New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- Apple has always kept AirPods very close to its own devices. When you connect them to an Android phone, they behave like any basic Bluetooth earphones. The sound works, but that is mostly it. You do not get proper controls for noise cancelling, no automatic play and pause, and no clear view of battery levels for each earbud and the case. After a while, it feels less like a limitation and more like a choice.

LibrePods, made by developer Kavish Devar, tries to fix that for Android and even Linux users. Apps like OpenPods already give you a small set of features, but LibrePods goes much deeper. Once LibrePods is running, you get proper control over your AirPods. You can move between noise cancellation, adaptive and tra...