Release / 26 Aug 2026

AirPods for Omarchy v1.3.6

Keep AirPods playing at the highest-bitrate codec the card offers instead of PipeWire's AAC default.

Before you upgrade to v1.3.6

Playback now defaults to SBC-XQ instead of AAC, re-applied on every activation; using the AirPods microphone still drops to the low-bandwidth headset profile.

Behavior changedAffects: Everyone listening through AirPods with the bundled daemon

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What changed in v1.3.6

The daemon selects SBC-XQ at 453 kbps ahead of SBC and AAC each time it activates the card, and leaves the headset profile alone while a microphone capture is live. The control link no longer gives up while BlueZ still reports the device connected. The systemd unit now runs sandboxed with UMask=0077. Groups v1.3.0 to v1.3.6.

Also: A daemon started before the Bluetooth adapter now finds AirPods that connect later.

v1.3.6; re-run setup to rebuild the daemon.

Fixed and improved

Battery and controls come back after a dropped control link while BlueZ still holds the device, instead of staying down.

Now worksSee the battery level of each AirPod and of the case, with charging and in-ear hints.

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Seeded by @iluxav with Claude Code (canido), from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.