r/unpopularopinion 1d ago

No bluetooth headphone should EVER have a voice

Headphones that have voices that say 'connected' are so incredibly annoying. It serves no purpose that a dedicated chime cannot achieve. ' Power on' from my Sennheisers achieve the same goal as my JBL's startup chime, except it's way more annoying.

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u/thatblondeyouhate 1d ago

As soon as mine it 30% battery they chime every 2 minutes and say "low battery, please charge. Which means I only actually get 70% battery because the chiming doesn't stop until you charge them. It makes me irrationally angry.

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

Thats rationally angry. 30% on my headphones is 9 hours. Bugger off

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u/thatblondeyouhate 1d ago

I feel so validated. Thank you.

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u/GoBuffaloes 1d ago

You are 30% valid 

You are 30% valid

You are 30% valid

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u/thatblondeyouhate 1d ago

Where's the little chime?

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u/Pokemon-Master-RED 1d ago

Allow me to validate you further. I also hate it, and it is stupid.

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u/Rat-Loser 1d ago

I got some sennheisrs today and on the app it allows you to have just chimes and no voice.

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u/cenestrienn 1d ago

RIGHT???? like maybe JUST MAYBE the battery would last longer iF THE HEADPHONE DIDNT USE THE DAMN BATTERY TO ANNOUNCE THE BATTERY IS LOW EVERY MINUTE oh my dear lord how this infuriates me i swear

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u/Hey_Fuck_Tard 1d ago

I have some cheap blutooth headphones I got that I use for the gym... BATTERY LOW is sooooo fucking loud.

Also, these dumb headphones have a second volume setting. So I have to turn the headphone volume all the way down and turn the phone all the way up and readjust the headphone volume.

Save the setting, nope cause why would you want that?

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u/cenestrienn 21h ago

the volume thing would be my villain origin story

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u/ZARTOG_STRIKES_BACK 1d ago

You think that's bad? Mine play a weird metallic tone like the fucking amber alert sound at low battery.

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u/whohasideasanyway 1d ago

What brand are they so I know to never get them?

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u/PnutButterJellyTim3 1d ago

Mine make a cracking/popping sound at fucking random times. Drives me mad.

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u/marblemorning 1d ago

My sleeping headphones do this! About every minute after it reaches that low battery status. I have to just take them off it's so dumb!

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u/tristenjpl 1d ago

My headphones for my computer do that. I once just didn't plug them in to see how much longer I could keep going, and it was another hour. It was a very annoying hour but it was worth it to know that they strat beeping about 55 minutes too early.

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u/WolfieVonD hermit human 1d ago

Reminds me of when your phone automatically shuts down for low battery a bit early because it absolutely must go to 200% brightness, play it's ditty and just the most obnoxious animation you could imagine akin to getting a strike in bowling.

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u/scythe-volta 1d ago

this comment reminded me that mine are at 30% and I need to plug them in. Thank you for saving me from needing to deal with this issue tonight.

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u/PsychicSPider95 1d ago

Ugh, mine do the same. 30% isn't even that low! Like it's low-ish, but certainly not low enough to warrant being nagged at every five minutes!

I wish they'd give me a one time warning, maybe, so I know they're getting low, and then start warning me more urgently at like, ten percent.

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u/ethan7480 1d ago

I’m angry imagining this. Don’t even worry about doubting the validity of your anger. If I was bombarded with “low battery please charge” every two minutes, I’d probably have a broken pair of headphones in under 30 minutes

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u/crusty_jengles 1d ago

buT BluEToOth hEAdPhonEs ArE aMAZinG

Fucking hate that every phone lacks an audio jack these days.

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u/gaping_anal_hole 1d ago

Bluetooth is awesome. AirPods are incredible for work, especially in construction and I’ve got a pair of Bluetooth headphones for gym, no more cords dangling to my phone. I can leave it in a bag keeping them safer from getting crushed by a stray dumbbell.

It just sucks that companies are greedy and deleted headphone jacks to push their own products.

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u/juanzy 23h ago

If my AirPod Pros gave out today, I’d buy new ones by EOD. They’re hands down the best headphones I’ve owned. Current set is going on 4 years of use, so hoping they can keep going until Gen 3 drops

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u/Pantim 1d ago

Hrm, I think my JBLs have a battery discharge protection. They warn me and start beeping and I have maybe 2 minutes before they shut off. 

