I'd use these for cycling.
Don't do any fitness training, do you?
So much this, in the same boat- chest straps are annoying outside cycling (and even during lol)It would be much more convenient than heart rate chest strap (and you don't have to wash them regularly). I'd use these for cycling.
Don't do any fitness training, do you?
Yep. A big reason (aside from fitness and performance metrics) that Apple Watches of any stripe are a non-starter for me
Funnily enough, was using Watch Ultra last year - it's not half bad for quick-n-dirty ride tracking, if you don't use power/speed/shifting sensors etc. Fundamentally sucks for open water swimming though - got myself Garmin watch and love it (and proper battery life too!). Garmin watches can broadcast heart rate, but accuracy is quite spotty, tbh.
Apple is not about fitness equipment, it's about style.