Gadgetory

at this point I think it's pretty safe to say that the switch has been a success it's this awesome combination of portable and home gaming it's got some great first party games on it but for all those benefits it does have some downsides and some negative quirks some of which honestly just don't make sense in 2017 like the fact that right now there is no built in or official way to do wireless headphones on this system there's no Bluetooth there's no proprietary wireless connection nothing and this is something that was present in the Vita almost six years ago and it's not in the switch now I've been thinking about this problem a lot recently because I love using my switch as a dedicated handheld but I'm honestly not a huge fan of its built-in speakers while I can use wired headphones I don't like having to be connected to my system in case I do something like set it down and then drag it off of a counter which is probably happen more times than I care to admit the Prague is I want a wireless solution and so something I decided to test out we're Bluetooth transmitters and the results for the most part pretty good let's dive in exactly how this worked out so here's the deal when you see good reviews on Bluetooth transmitter like this on Amazon or Best Buy or whatever site it's not always gonna be indicative of how good will be used in a gaming system a lot of people are buying these kind of things to use them for say a Bluetooth speaker and just a sound setup they have and in a situation like that all they're worried about is sound quality well they're not thinking about is latency which when you're playing a game is a really really big deal and that's exactly the problem I ran into when testing some of these out see when we got these at first glance we grabbed these two different models now at first glance I thought this one was going to be the better one because it's a built in all one experience you just plug it into the top done and done this one on the other hand doubles as with a transmitter and receiver it has all kinds of additional adapters and different options of ways to set it up a little more of an all-in-one package but it looks a bit like a mess when you plug it into your system however after testing both of these actually ended up having way less latency while using this Bluetooth transmitter where there was still a tiny little bit but it was very forgivable whereas this one we're getting the situations where I hit a button and then I hear a sound go off right after now is this latency bad enough to the point of which is going to ruin your game experience honestly not a whole lot you know depending on the game you're playing yes you for doing something competitive we're hearing a sound at just the right moments you can react and you know life-or-death situations yes this can be a problem but if you're just doing laid back casual gaming it is a very small amount of latency that is honestly very forgivable and often times you won't even really notice it unless you're trying your best to really find and know whether or not sounds are happening right as you're pressing buttons and things happen on screen really if you're just looking for a solution for more casual gaming that you're doing on the go or laying back on the couch this is a great solution as long as you don't mind having a little tab thing hanging off the top of your system now an important thing to note too is that while I was working on this as being a solution for portable gaming it'll actually work with a home entertainment set up as well kinda like what we did with that retro Super Nintendo setup see when the switch is docked if you plug anything into the auxiliary port it's going to override the audio going to the HDMI so if you wanted to adopt switch you could plug this in and connect it to a pair of Bluetooth speakers or maybe even in a headset if you don't want to keep people up in the house while you're playing a game like splatoon unless of course are going to be screaming while you're playing now of course a wireless Bluetooth setup would be incomplete without headphones now yes you could go searching for a gaming headset that supports Bluetooth but honestly that really isn't the best choice for what we want to do here we want something that's going to support good casual gaming that you can do on the go it's gonna give you great sound for a variety of games a lot of gaming can sit on the other hand are designed more for just like dedicated multiplayer experiences directional hearing separating explosions of gunshots not what we need instead you can go for something that's much more traditional whether it's some in-ear headphones or just a better looking set of over years they're gonna do much better all-around sound quality that you can use on the go or in a home entertainment setup like we said earlier so did we find the perfect solution for our wireless headset problem the switch sadly not just yet you know the Bluetooth is going to give you a way to be able to do this comfortably in a working casual gaming but like I said there is a little bit of latency which will mess up some games so you're gonna have to stick with wired if that is important to you if not this is a great little solution for when you just want to do some nice laid-back cell cut to Zelda game play with like smooth jazz playing a background