← Back to context Comment by amelius 11 hours ago Honestly, can't we just ditch BT and send audio over WiFi?One thing less to worry about. 6 comments amelius Reply cloudfudge 5 hours ago "Just use wifi for headphones"and"One less thing to worry about"These are not compatible statements. :) Namidairo 2 hours ago Qualcomm kind of does this with their XPAN extension, sends the audio over local network. I believe it's mostly a proprietary solution though, so I haven't seen any serious attempts to re-implement it yet. wolvoleo 7 hours ago WiFi is nowhere near as low energy as Bluetooth is. michaelt 9 hours ago If you think wireless headphones are insecure today, I very much doubt connecting them directly to the internet would improve the situation. theteapot 6 hours ago AFAIK Wifi Direct has quite wide hardware support -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Direct. But few people know about it? amelius 8 hours ago WiFi does not necessarily mean it's connected to the internet.
cloudfudge 5 hours ago "Just use wifi for headphones"and"One less thing to worry about"These are not compatible statements. :)
Namidairo 2 hours ago Qualcomm kind of does this with their XPAN extension, sends the audio over local network. I believe it's mostly a proprietary solution though, so I haven't seen any serious attempts to re-implement it yet.
michaelt 9 hours ago If you think wireless headphones are insecure today, I very much doubt connecting them directly to the internet would improve the situation. theteapot 6 hours ago AFAIK Wifi Direct has quite wide hardware support -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Direct. But few people know about it? amelius 8 hours ago WiFi does not necessarily mean it's connected to the internet.
theteapot 6 hours ago AFAIK Wifi Direct has quite wide hardware support -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Direct. But few people know about it?
"Just use wifi for headphones"
and
"One less thing to worry about"
These are not compatible statements. :)
Qualcomm kind of does this with their XPAN extension, sends the audio over local network. I believe it's mostly a proprietary solution though, so I haven't seen any serious attempts to re-implement it yet.
WiFi is nowhere near as low energy as Bluetooth is.
If you think wireless headphones are insecure today, I very much doubt connecting them directly to the internet would improve the situation.
AFAIK Wifi Direct has quite wide hardware support -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Direct. But few people know about it?
WiFi does not necessarily mean it's connected to the internet.