Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:20 am
by Victor Mildew
D_C wrote:
twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1437930124490457088
But why did it take 4 years if all it needed was a software update?
Licensing is required to use Bluetooth for audio even if the hardware is automatically capable. It's a margins thing.
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:11 am
by OrangeRKN
Harold Bluetooth for Smash
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:31 am
by Jenuall
I always just assumed they couldn't be arsed to put a bluetooth chip on the board
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:40 am
by Rik_
D_C wrote::toot: But why did it take 4 years if all it needed was a software update?
In fairness, the Switch has actually beaten the PS4 to supporting Bluetooth headphones (or the base model at least, idk if PS4 Pros support them)
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:42 am
by kazanova_Frankenstein
I have been using the bluetooth for the last hour or so with my airpod pros. There is a small amount of lag, but nothing that I can't live with the improved QoL it offers. I was playing Great Ace Attorney as well, so not the most dynamic of games. Its much better than if, say, I pair my airpods with the TV's bluetooth. I was playing handheld also, so the image lag added by a display will lessen the impact even further.
This is a massive update for me - I have sony golds (which I can use with the Switch but don't because of having to remove the dongle if I don't want to use the headset and just get audio through the TV). I also find headsets generally uncomfortable (even my Xbox wireless headphones squeeze the frames of my glasses a touch and cause my ears to get warm). airpod pros are the only comfy solution i have ever found (i can't use the standard ones, they just keep falling out).
Very happy with this - it's means I am far more likely to play games (on my Switch at least) with better fidelity audio now. And Ace Attorney is a great place to start!
One thing I did have to do was turn off the auto max volume limiter on the Switch under settings, else I had to have it pretty much maxed out.
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:44 am
by shy guy 64
Fisher wrote:shyguy64 are you gonna download eshop games this week.
nah im saving my money for dread
D_C wrote:
twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1437930124490457088
But why did it take 4 years if all it needed was a software update?
and what is the purpose of this?
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:48 am
by Rik_
and what is the purpose of this?
the purpose is to let people use Bluetooth headphones with their Switch
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:58 am
by Victor Mildew
Shyguy64 will you use bluetooth headphones on Nintendo switch
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:04 am
by shy guy 64
Rik_ wrote:and what is the purpose of this?
the purpose is to let people use Bluetooth headphones with their Switch
Ah. I always forget those exist
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:15 am
by Memento Mori
D_C wrote:
twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1437930124490457088
But why did it take 4 years if all it needed was a software update?
Finally!
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:28 am
by Tomous
strawberry floating hell, I assumed it was a hardware issue. Nintendo
I'm simultaneously delighted I can use my buds and annoyed I haven't been able to do this for 4 years
Re: Nintendo Switch Chat Thread V
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:29 am
by Victor Mildew
Its a free bullet point for the OLED model.