This really sounds promising
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Again. Bluetooth has been one letdown after another. I hope they get this together quickly.
There will be issues when first released, there always are. Then there will be fixes and updates.
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Do you have to have HA that are âAuracastâ enabled?
Do you have to buy new smartphone, new laptop,�
Or is it backward compatible, so you can pair with your existing equipment?
Thx
Edit: Saw this:
Availability: The Bluetooth specifications that define Auracast broadcast audio are part of the Bluetooth LE Audio specification suite and are expected to be released within the next few months. Audio product developers and venue operators can learn more about Auracast broadcast audio by visiting bluetooth.com/auracast.
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Will my existing equipment work with Auracast?
It depends. Technically speaking, many phones, tablets, etc., built during the last few years already have Bluetooth chipsets that can be firmware upgraded to support Auracast. But at the moment, we donât have a definitive list of which devices will support it at launch or which ones will be updated to support it in the future.
On the headphone/earbuds/speaker side of the equation, things look murkier. Firmware-upgradable chips in these devices certainly exist, but theyâre much less common. Tons of Bluetooth headphones and earbuds, especially in the lower sub-$100 price range, donât offer a companion app for iOS or Android, so thereâs simply no way to update them even if their chips could handle the new code.
Hearing aids that use Bluetooth chips are also a prime example of a product that could benefit from Auracast compatibility, but the same caveats apply â some might already have the necessary hardware, but most will not.
My understanding is that this will only be with new phones, etc. that come with Bluetooth 5.3 (maybe 5.2) and LE Audio. Resound claims future compatibility with their Resound One hearing aid. For computers it MIGHT be possible to gain this capapbility with a USB adapter. So, no I donât think this will be backward compatible. To clarify, the new equipment should still work with older devices, but wonât have the advanced capabilities.
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I am really not sure. That is yet to be seen. I am guessing yes, because most hearing aids now are MFI, and possibly AHAS. My thinking is this will be the new Bluetooth low energy standard. If so then hearing aids will have to be redesigned.
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Phonakâs Marvel and paradise are Bluetooth 4.2 
I believe this will be a all new standard. I believe it will be the BLE. Which I believe is Bluetooth 5.3 or maybe 5.2
Iâm travelling through rural Wales at the moment and visual displays on their Train Stations and also on the Trains is severely lacking compared to where I live.
This technology sounds like itâll really help when there are no visual displayâs available.
Even worse when you ask for help and canât understand the person either and having no visual displays makes is extremely hard.
Yes this is one thing I noticed throughout our rural areas as well, absolutely nothing at all, although we donât have the accents issue itâs still annoying, but I do wonder if some of these places will even bother with Auracast when itâs available, might need some government âpushâ
Never thought of that!
Wales have their own Government and their own rules!
Same issue when Scotland as well!
Bummer!!
Even worse, the UK seem to think itâs a good idea to get rid of staff at Train Stations and assume on Trains as well at some point.
Will make anyone with any added difficulty travelling a lot harder.
Itâs actually Bluetooth Low Energy Audio, which is totally different from BLE.
But yes itâs Bluetooth 5.3. I believe that itâs still unclear whether Bluetooth 5.2 certified devices will be backward compatible, maybe with a firmware update.
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Here is what I believe, hearing aid engineers are not going to be too quick at adapting LE audio, unless it is also compatible with older phones, MFi, AHAS, or the classic Bluetooth that Phonak uses. Why, because the hearing aid companies know better that forcing people that canât afford to buy their aids and new top of the line phones at the same time. Sure there are some that would jump to do so, but most of us that wear aids are retired with very little money to throw around all at once. The hearing aid companies will wait for the majority of phones in use to be of that level of Bluetooth connectivity before they make the changes, if they donât have the room or battery bandwidth to keep the aids reverse compatible along with the latest Bluetooth technology. We will just have to be patient and wait.
Probably wonât be like that because Bluetooth transport protocols are backwards compatible and the data protocols are just software driven.
My own view is that the hearing aid companies will rapidly put LE Audio into their next release of premium products just as soon as there are a few phones to choose from that will support it, ie an iPhone and two or three Android phones.
We have to hope so, but i am not going to hold my breath. I am someone that isnât going to hold off and wait for it to happen if i need aids now i will get what i need to be able to hear conversations now. I am too old to wait for the hopeful future.
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Android phones with LE Audio, from popular brands, have been on the market for several months already.
Apple will do anything in their power to not use the standard and keep you in their walled garden, as they do with everything.
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I actually switched from iPhone to the Samsung S23 a couple of months ago.
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I see youâve changed your profile picture, I think I prefer the cowboy hat one!
I think whatâs going to drive adoption, far more than HA users are applications and devices,from Asus to Zenith, that can generate sales of devices using Auracast. Think âbring your own headphonesâ theaters, silent discos, etc. Then, once itâs widespread enough Iâll happily raise my hopes for HA uses and until then, watch and wait.
That isnât going to help someone like me with my hearing loss. I can no longer just use headphones even over my hearing aids.