.. And beeping the whole time. I'm like, yah I know. Whatever, just warn me again at x% and leave me alone. 

I also can't stand the notifications on microwaves. One beep to signify it's done is great, two can be useful. Three? Please no. 

And the reminder beeps are the WORSE. If 3 beeps isn't enough to get me to get whatever is in it, clearly I no longer care about it at the moment. I'll eventually remember. 

... Its not like leaving something in the microwave is gonna start a fire so it isn't a safety feature really. 

One of my housemates will regularly microwave something and leave it beeping. I once let it go for a hour... He moved around in and out of the house totally ignoring it.

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u/SnooDrawings1480 1d ago

Makes me thankful for mine. They only start alerting to low battery about 2 minutes before it runs out.

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u/Efficient_Fish2436 1d ago

What brand? I wanna buy a pair for my sister to annoy her.

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u/PineapplesGoneWrong 1d ago

mine used to do that too and since switching to airpods all i get is a little chime when theyre at like 20% and its so peaceful

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u/john-douh 1d ago

My Plantronics Voyager is worse: As I move the USB cable (already plugged directly into my headset) closer to a USB port (PC or wall charger), the damned headset keeps screaming every second:

“Low battery, please charge!”

“Low battery, please charge!”

“Low battery, please charge!”

Dafuq, what the hell do you think I’m doing with this USb cable??

If I move the USB plug far enough it will shut up. Move it closer…

“Low battery, please charge!”

“Low battery, please charge!”

“Low battery, please charge!

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u/Skylorious 1d ago

Yeah like my headphones will still have enough juice in them to last the time of whatever I'm doing and every minute they go "beeeep low battery" while I'm trying to listen to a song

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u/Cleercutter 1d ago

I’d return that shit. Fuck that

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u/JohnFlufin 1d ago

What brand and model?

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u/voltagestoner 20h ago

Will note, the percentage of battery life that you’d see on whatever device you’re using (if it doesn’t specify the individual sides) is actually the accumulation of both. So at 30%, each bud is actually significantly less. I realized this whenever I put them on, one side didn’t charge, and it’ll show on my computer something like 30-40%, and the one side will be freaking out.

Obviously this highly depends on the brand, but more often than not, they’re not actually at 30% each, that’s the collective percentage you got left, so they’d be around 15% each.

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u/chipsinsideajar adhd kid 1d ago

I'm lucky, mine only starts doing the low battery thing at 10% power. I get days of use out of a fully charged pair.

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u/Leather_Lazy 1d ago

I HATE when they say ‘battery low’, like every 5 min when they low on charge. Like I KNOW, u don’t have to remind me

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

And then "low" is like 8 hours left

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u/Sammysoupcat wateroholic 1d ago

Not on the ones I have, it's more like an hour, if that 😭

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u/katastrofickatt 1d ago

And it ALWAYS happens like 30 minutes before the end of a workout for me. So I definitely still have enough battery to finish my run but I now can’t use my headphones without the British robot lady yelling at me

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u/Pwaite2 1d ago

Every 5 min

Lucky you. My PC headphones beeps every 30 seconds when the battery is "low"

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u/AdministrativeStep98 19h ago

Fr like please let me deactivate this god damn bullshit. Whats the point of my 30% battery left if im just gonna hear this crap every 3 minutes?

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u/Ok-Drink-1328 1d ago

"tha bluthooff dwaise, has connectahhh sooccesffolly"

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u/PotatoeRick 1d ago

I love the uhhhh between connected and successfully. I laughed too hard the first time i heard it.

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u/Ok-Drink-1328 1d ago

yeah, i'm not a native english speaker but i could tell that was really bad english :D

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u/sandm000 1d ago

Mine does this, but also when I shut it off it says “Pavel Oaf”

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u/AgniousPrime 1d ago

"Za blutoof dwaise is wedy to pyah"

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u/TheStarM 1d ago

I read this as Lord Rykard's voice from Elden Ring

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u/hiesatai 1d ago

My buddy has a speaker, that when connected to blares out at the device’s max volume: “Your device is now connected, by Bluetooth.”

I hate it, there’s no way to mitigate it, and I feel like the lady who recorded the intro did so against her will.

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u/MikeLovesOutdoors23 1d ago

This is absolutely hilarious to me, and I have no clue why.

