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		akmarinov on Dec 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AirPods Max Pretty sure that's the "if you want to use them with Apple devices, you need these versions". For example AirPods Pro require iOS 13.2 or older, but work fine via Bluetooth to all non-Apple hardware.

bydo on Dec 8, 2020 | [–]

They work fine on older Apple hardware, as well. The older versions of iOS just don't auto-pair, can't support spatial audio, etc.

untog on Dec 8, 2020 | [–]

Perhaps paranoia on my part but this opens them up to deprecate that support whenever they feel like it.

fastball on Dec 8, 2020 | [–]

If they have bluetooth, how do they "deprecate support"?

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