I've been thinking about the need to use Siri (which is out of question for me) concerning the Airpods.
There's an app (in both free/paid versions) called nPlayer:
https://itunes.apple.com/br/app/nplayer-free-best-media-player/id1078835991?mt=8
It plays all sorts of contents, including audio files. But that's not all: it offers the possibility to adjust the GESTURE CONTROLS for a few functions, including volume.
If we swipe up the app while using the iPAD/iPhone, it can increase the volume levels, if we swipe down, decrease (that is, if you chose that in the app settings).
I used the Earpods and their tiny remote built into the lead wire for play/pause and adjust the volume.
That got me thinking: even if the Airpods had something like that (with no wires, of course), it wouldn't be ideal to take this thing wherever I go, and someone would easily confuse where to press to adjust the volume up and down, since there are no wires and you may push the buttons without looking at them (with the remote upside down).
However, if I am listening to something in the iPAD, I can simply swipe up and down to adjust the volume levels, that won't present a problem. I can also define a gesture that will pause/resume playback by simply pressing the center of the app.
What is really an issue (and it's exactly that I want to discuss in this thread) is the fact that most apps do not offer this gesture control option from nPlayer.
Take ProTube, for example. If you wanted to adjust the volume while playing a video, you would have to swipe up, left, and then define this option in the iOS CONTROL CENTER.
Meaning the app itself can't do this trick, it requires you to use CONTROL CENTER from iOS.
Do you guys get my point now?
It's the lack of apps developed just like nPlayer that are the problem, if you plan to use a Bluetooth headphone.
Some screenshots from nPlayer:
https://goo.gl/QpS6gy
There's an app (in both free/paid versions) called nPlayer:
https://itunes.apple.com/br/app/nplayer-free-best-media-player/id1078835991?mt=8
It plays all sorts of contents, including audio files. But that's not all: it offers the possibility to adjust the GESTURE CONTROLS for a few functions, including volume.
If we swipe up the app while using the iPAD/iPhone, it can increase the volume levels, if we swipe down, decrease (that is, if you chose that in the app settings).
I used the Earpods and their tiny remote built into the lead wire for play/pause and adjust the volume.
That got me thinking: even if the Airpods had something like that (with no wires, of course), it wouldn't be ideal to take this thing wherever I go, and someone would easily confuse where to press to adjust the volume up and down, since there are no wires and you may push the buttons without looking at them (with the remote upside down).
However, if I am listening to something in the iPAD, I can simply swipe up and down to adjust the volume levels, that won't present a problem. I can also define a gesture that will pause/resume playback by simply pressing the center of the app.
What is really an issue (and it's exactly that I want to discuss in this thread) is the fact that most apps do not offer this gesture control option from nPlayer.
Take ProTube, for example. If you wanted to adjust the volume while playing a video, you would have to swipe up, left, and then define this option in the iOS CONTROL CENTER.
Meaning the app itself can't do this trick, it requires you to use CONTROL CENTER from iOS.
Do you guys get my point now?
It's the lack of apps developed just like nPlayer that are the problem, if you plan to use a Bluetooth headphone.
Some screenshots from nPlayer:
https://goo.gl/QpS6gy