Tomtom and Airpods?

isabelle111111111

Hi everyone,
I have recentenly bought the Tom tom spark cardio + music watch.
I thought that they came with the Tomtom bluetooth headphones , but they did not. Is it supposed to come without? Cause on an online review I saw they came with.
My question is, is it possible to pair airpods with the watch?
Thanks

tfarabaugh

It depends on the [package you buy, some come with headphones, some do not (you pay more for the headphones). As far as Airpods, the answer is maybe. I have not seen anyone mention them here one way or the other, but most BT LE devices should work, but some work better than others. Price seems to not be a factor as the cheaper ones often seem to work better than the expensive ones. This is because cheap models are more likely to use the base BT protocols and not customize them for advanced features or settings like more expensive models do (and there is no way of knowing if a manufacturer has tweaked the protocols to take them out of compliance). The BT standard is in such a way a 'standard' that it can be widely interpreted with different settings for buffer sizes, time outs, profiles, protocols, antenna configurations, etc. TomTom cannot change their code every time a manufacturers messes with the BT coding. This is a case where paying more will not increase the chances of connectivity, it may decrease it. There are thousands of models out there so there is no way for TT to test them all and since the manufacturers often tweak the BT settings there is no way to know upfront if a pair will work or not. At a minimum they need to be BT LE and support A2DP and AVRCP, the two protocols necessary to play music. Your best bet is to buy them from someplace with a good return policy so if they don't work you can return them and try another brand.

tfarabaugh

It depends on the [package you buy, some come with headphones, some do not (you pay more for the headphones). As far as Airpods, the answer is maybe. I have not seen anyone mention them here one way or the other, but most BT LE devices should work, but some work better than others. Price seems to not be a factor as the cheaper ones often seem to work better than the expensive ones. This is because cheap models are more likely to use the base BT protocols and not customize them for advanced features or settings like more expensive models do (and there is no way of knowing if a manufacturer has tweaked the protocols to take them out of compliance). The BT standard is in such a way a 'standard' that it can be widely interpreted with different settings for buffer sizes, time outs, profiles, protocols, antenna configurations, etc. TomTom cannot change their code every time a manufacturers messes with the BT coding. This is a case where paying more will not increase the chances of connectivity, it may decrease it. There are thousands of models out there so there is no way for TT to test them all and since the manufacturers often tweak the BT settings there is no way to know upfront if a pair will work or not. At a minimum they need to be BT LE and support A2DP and AVRCP, the two protocols necessary to play music. Your best bet is to buy them from someplace with a good return policy so if they don't work you can return them and try another brand.

Chocsa

I have a TomTom cardio runner 3 and AirPods 2 and unfortunately the runner can’t detect them. Sigh...typical Apple proprietary lockout protocols I suspect

fedemengo

I can easily pair my spark cardio + music with the AirPods. The only problem is that I cannot change the volume. But apart from that, everything works fine