For a connected world we sure need to use a lot of dongles, and AirFly Pro is indeed another dongle, but it does something useful: It’s a tiny transmitter that lets you use your wireless headphones or earbuds (including AirPods and AirPods Pro) with systems that only have a headphone outlet.
The Twelve South product plugs into the headphone outlet on airline entertainment systems, at the gym or anywhere else where you need to listen to audio. It’s a battery powered device that promises around 16-hours battery life. The system also acts as an AUX IN adapter for your car, boat or non-Bluetooth speaker, so you can easily send audio from your iPhone into another system.
MacDailyNews Take: Oh, we can find uses for these things in many places! There are three distinct models:
• $44.99: AirFly Classic comes with a 3.5mm headphone cable, USB charging cable, travel pouch
• $49.99: AirFly Duo lets you share up to 2 AirPods / Bluetooth headphones to any 3.5mm jack
• $64.99: AirFly USB-C lets you share up to 2 AirPods / Bluetooth headphones to any USB-C jack
More info and photos at Apple Must.
Problem with most of these devices is depending on where the phone is in relation to the headset, cutouts are inevitable. Plus its big and ugly and would flop around too much during workouts.
It is not at all “big,” but it doesn’t work with AirPod Pros. Needs software update not yet available.