{"video_id":"e3eVykPNGVg","title":"[RANT] Why Bluetooth SUCKS","channel":"Techquickie","show":"Techquickie","published_at":"2020-05-05T14:58:16Z","duration_s":376,"segments":[{"start_s":0.08,"end_s":7.52,"text":"you know what really burns my popcorn bluetooth i mean sure it's convenient","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.839,"end_s":13.44,"text":"and those little wireless speakers are super handy but i've got a lot of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.599,"end_s":15.44,"text":"problems with bluetooth and now","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.44,"end_s":20.64,"text":"you're gonna hear about them first off guess which frequency band bluetooth","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":17.44,"end_s":23.119,"text":"uses surely it couldn't be 2.4 gigahertz","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":20.64,"end_s":27.519,"text":"right you know the same one that every wi-fi router blasts out a signal 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sucks down more power but what good is long","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":58.239,"end_s":64.32,"text":"battery life if i'm constantly having to worry if i'm too far away from my","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":61.84,"end_s":69.2,"text":"bluetooth speaker i mean sure sometimes it's not a big deal but i","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":67.2,"end_s":73.2,"text":"don't want the signal to be so anemic that it just drops out if i take my","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":71.119,"end_s":77.439,"text":"phone into the other room because a few sheets of drywall are in the way come on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":76.159,"end_s":81.28,"text":"oh and while we're talking about drop-offs let's move on to another","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":79.2,"end_s":85.36,"text":"common source of frustration pairing issues you'd think they could have made","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":82.799,"end_s":89.2,"text":"this simple like wi-fi your gadget sees another gadget like your phone and your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":87.36,"end_s":95.04,"text":"router do and they just they just connect they just do it but no","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":92.4,"end_s":99.36,"text":"instead you have to take the extra step of putting your devices in discovery","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":97.439,"end_s":102.56,"text":"mode before they can see each other turns out that unlike wi-fi where you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":101.119,"end_s":106.479,"text":"can usually just see a network automatically you can't do this with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":104.56,"end_s":110.399,"text":"bluetooth unless you have some optional additional technology strapped on like a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":108.399,"end_s":114.479,"text":"pair of nfc transmitters and once you deal with that you get another 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smart bluetooth where they don't even have to support every feature in a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":142.64,"end_s":148.56,"text":"certain profile while this is again supposed to extend battery life by","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":147.04,"end_s":152.64,"text":"allowing a gadget to turn off features it's not using it makes it even more","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":150.64,"end_s":156.56,"text":"likely that a pairing problem will arise because of all these random profile","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":154.4,"end_s":159.84,"text":"combos you also have the fact that some bluetooth devices are supposed to be","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":158.16,"end_s":164.64,"text":"able to connect to multiple other gadgets at once but are so low power","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":162.64,"end_s":169.36,"text":"that their little embedded processors can't handle the extra traffic 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at chipotle oh wait yeah that's exactly what frequency it uses so from the get-go your little bluetooth devices are already competing with tons of other wireless traffic which can reduce your effective range but hey i'm just getting started why exactly is bluetooth so range limited in the first place look i know that whenever you're using something wireless there's a trade-off between range and battery life since blasting a signal farther away sucks down more power but what good is long battery life if i'm constantly having to worry if i'm too far away from my bluetooth speaker i mean sure sometimes it's not a big deal but i don't want the signal to be so anemic that it just drops out if i take my phone into the other room because a few sheets of drywall are in the way come on oh and while we're talking about drop-offs let's move on to another common source of frustration pairing issues you'd think they could have made this simple like wi-fi your gadget sees another gadget like your phone and your router do and they just they just connect they just do it but no instead you have to take the extra step of putting your devices in discovery mode before they can see each other turns out that unlike wi-fi where you can usually just see a network automatically you can't do this with bluetooth unless you have some optional additional technology strapped on like a pair of nfc transmitters and once you deal with that you get another headache because the powers that be created bluetooth profiles one for streaming music one for phone calls one for connecting your computer mouse and so on and while i get the reason they did this was to save battery life here's the problem none of these things have been tested to play nicely with each other which is why sometimes your car's infotainment system will work better with your phone than it does with your friends and to make matters worse newer devices use what's called smart bluetooth where they don't even have to support every feature in a certain profile while this is again supposed to extend battery life by allowing a gadget to turn off features it's not using it makes it even more likely that a pairing problem will arise because of all these random profile combos you also have the fact that some bluetooth devices are supposed to be able to connect to multiple other gadgets at once but are so low power that their little embedded processors can't handle the extra traffic resulting in even more dropouts but now i'd like to talk about an issue that absolutely drives me nuts when i'm trying to watch video latency whenever i'm watching a great episode of tech wiki with bluetooth speakers or headphones it's like watching a badly dubbed kung fu movie because the audio track is so out of sync and the basic reason this happens is because bluetooth has relatively low data rates yet again to preserve battery life and hopefully improve range meaning the audio data takes a little longer to reach your wireless speakers or headphones than it would with a wired solution your devices also have to do extra processing which is often inefficient because many operating systems Android haven't been well optimized for quickly dealing with bluetooth audio i mean imagine that a wireless device hasn't been optimized for a wireless audio standard are you kidding me and yet they took away our headphone jacks who's in charge here and yes i know there are codecs like optics adaptive that are supposed to cut down on latency but it's often still noticeable due to core issues with the bluetooth spec whatever operating system your device is using and the inherent limitations of wireless audio if the powers that be haven't optimized audio by now it probably isn't surprising that bluetooth is also notorious for not being the most secure wireless protocol either as the myriad ways it has been implemented has made it tough for the industry to come together and figure out how to lock it down not to mention it's had tons of 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