Bluetooth dongle with Auracast support - FlooGoo FMA120

Well then the folks at Demant need to pull their heads out of their fannies. Since it looks like Resound has beaten them once again.

Does the Sphere currently have an advantage by using the FlooGoo?

Yes my Rexton aids are listed and I can connect one on one, I have not yet been able to connect in broadcast mode

Has anyone with a Resound Nexia been able to connect in broadcast mode with the updated Resound app? If anyone has the new Vivia, same question.

Thanks! Is this plug-and-play or is setup difficult?

honestly I’m just happy there is even a device that only costs 50 bucks pairable with current hearing aids that works on a PC and not require me to be handcuffed to a single manufacturer’s $300 locked accessory that has even less features and uses ancient soon to be obsolete tech. Not having to switch out my hearing aids to use earbuds that end up impairing my ability to hear my surroundings has been something I’ve been searching for since i became a HA user last year.

Yes, it works right away. Here’s a screenshot showing it in action with an FMA120 as an Auracast sender.

What phone are you using it with?

iPhone 13Pro. HAs connect perfectly with phone and iPad, but Apple says only M2, M3 MacBook Airs etc will connect natively.

The screenshot was taken on an iPhone SE 2 running iOS 18.3.1.

Here’s the firmware that snah76 mentioned as working with the Rexton Reach. You can always check the FMA120 webpage for the latest version, and FlooCast will also provide a link when a main branch update is available.

https://www.flairmesh.com/support/FMA120_1.0.9.2.zip15

Thanks very much for the replies and encouragement. I received the device aka “dongle” and installed latest version of Floocast but no success with my Rexton Reaches yet. So I am considering replacing my Pixel 4a with a Pixel 8 or 9 or perhaps a Samsung Galaxy as per this article, and would be grateful for any experiences/opinions/suggestions as between Pixel and SS Galaxy?

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Hi @Ranson, was this with the FlooGoo set to high quality mode? If not, can you try if it also works in high quality mode?

I tried different bit rate settings with another module I have and when I enable high quality mode, the Smart3D app shows the Auracast stream, but doesn’t connect to it.

The FlooGoo manufacturer seems to indicate that Resound HAs support high quality, so I’m curious how this works with FlooGoo

Is this where my hearing aids (Rexton Reach) are supposed to show up on my Mac M1 after running FlooCast? I don’t see them. Any suggestions as to what I am missing or failing to do?