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Here is some interesting info i found in Bluetooth SIG I posted in another thread

Link between Cochlear and resound platform for Bluetooth
LEWIS 4 to 7 is using nRF52840, this mean the hardware is capable of 5.3 and possibly LE Audio! I don’t know what’s LEWIS 1 to 3 is using but i suspect N7 2019 firmware upgraded to LEWIS-3 HW/SW with part of LEWIS 4 SW platform for Android’s ASHA protocol. (Linx 3D HW/SW and Quattro SW platform hybrid…)

The Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are going to be updated to I think. All the blogs are carrying news about a new spacial recording feature which apparently requires LE Audio. The spatial recording is the banner headline, LE Audio the footnote.

Samsung Adds 360-Degree Audio Capture, Camera Controls to Galaxy Wearables4

Galaxy Buds 2 Pro owners can record more immersive audio with their video, while owners of the Galaxy Watch 5 can now take charge of camera zoom controls with their wearable.

Yes but it is unlikely any of the manufactures will do that unless you are Cochlear Ltd and i suspect resound is prepping for Omnia FW update soon for

Oh well I hope that’s not true, it would be massive if the latest and mobile devices could be updated, obviously not for older models…but one can hope.

not likely, if you look at the release pattern of 2 firmware update within 1 year of it release… one at 6 month and another at 1 year… and probably, bug fixes for 3 years

Yeah I think your right about that, only so many firmware updates before a new platform release, which seems to be 2 years now.

In reply to @d_Wooluf

It seems strange to me that you can use them to record some weird proprietary audio format but you can’t listen to music using ? Samsung press release:

Samsung Electronics : New Software Updates to Galaxy Buds2 Pro and Galaxy...

Paired with a Galaxy smartphone, the latest wearable software updates bring users new ways to capture the world as they hear and see it Samsung Electronics today announced new...

In reply to @ssa

OTH, if you look at the One PR on ReSound Pro, the rubric for the One is still something like that the One has “future-proof Bluetooth Low-Energy” and I think there was a post or two on the forum by folks that claimed a ReSound rep had told them that the One would be upgradeable to (it has BT 5.2). I wouldn’t call a BT LE device that can’t be upgraded to BT LE Audio very future-proof!!! OTH, conspiracy theory here: Was it Apple that found BT 5.2 not good enough for its BT LE Audio purposes, hence BT 5.3 and the hold-up on the official release of BT LE Audio as a finished product? Maybe the Omnia, which is very similar to the One except for the supposed improvements in Front Focus vs. Ultrafocus, was issued simply because the One wasn’t good enough for Apple’s plans for BT LE Audio, but the Omnia might be? (Don’t know what the truth is, am just looking to start another good conspiracy theory!).

In reply to @jim_lewis

Apple have nothing to do with resound plans and 5.2 is enough to support this. It is entirely possible that the One could support BT LEA. Based on the information, this is good news! I am not ruling that out. The improvement that 5.3 over 5.2 is just to lower power consumption… Apple just supported the through tBluetooth SIG

See my research on Resound LEWIS platform.

Link between Cochlear and resound platform for Bluetooth
LEWIS 4 to 7 is using nRF52840, this mean the hardware is capable of 5.3 and possibly LE Audio! I don’t know what’s LEWIS 1 to 3 is using but i suspect N7 2019 firmware upgraded to LEWIS-3 HW/SW with part of LEWIS 4 SW platform for Android’s ASHA protocol. (Linx 3D HW/SW and Quattro SW platform hybrid…)

So that’s the beauty of , there’s no Android/Apple dancing around , streaming will be just a distraction, one for all with LE Audio right?

Brilliant,I was hoping this was the case, well I hope Jim and you are right that the One’s have a chance of getting LE.

In reply to @ssa

Interesting news about Apple supporting , but I don’t see anything from Apple when I do a search for products with BAP and CAP. Seems like we’re still at a point that if one wants LE Audio, one should buy with extreme caution. Samsung supports BAP and CAP in their latest Fold and Flip models that have 5.2, but have several other models that have BT 5.3 that don’t support BAP and CAP.
Hopefully things become more clear as the year progresses.

I have not looked into that and i don’t use it that often but it is made by the same company that makes the GN LEWIS 4 to 7 hardware platform

Another “conspiracy theory,” ReSound hasn’t announced any firmware upgrade for the Omnia et al., because it’s politely waiting for its other Danish partner in ’s to come out with its latest model, which will also be BT LE Audio compatible (a search seems to show that the More only has BT 5.0). Why be nice to the competition? Because BT LE Audio compatibility will mean more if there are More (pun not intended) players. Both Oticon and ReSound were significant members of the BT LE Audio Bluetooth SIG.

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