"You no longer need an iPhone to get the most out of AirPods. Apple's AirPods provide a basic listening experience when paired to non-Apple devices, but the free LibrePods app, developed by Kavish Devar, unlocks features like ear detection, head gestures, and customizations on Android and Linux devices, as spotted by Android Authority. LibrePods was created by reverse engineering the AirPods' proprietary protocols, and it works by making the wireless headphones think they're connected to an Apple device"
"Other features LibrePods unlock includes conversational awareness that will lower the volume while you're speaking, switching between noise control modes, accurate battery level info, customizations like accessibility settings and renaming your headphones, hearing aid mode, and multi-device connectivity. Devar says LibrePods should work with all AirPods models and while you'll get full functionality when using it with the AirPods Max and the most recent versions of the AirPods Pro, the AirPods Pro 3's heart rate monitoring isn't supported."
LibrePods is a free app that enables AirPods to expose Apple-only features when paired to Android and Linux devices by emulating an Apple connection. The app unlocks ear detection, head gestures, conversational awareness that lowers volume while speaking, noise-control mode switching, accurate battery levels, accessibility customizations, renaming, hearing-aid mode, and multi-device connectivity. LibrePods was created by reverse engineering the AirPods' proprietary protocols and should work with all AirPods models; AirPods Max and recent AirPods Pro receive the most complete functionality, while the AirPods Pro 3's heart-rate monitoring is not supported. On Android, LibrePods currently requires rooted phones with the Xposed framework due to a bug in the Android Bluetooth stack, though some OnePlus and Oppo devices on ColorOS or OxygenOS 16 can run it without root but with limited features.
Read at The Verge
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]