Availability of Auracast on Phonak Sphere Infinio I90

Hi all,

Approaching 18 years of hearing aid use and I am awaiting my delivery/fitting appointment for my Phonak Sphere Infinio I90s. I am coming from 10 yr old Resound hearing aids for mild/moderate high frequency bilateral hearing loss.

I see that the Spheres have the ERA chip which is " is Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) Audio enabled and Auracast-ready." As a producer of marketing materials in the past, and sensitive to market speak, I am wondering what this means. Bluetooth/Auracast do not list Phonak devices in their Auracast enabled list, and a July press release lists only Resound and Jabra as being Auracast “enabled.”

What does Phonak mean by this? Are they anticipating the possibility of enabling Auracast, or are the devices currently capable of receiving Auracast transmissions (the latter seems unlikely). Is there any other information on their plans viz. Auracast?

Thanks.

The Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast will be available after a future firmware upgrade. So, yes, Infinios are ready for that technology, but you cannot use it now, only later.

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