Title: There was a recent, highly upvoted article about the pains of Bluetooth: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=32162131" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=32162131</a><p>Summarizing only a tiny fraction of the complaints:<p>- Connecting can make devices do weird stuff (play default songs, etc.)<p>- Pairing multiple devices leads to unpredictable behavior (random switching, switching when you don&#x27;t mean to)<p>- Can&#x27;t connect multiple headsets to one device (why do my wife and I need to share earbuds watching a movie on a plane?)<p>- Can&#x27;t connect multiple devices to one headset (why can&#x27;t I listen to music on my computer but still get calls from my phone?)<p>- ...<p>Why don&#x27;t we have something better already?<p>I&#x27;m sure the answer spans a number of different fields&#x2F;challenges. Standardization, security, adoption, regulation. Are there ongoing efforts to create a new protocol that solves for the problems so apparent with Bluetooth? Are there specific (seemingly) insurmountable roadblocks to improving the status quo?<p>Asking from pure curiosity. And because I spent 5 minutes getting something to correctly pair this morning.
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