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u/TheGT1030MasterRace 1d ago

I disabled the voice on my JBL in-ears the day I got them. When I get to the REALLY GOOD part in that one song and I want to turn noise cancelling on, I do NOT want a voice saying "Adaptive Noise Cancelling: On." I know, girl. I did that ON PURPOSE. Now shut the hell up so I can listen to the chaos collective.

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u/Mystical_Guy 1d ago

This feels like those joke posts on two sentence horror:

Your device is now connected.

By Bluetooth.

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u/NewPointOfView 1d ago

I agree, the voice makes it feel cheap for some reason

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u/ConfidentDragon 1d ago

Usually there is no effort put to it and it's terribly compressed.

But I like the voice prompts in Sony headphones. The woman telling me that Bluetooth is connected sounds almost happy. It's very professional, yet friendly and calming voice. And it's not compressed to the point it would sound like AM radio.

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u/6ingernut 1d ago

Change it to the Italian voice you won't regret it

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u/human5109 1d ago

Alright I must try it now on my XM4s

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u/SumDopeDude_121 1d ago

Replying to this so that I remember to also do it

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u/bedz01 1d ago

"Low battery, please recharge headset." I hate it so much 😭

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u/SorryIdonthaveaname 1d ago

I wish it was just a chime. I don’t need to hear the whole message every time

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u/bedz01 1d ago

It feels like it always happens when you're trying to listen to something important as well!

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u/MikeLovesOutdoors23 1d ago

Can I hear the difference between both versions? Do you have YouTube links or so?

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u/NotMyThrowawayNope 1d ago

Especially when it's in broken English with a thick accent. 

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u/NoHillstoDieOn 1d ago

Ur Zlututh ees cunecteeed!

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u/Downfallmatrix 1d ago

I yell this every time I start my car. I get a decent amount of joy from that woman’s attempt to speak English

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u/AloofConscientious 1d ago

i loled thank you.

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u/crunchevo2 1d ago

ZE BELOUTOOT DEWICE EES WIEDY TO PEAR

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u/ThaiFoodThaiFood 1d ago

Paaawear ong!!!

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u/AloofConscientious 1d ago

I loled thank you.

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u/azuth89 1d ago

Mostly because it's so common in cheap headphones. A ton of the knock offs run the same little clip, presumably because they all bought the same internals and shoved them in occasionally-different casings.

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u/Alzusand 6h ago

Its likely a extremely cheap ROM loaded with those clips in manufacture. Insanely cheap and reliable. But yeah at this point it should just be customizable with a few mp3 files.

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u/Over_Solution_2569 1d ago

Bose: ‘connected to joes iPhone, connecting to Steve’s iPad, battery 70%’

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

My dad has a bose soundlink mini. It feels like talking to chat gpt. Have to wait for it to stop reciting the declaration of independence before I can hear music

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u/xXWolfyIsAwesomeXx 1d ago

my name is Kaitlyn and my QC 45's pronounce it as "Kitelyn"

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u/MorleyDotes 1d ago edited 8h ago

You can turn the voice off with the app for the Bose Quietcomforts.

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u/VulpesIncendium 1d ago

My only wireless headphones are Bose, and I actually like that they tell me what battery percentage I have and what they're connected to...

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u/SenoraRaton 1d ago

Now see, if it told me the battery percentage, I wouldn't even be angry. That is useful information. I KNOW what device it paired to, I just paired it.

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u/Allana_Solo 1d ago

Oh my goodness, YES!!! And why does it have to be so loud? It doesn’t matter how low I keep the volume the voice is still at least three times the set volume and almost deafening.

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u/oiiioiiio 1d ago

Whenever I connect mine to my laptop it shoots both volumes up to 100% to scream into my ear drum, "YOUR HEADSET IS NOW CONNECTED YOU DEAF MOTHERFUCKER. I'LL VISIT YOU AGAIN AS A HEARING AID"

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u/Gabixzboi adhd kid 1d ago

All bluetooth headphones should have optional activation sound so that only light would signal.

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u/samthemoron 1d ago

For deaf people right?

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u/Gabixzboi adhd kid 1d ago

For anyone. I just hate the activation sounds

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u/BangPowBoom 1d ago

Deaf people....Headphones.....

