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1. Most cars are Bluetooth enabled, and many old ones have aftermarket systems that are. 2. Most people listen to music at their desk with their computers 3. That does seem a bit of an issue, but part of the point of the AirPods

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I just ad the Bluetooth convo with a friend and there seems to be this assumption that "most cars that people buy have bluetooth" but it just doesn't stand up very well when you look at what cars offer bluetooth in their base trim.

http://cars.axlegeeks.com/d/f/Bluetooth

yes, there are 11 pages but if you click on say Dodge and filter by 2016 you'll find only 3 high end vehicles with base trim on bluetooth. This means people actually need to choose Bluetooth which sounds crazy to us why they wouldn't but most people have no idea.

https://www.amazon.com/Antec-Portable-Bluetooth-Receiver-Hea...

Hey cool, I've been looking at a few options for this but haven't seen this one yet. Have you used it?

My computer belongs to my employer, my iPhone/iPod/whatever belongs to me. I think my employer would be a little pissed if I filled the 256GB SSD with nothing but my music.

I'm continually underwhelmed with the reliability of the bluetooth in my car and others I've used recently. Annoying pairing process, random disconnects, arbitrary limits on the number of paired devices...I usually just use an aux cable.

I actually completely agree with this, it has been a pain in the ass from my experience as well. The after market stereos are almost always better though.

1) Buying another accessory for my car isn't the solution. What if I drive a rented car?

2) Most people store their music on their phones though.

I just recently bought this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019RVZ138/ref=oh_aui_deta...

It was on sale, so it was cheaper than what you see there.

I have pretty good experiences with it so far. It would also solve your rental car problem!

Is there an opposite version of that, like one I could attach to my headphones and play through an iPhone?

EDIT: found it - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HQ0UVTG?psc=1

Well, the one I have does that. The silver thing you see in the image can be removed as it's just an adapter. Then you have the normal aux connection.

Thanks for that! I was hoping something like this existed so I could do the car audio aux + gps + charging.

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