The W1/H1 chips, here after referred to as "Makes BT Not Suck" chips or MBNS, are the reason I put up with the otherwise unremarkable sound quality of Beats Studios and AirPods. I was reminded why just recently as I took the Bluetooth speaker out to the garage so the wife and I could do yoga. "Oh, yeaaaahhh. I have to go find the last device it was connected to, and disconnect it. Then, and only then, can I pair to her iPad."

If I had a HomePod or other AirPlay speaker in the garage, no matter what the speaker was connected to previous, I could have just told the iPad to use the speaker and be done with it.