My setup: Gear S3 Frontier [connected to] Galaxy S7 [connected to] vehicle.
The Bluetooth audio going from the S7 to the vehicle will crackle when my Gear S3 Frontier is also connected to the S7. When enabling airplane mode on the Gear S3, I will immediately hear the audio quality get better and the crackling stops.
Is the issue with the way the S7 is handling multiple Bluetooth connections? Or is there some sort of interference with the vehicle?
Same issue here with S8+ and Gear S3 Classic.
Multiple cars and same issue. Airplane mode quickly resolves it, but I would like to figure a way to not turn my watch off this frequently.
I don't have any Bluetooth headphones, but that may be a good step to further identifying the root cause of the problem. I haven't ever heard the crackling from my Bluetooth speakers so at this point I think its related to vehicular Bluetooth systems. My Bluetooth speakers aren't that great though so i may just be missing it.
dethley said:
Same issue here with S8+ and Gear S3 Classic.
Multiple cars and same issue. Airplane mode quickly resolves it, but I would like to figure a way to not turn my watch off this frequently.
I don't have any Bluetooth headphones, but that may be a good step to further identifying the root cause of the problem. I haven't ever heard the crackling from my Bluetooth speakers so at this point I think its related to vehicular Bluetooth systems. My Bluetooth speakers aren't that great though so i may just be missing it.
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I just tested a song with this little Bluetooth adapter that I have (http://gadgetunit.com/2017/03/29/mini-bluetooth-audio-receiver-for-3-5mm-audio-devices-video-review/) and indeed noticed the crackling. The song I used was "Seasons" by "The Veer Union" as the first 30~ seconds has very noticeable crackling. The moment my watch enters airplane mode, the crackling stops and the fidelity improves.
I'm leaning towards the phone that's being the culprit. What I might do is test watch + car connectivity with a few other devices I have around (Galaxy J7 on Android 7.1, Idol 4S on Windows 10 Mobile (not wanting to test features, but just need the phone to connect to the watch and a vehicle / speaker / headphone)).
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Hi!
I noticed (wasn't really hard to) that calls made from cars using stock Hands Free systems dramatically lowers sound quality on the listener's end. That is totally common, even in high end cars, although in those cases it is (a little bit) less annoying because to better soundproofing, but generally issue remains the same: no noise cancelling. It kind of strikes me, how can a tiny bluetooth headset have that feature, and $100k car not have it.
I pair my Galaxy s5 with my Subaru car audio system to play music via car speakers, but making calls and repeating every word 5 times is an utter misery for both sides of the conversation. Using unpaired phone or bluetooth headsets like Jabra is the only way i can make calls from my car.
So:
The question is, if there is a way to use phone's noise cancelling feature (third party apps?) for the calls while paired via bluetooth with my car's Hands Free? Can my phone process sound from my car's mic?
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Hi!
I noticed (wasn't really hard to) that calls made from cars using stock Hands Free systems dramatically lowers sound quality on the listener's end. That is totally common, even in high end cars, although in those cases it is (a little bit) less annoying because to better soundproofing, but generally issue remains the same: no noise cancelling. It kind of strikes me, how can a tiny bluetooth headset have that feature, and $100k car not have it.
I pair my Galaxy s5 with my Subaru car audio system to play music via car speakers, but making calls and repeating every word 5 times is an utter misery for both sides of the conversation. Using unpaired phone or bluetooth headsets like Jabra is the only way i can make calls from my car.
So:
The question is, if there is a way to use phone's noise cancelling feature (third party apps?) for the calls while paired via bluetooth with my car's Hands Free? Can my phone process sound from my car's mic?
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thought about maybe getting a bluetooth headset?
Very Clever! Thank You!
My next question is: how can I pair 2 bluetooth devices to my phone at the same time, so I can make calls on the BT headset and listen to the music from phone on my car audio without switching between them...
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I meant connected. I know I can pair multiple devices with one phone, but there can be only one active connection at a time, am I right?
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I meant connected. I know I can pair multiple devices with one phone, but there can be only one active connection at a time, am I right?