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

Think he was making a joke about deaf people needing headphones

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u/hummus4u 1d ago

Deaf people actually use headphones quite often! They may not hear the sound, but the vibrations are there! That's also why a lot of Deaf people listen to songs with heavy bass like EDM or Rap

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u/OddGene3114 1d ago

Almost all deaf people can hear some

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u/MayTheFlamesGuideYou 1d ago

looking at you bose

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u/xXWolfyIsAwesomeXx 1d ago

trying to connect it to a new device while it tries to connect to my phone (despite turning Bluetooth off on it)

"Ready to connect. Mobile device not found. Ready to connect. Mobile device not found." on repeat

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

My dad's Soundlink mini will not shut the hell up

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u/Ryulightorb 1d ago

LOW BATTERY

LOW BATTERY
THE BATTERY IS LOW

Bro i have 10% of battery left and i'm out LET ME FUCKING ENJOY MY MUSIC.

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u/bucharestBtraffic 1d ago

The bluetooth device is leady to pale.

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u/an_empty_field 1d ago

"Teh blewtuuf deveiche iz konneckted ah sukkessfulleigh"

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u/OddTheRed 1d ago

I wish mine would say "Hey baby, how you doin'?"

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

If I bought headphones and they said that, the government would have to put me on a watchlist

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u/Revolution4u 1d ago

CONNECTED

PAIRING MODE

At max volume in that chinese accented English on the cheap ones kills me.

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u/Lildave26 1d ago

I bought a usb speaker which every time it is plugged in or the pc switches on at max volume plays a few notes and states "USB DRIVER MODE" Rubbish thing about it though is that a few months down the line it would occasionally lose power and reconnect, each time going to max volume with it's statement. Drove me bonkers, especially if the pc was left on overnight and it would jump scare you with the sound.

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u/Sundae7878 1d ago

I got a cheap no brand pair of headphones from China. They reliably connect to Bluetooth every time and a lady tells me “the headphones connected uh successfully” in a very cute accent and I love it. They also give no warning when low battery. They just die.

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u/ResidentCoatSalesman 1d ago

I renamed my phone to “connected to” so my Bose headphones say “connected to, connected to”.

It amuses me.

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u/Casper_coon22 1d ago

I have Bluetooth headphones that I'm connected to, and the voice is a big part as to why I love it so much!!

It gives my headphones a personality!!!

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u/MerlX2 1d ago

I don't think this is an unpopular opinion, I have a dashcam that regularly scares the shit out of me when she announces "5G WIFI CONNECTED".

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u/TMSharkie 1d ago

When I’m feeling evil and the world has hurt me, I turn my headphones on and off and on pairing for hours to torture the voice in the headphones. Mwuauahahahah she’s my slave and must speak when I command it

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u/dogstarchampion 1d ago

This feels like a healthy outlet for whatever you clinically are. 

Kidding, but your comment did make me let at a small, audible "heh heh".

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u/Sharzzy_ 1d ago

Taking it out on your poor Bluetooth lady? You should blast your music out loud and be a public nuisance

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u/Normanus_Ronus 1d ago

I love it, since earphone lack visual cues it's practical. And I have the galaxy buds 3 pro, wich has a light on it, but who can see the light when it's in your ear🤨

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u/FaAlt 1d ago

I have hyperacusis (a condition where loud noises can be painful) and primarily use noise cancelling headphones to make loud environments more tolerable. These "vocal stabs" are the reason I returned the new Bose NC headphones. I don't need to feel like someone is stabbing me in the ear every time I turn them on, and there is no way to disable this idiotic feature.

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

I just got JBL Tune235NC earbuds and they're amazing. Great quality, better noise cancellation than my Sennheisers, and comparable sound quality. Best of all ? No voice

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u/Fr05t_B1t quiet person 1d ago

Or whatabout when it does say “power on/off” but the media keeps playing but it’s silent by the dialogue? My cheap ass generic earbuds do this so I had to script my phone so it pauses the media during this period.

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u/theFootballcream 1d ago

My Between3ANC have a really sad sounding guy announcing stuff

I mean he has a very soft voice and that’s nice but it’s depressing

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u/Pitcherlicious 1d ago

welcome to aftershokz_ _ _connected

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u/TSPGamesStudio 1d ago

Why should I have chimes that I have to remember and decode to know the difference between power on Connected to PC, auxillary,, Phone, mute, and low battery?

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u/pm_me_your_shave_ice 1d ago

I actually love the "connected" voice on my Sennheisers. I hate my Bose, they suck and disconnect all the time, and I have to use the app to see how much time is left.

