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AptX low latency apparently makes it better (35ms is the "guarantee"), but I've honestly not tried it. I'm not going to make my 400FPS on a 240hz monitor low latency gaming in Valorant worse by going wireless for audio.

Though I do use a wireless mouse (G Pro X Superlight) and it's brilliant, though it's wireless adapter is attached to a cord that lets me plug it in to keep going if I forgot to charge it, so its the best of both worlds.

Really, its only my mouse that I move around enough for wireless to be worth it in competitive gaming.



I played competitive FPS games for years at high ranks with a Bluetooth headset before learning of the delay. I did not notice. However, for a while I switched to a Bluetooth keyboard and until I realized the input delay was severely impacting my performance. Wireless mice (non-Bluetooth) on the other hand have low enough latency that most pros are fine using them.

Some advice for Bluetooth headset gamers - Bluetooth completely breaks the audio for some games like Battlefield 1. The only solution is to go into device manager and disabling Handsfree Telephony on your device.




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