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yes unfortunately you are.
to the best of my knowledge you can only have one active connection
Hi Guys,
I want to turn off phone audio on my watch so that it and my Sena Bluetooth don't argue with each other - pairing "through" the watch doesn't resolve it either. Problem is, if I turn off Phone Audio in Bluetooth settings on my S5, it disconnects the watch entirely. Any way to turn off phone audio and still keep notifications and apps connection?
Thanks!
Have you tried the notification settings in gear manager. Or gear turning them off. Limiting . Relaying etc
I don't have any conflict with my Gear 2 and Plantronics Voyager Pro. Whichever one I initiate or answer a call with doesn't affect the other. Did you happen to pair your headset with your watch? If so, that might be the problem. Mine are only paired to my phone.
Thanks guys!
I stumbled across the answer. It turns out that I had to remove the pairing with my Sena and then repair (after the watch). The Sena appears to now have full phone audio.
How is the Bluetooth audio quality on the S6? I use many wireless headphones and speakers so this is an important factor for me. Is it true that the Bluetooth audio randomly stops sometimes?
Mine randomly starts to skip and pop after some time playing. Turning the BT off/on fixes it for a while.
The problem is worse when paired with my Bēm speaker, rare when paired with my JBL speaker, and nonexistent when paired with my Sony soundbar.
All of these speakers work fine with my other devices.
I only use bluetooth with my truck's stock stereo, but this is the first Android device I've had paired with it that doesn't skip over BT. I've used it with S6, Note 3, Note 4, S5 Active, S4 Active and iPhone 6+. iP6+ was the only other one that didn't skip.
S5 Active and Note 3 also skip with a Jensen BT Nav headunit in a different vehicle.
An update to my previous comment..
I went for an hour-long drive and experienced no skipping or popping while paired to my car's stereo.
It seems the issues are only with specific Bluetooth receivers/speakers.
I can get on-board with this. I have a few different bluetooth devices, all of which have no trouble, ever, but then sometimes (and ONLY sometimes) my BT headphones will skip and stutter to the point that I just turn them off. The other devices work fine 100% of the time.
I'm at my wit's end with the bluetooth on this device. It skips and stutters more times than not. It's embarrassing when friends are over and we're trying to have some background music playing.
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I'm at my wit's end with the bluetooth on this device. It skips and stutters more times than not. It's embarrassing when friends are over and we're trying to have some background music playing.
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No BT problems here. Maybe you have a defective phone. Take it back to the store and try to exchange it. There is no excuse for crappy BT on a $700+ device.
My wife has an S6 also, with the same issues.
I have FINALLY noticed an issue with the BT on my phone. When connected to my truck and listening to music, I go to a call (incoming or outgoing doesn't matter), when the call ends and goes back to the music, the volume "flutters". It goes low/high/low/high alternating twice a second. It's a very slight change, but it's enough to notice that it sounds "weird".
Exiting and restarting PowerAMP, or switching to a different input then back to the BT audio stream will fix it, so I haven't figured out if it's the phone or my truck.
My bluetooth headphones have frequently been disconnecting from my S7. I discovered that this could be caused by having two bluetooth devices paired with the phone (especially if one is an Android Wear watch). Once I unpaired the watch, my headphones worked.
Hope this helps.
thats total BS. I'm glad I started looking at these kinds of posts because Android Wear + BT headphones is a combo that I run all the time (on a S6 no less....)
I have an S7 edge a gear S3 and a set of over ear Bluetooth headphones, if I connect all 3 (headphones and watch paired to phone) then I can't use the Spotify control on the S3. I just get the loading symbol.
The S3 and the headphones both function normally when they are both in use other than the Spotify issue so I'm not sure where the problem is or if there even is a problem.
Could it be interference? Can the phone maybe not cope with both? Or it's just a step too far to playback on the headphones and control with the S3? Maybe a limitation of the Spotify app itself?
It's not a real problem for me because these headphones are rarely used outside where I would want to keep the phone in a pocket and use the easy control of the S3, more just curious about the cause.