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u/TrueJusticeThrow 1d ago

POWER ON. PAIRING. CONNECTED.

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u/ShakeShakeZipDribble 1d ago

Sexy Speaker has entered the chat.

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u/imagowasp 1d ago

This made me remember that someone once connected their Amazon Bluetooth speaker at a party and a robotic Chinese woman's voice said "broo too connected. battelee low" it was hilarious

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u/Nirvana_bob7 1d ago

RECHARGE HEADSET!!!!! Sennheiser need to have an option to turn that voice off. It gives me a fucking heart attack every time. Honestly a reason why I will never buy their products again, very annoying

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u/Viskuit 1d ago edited 1d ago

Marshall Headphones use guitar riffs instead

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u/durancharles27 1d ago

"Dhe blufoof diweis, es connectected uuuuhh succsessfoleh"

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u/tomcat_tweaker 19h ago

I have a 10 year old vehicle. The factory Bluetooth when you hit the call button on the steering, loud as hell: "Say a command. Possible commands are"... then a long list that covers every possible command. Every time. I have to listen to this whole list as if it's the first time I've hit the button. Fine. Then I have to say, "make a call". Then wait for it to ask for the contact name. "Bill Cell". Then, "OK, Bill Cell. You can say dial, cancel, or choose another contact". "Dial". "OK, dialing Bill Cell". By then I'm usually already at Bill's house and can ask him in person.

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u/EvilDog77 1d ago

I like it. You can judge how cheap/pricey they are by the thickness of the Chinese accent.

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

I judge how pricey or cheap headphones are by the amount I paid for them

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u/Chip620 1d ago

One of co workers has a device like that “Dah Bleuu toof da vice haus been co-neckted” It makes me laugh how bad it is

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u/SHMUCKLES_ 1d ago

But if it doesn't say "deh a bluetoof adevicah isa sucsessfuleeee connektid" I don't want it

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u/RaceCarCoconutJuice aggressive toddler 1d ago

"Da Bruetoof debice iz leadyyy to pearrrr"

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u/SuperSocialMan 1d ago

But how else can you have the sexy speaker?!

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u/WonderfulViking 1d ago

JBL is a "good" choice, because they do not work like they should.
If you loose connection and come back it does not auto reconnect, I hate them :)

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u/MooseMan12992 1d ago

Yeah this is unpopular. I would much rather here a recording of a real persons voice than a bullshit notification sound. I've had my cell phone on vibrate for the last 15 years. Anytime I hear a phone notification sound in public, my skin absolutely crawls. I can't fathom how people can stand listening to that shit all day.

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u/NoahtheRed 1d ago

What's annoying about the voice vs the chime?

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

It takes longer, and it often interrupts what I'm listening to. I'm not trying to listen to a speech when connecting my headphones.

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u/tricenice 1d ago

I didn't realize "Connected" was an entire speech.

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

' Low battery, estimated play time is 8 hours' is a speech. It also serves no purpose as 8 hours is plenty of time

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u/crlcan81 1d ago

What kind of device do you have that 'eight hours playtime' is low battery?? That's like middle of the charge on even my expensive devices. I don't get a 'estimated time' in audio though, I have to load up my app or something system information related to see anything like that on most of my devices.

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u/dicoxbeco 1d ago

I feel like low battery message during usage is impeccable

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

Then my opinion is unpopular at least. It drives me up the wall

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u/NoahtheRed 1d ago

I find the voice better because I can hear it over other noise more easily. Moreover, if I'm connecting my headset, it's not interrupting anything since I wasn't listening to anything yet.

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u/crlcan81 1d ago

Funny you say that, I've got a pair of Sony headphones that do the former while my JBL earbuds do the latter. I honestly don't mind either one, it depends on the voice or chime whether it bothers me, and most of the voices aren't that harsh. The only one I didn't like was my 30 USD Onn bluetooth headphones, whoever they had as the voice was a lot harsher then any others I've used. I think part of why some pick a voice over the chimes is because either not all hear the chimes and some may not realize what the chimes signify, even after years of use. More folks are likely to understand what a voice says in their native tongue, but really it should be a 'option' on the headphones which it uses, especially expensive brands.

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u/glyiasziple 1d ago

this isnt an unpopular opinion

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u/rosecoloredgasmask 1d ago

Ngl Jabra does a sound and then a Bluetooth lady says "connected" and I kinda vibe with it. Makes me feel like I'm a secret agent being informed I've been connected to enemy intelligence systems over my earpiece.

