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@forteller Yeah, it really seems like existing devices should do this! I don't know if it's a matter of nobody implementing it in software or a matter of actual hardware limitations to do with audio processing or number of bluetooth devices that can connect & how data is routed to them... but it really seems like it ought to be possible!

It's been a while since I read about that dongle trick and I don't have the link any more. Probably came from a cycling or motorcycle forum and I have no idea how to find it again, though I would have initially found it via some combination of web search & following links...

And now that I'm thinking of it, I realize I was misremembering the way it worked! I believe they actually had wired headphones plugged into some kind of standalone bluetooth audio device?

(I tried walkie talkies and the audio quality was appalling. I also tried some "bluetooth walkie talkie" apps on phones, which never really worked right.)

@forteller There's a few dedicated devices that do this for bicycles, often made by the same companies that make motorcycle intercom systems (e.g. Sena).

I've tried to find something like what you described in the first post and couldn't figure anything out except that some people do it by getting a few little bluetooth audio dongles with 3.5mm jacks and plugging them together, and then pairing a bluetooth headset with each dongle.