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settings. The app repeatedly said it wasn’t connected to the earbuds, even when
Bluetooth settings said the earbuds were connected and when I was actively
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connected, the app said the earbuds had 0 percent battery, while Bluetooth
settings said they had 97 percent battery.
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disconnecting. I hooked up some Pixel Buds, and they stayed connected, except
for the time the volume mysteriously waxed and waned, or the time the music
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just buggy.
I kept on running into bugs even after the latest software update. Sometimes
while just sitting on the table, the screen would rotate. Sometimes the screen
wouldn’t rotate when it needed to. Swiping up from the bottom of the screen to
get the app drawer or close an app sometimes didn’t work. The screen would
also wake up spontaneously, for no apparent reason, and then go back to sleep.
Left to right: Surface
Duo, Galaxy Z Fold 2.