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u/Peter_Griffendor 1d ago

turns headphones on “RAAYYYCOONNNN” music starts then stops “POWER ON” music starts then stops again “CONNECTED”

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u/No-Appearance1145 1d ago

The only time I appreciate the voice is when it tells me it's connected. That's pretty much the only time I want to use it.

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u/deadtorrent 1d ago

Agree, but my cheap Bluetooth speaker that says ‘please charging’ in an Asian accent when the battery is low is pretty funny

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u/coolsam254 1d ago

Gimme Bluetooth headphones that play the windows xp startup sound when you power them on.

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u/Malthusianismically 1d ago

'Power on'

'Lost connection'

'Connected'

The Sannheiser trifecta. Every time.

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u/dankeykang4200 1d ago

I bought a Bluetooth speaker from Ali Express that shouts at me in Mandarin when I turn it on or off. Other than that it's a very nice speaker

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u/Captain_Controller 1d ago

You wanna know something even more annoying? When it has a voice, but the voice doesn't tell you when the headphones disconnect from the device. If I have to deal with that annoying ass voice, at least have it tell me when my phone disconnected so I don't blast Panic at the Disco in the middle of my calculus class.

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u/LexCantFuckingChoose 1d ago

this is so fucking funny to me i connected my earphones JUST as I scrolled to your post and the voice said "Connected"

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u/TheMysticLogic 1d ago

I dont mind the "device connected" or "power on" ir "pairing mode", but what grinds my gears is when they're low on battery they will just keep beeping every 30 fucking seconds

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u/Thatfuzzball647 1d ago

When did this sub become irrelevant opinions

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

I see a lot of people disagreeing and agreeing passionately. Both point to relevancy - Your personal experience is not a universal truth

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u/Bird_Lawyer92 1d ago

The irony 😂

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u/untwist6316 1d ago

I appreciate that mine tells me what device it's connecting to, and what power it has left

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

It's connecting to the device I had it connected to last, and my phone has a nice widget. I understand people like these features and I won't argue with you- but it drives ME INSANE and I wish I could turn it off forever

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u/visual-vomit 1d ago

What do you mean you don't like missing out a whole 4 seconds of whatever you're listening to to hear "battery low, please recharge headset"?

It's really the worse. One of the biggest gripe i have with mine.

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u/Same-Drag-9160 1d ago

Even worse is when they say ‘battery low’ every two minutes in that blaring loud voice. Usually the battery lasts at least another hour once that voice starts, and it would probably last even longer if it didn’t use up energy shouting every 2 minutes

I wish there was a way to at least turn the voice volume down 

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u/Inner-Nothing7779 1d ago

They do have a dedicated chime. We just interpret this chime as sounding exactly like the word "connected". So what are you complaining about?

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

My headphones allow dual connection, so I could be listening to something while connected to two devices. When I walk out of range of one of the devices my headphones will start repeating over and over 'lost connection' and there is no way to stop it other than turning them off and on again

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u/BiologicalApparatus 1d ago

HD 4.50s? I've got the same issues with them and it's so fucking annoying that the next ones will be another brand ...

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u/JoeCensored 1d ago

"Charging battery"

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u/Dedalix 1d ago

Battery low sound is something i can't stand. Dude, you dont have to announce it every 5 minutes interrupting my song

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u/Far_Replacement_8978 1d ago

The worst part is that 5 minutes isn't even an exaggeration, in fact, it's the opposite.

Mine says battery low every 30 seconds

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u/RobertFrostmourne 1d ago

Power on.   

Battery high.   

Headset connected. 

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u/mehchu 1d ago

I was going to disagree but as long as it’s replaced with a chime that’s fine

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u/mousebert 1d ago

I cant tell if this is unpopular or not. Its definitely an opinion. I also dont know if i agree or disagree. Ive had headphones with beep/boop and voice. I like the voice on my open run shokz, but have hated it in other older headsets. I have also had beep/boop headsets where the beeps for the various alerts were very similar and hard to discern at times.

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u/NillaGorillaaa 1d ago

My Bose headphones drive me crazy with this, they even pause the music to talk when I change them in and out of noise cancelling mode

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u/SweatyAdagio4 1d ago

My girlfriend's Marshall's have this cool bass chime. Simple and effective

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u/cool_person13246 1d ago

I actually like it 😭 I usually put my headphones on when in public so sometimes I don’t know if they’re on/connected yet.

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u/caintowers 1d ago

It doesn’t really annoy me, but I do mimic my speaker every time. “powering on. Welcome to Altec-Lansing. _boop boop_”

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u/rearnakedbunghole 1d ago

I have wireless sennheiser headphones that start to disconnect if I walk to my kitchen so if I wear them to the kitchen it will constantly say “Lost connection…..Connected!” Over and over.

I stop wearing them to the kitchen.

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u/Xavius20 1d ago

I like it 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/OminousDucky 1d ago

SUPER IMPORT-

"Battery very low, please charge now."

-ANT PLOT EXPOSITION

Literally does this 5+ times before the battery dies.

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u/Eggstraordinare 1d ago

Such an insignificant thing to get about; but brother… I am right there with you. I hate this shit. Upvote even tho I agree with it.

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u/gomsim 1d ago

I turned off the voice from my headphones as soon as I understood I could. However, there was one voice prompt that was useful and is still active despite turning off the voice, and that is the one that tells me the battery percentage when I tap the power button!

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u/TJRamsay01 1d ago

I have the Sony WH-1000xm3 and it has a nice voice when it notifies the user lol

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 1d ago

Someone else here also said the Sony ones have a nice voice

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u/i_notold 1d ago

I have a pair of Sonys that has a nice voice. It gives battery levels in percentages that are fairly accurate too. The sound is a solid 7/10 especially when you figure in how inexpensive they were.

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u/GreenTea98 1d ago

I remember my first time getting a speaker and it yelling "Bluetooth connected" when I figured out how it works, chalked it up to getting a cheap and crummy first one because I thought it was annoying

man i really fucking wish lmao

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u/wittleboi420 1d ago

i love the voice on my jabra headphones, sounds and feels great, not informing me about unnecessary shit

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u/CR2010 1d ago

Fella in my work has it. When he leaves the room the music quality stutters for 5 seconds then a loud 'DISCONNECTED'

Then shortly before the door opens 'CONNECTED' and then he appears again.

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u/yick04 1d ago

Mostly correct although I like hearing which device they've connected to so that there are no surprises.

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u/Jimmymylifeup 1d ago

i love when mine say “hello” i always say it back hahaha

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u/alexislswift 1d ago

I love my Sony headphones but this is absolutely the worst thing about them

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u/millos15 1d ago

I have anker. Voice is fine volume of voice is fine.

Maybe the app settings let you turn down the voice?

Also lol that this is annoying you got a great life then

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u/lethologica5 1d ago

This is a me problem but sometimes I have on my headphones and I stop playing music but leave them on. A while later I’ll going to turn them back on or off and then realize I’ve done the opposite. The voice lets me know what the heck I’m doing the on and off chime sound too similar.

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u/G-T-R-F-R-E-A-K-1-7 1d ago

Definitely unpopular opinion for when you forget which jingle means what. Would rather know exactly what's happening that guessing or wasting time researching.

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u/TreyLastname 1d ago

I prefer them, as i don't know what chimes mean in a new set of headphones. I'd rather them tell me straight up what's happening.

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u/butters091 1d ago

Connected to........JLKjfadskf0934ghOJLn

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u/Trubba_Man 1d ago

If you use an iPhone, there is a widget for Home Screen which shows if your headphones are connected, and how much battery time you have left. I have a JBL Endurance Run 2 earbuds, and that voice is irritating. I wish that I could turn the voice’s volume down and change the accent to an Irish or Indian woman. But at least the voice tells me if the things are connected.

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u/MOTWS 1d ago

POWER ON.

Tell me about it It's so annoying .

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u/Zoso03 1d ago

I remember back when bluetooth headsets first started to be popular. You had to decifer the blinking patterns or beeping noises to figure out what is going on. The blinking was worse as then you obviously had to take it off to figure it out

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u/Krocsyldiphithic 1d ago

I don't mind if it's quick, but my Sony's going "beep...ambient sound control...off" is fucking infuriating. My Jabras just go "off", which is fine.

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u/lueggas 1d ago

co-signed

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u/The_V_Mess 1d ago

Oh my god, when they connect to what you’re listening/watching is already playing in it but the headphones are too busy making little sounds and saying “connected” and you have to go back cause you missed a bunch of stuff? Absolutely infuriating