LE Audio and the Future of Hearing

@ssa said:

This doesn’t mean that… It means the app will control the auracast broadcast like a wifi list for bluetooth

be able to work in Auracast broadcast mode as a transmitter.

This makes it sound like it doesn’t work as an Auracast device at all, initially. Or maybe I’m misunderstanding something?

Edit.

Resound is also launching its new TV-Steamer+, which is also Auracast-ready.

Meaning that it is not enabled yet.

Oh i see carry on, nvm then, i was reading the thing wrong

Great video, @Baltazard. They should have him be the official BT LE Audio spokesperson if he’s not already. He needs to take some lessons from Dr. Cliff or someone like that on presentation. During the first part of his video, his head was frozen motionless much of the time, and he was obviously reading from a script. In the latter part, he limbered up and relaxed with more head movement, emotional expression, and engaging gesticulation.

Can’t see Phonak implementing Auracast anytime soon @Baltazard, not unless they can make money out of it, and Phonak likes your money… If they do, in the next iteration after Lumity, you can bet your bottom dollar, you’ll need some sort of licence to activate it… I know, I am a cynical old, so in so But, Phonak have to get their priorities right, your hard earned cash, is no use to them, if you still have it Removing it from your coffers is their main priority, helping the HOH, is perhaps a secondary consideration? As always, we all have our own opinions, and rightly so… I don’t have much time for companies that tend to exploit HOH, folks whom have a recognised disability, and they are trying to bleed every last cent out of these disabled folk… And yes, Phonak does make absolutely wonderful hearing aids, and Roger ALD’s! But unfortunately, Phonak have little or no actual moral compass, and fleecing highly disadvantaged folks, seems to be what they do best… Apologies, rant over…

@Baltazard said: (unavailable)

Meaning that someone will need new smartphone, new hearing aids and TV/PC you name it that support auracast (Bluetooth LE).

Not necessarily, you will be able to get USB Bluetooth LEA dongles for any of your device [would be unwieldy with a phone but I’d rather have that than pay for dedicated streamer], bluetooth dongles get cheap very fast.
I think that Creative is about to release one of the first.

Bluetoooth is backward compatible. Meaning that with BT 5.4 LE Audio chip they would still be able to use Bluetooth Classic or any older protocol if they wanted to.

@Reginald PC/Laptop maybe a solution, but still a smartphone needs to be LE and Auracast compatible, for a TV I don’t see a dongle feasible.

The biggest problem with disability law here in the UK, very little is mandatory, it’s usually mostly advisory, when the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) came in around 2008, it had no teeth, it advised all kinds of stuff like Loop Systems in public buildings, banks, council offices, courts… When these places found out it was only advisory, they ignored the DDA… So even places that did install Loop Systems, didn’t bother to switch them on, and didn’t maintain them! It’s rarer than hens teeth, to find an actual Loop System that works, yeah the sign says it’s installed, but no one actually knows how to switch it on… Mandatory Auracast from UK government, is never going to be a priority, they don’t give a flying f##k about folk with disabilities, especially if it costs money, in their eyes, we are vermin…

@Baltazard said:

@Reginald PC/Laptop maybe a solution, but still a smartphone needs to be LE and Auracast compatible, for a TV I don’t see a dongle feasible.

There already are some LEA phone dongles on the market, check Anker Soundcore VR P10 LEA earbuds for example, they come with one, to work with any phone. Why do you think that with TV this wouldn’t work?

USB dongle don’t work well with TVs, especially Bluetooth/wifi dongles.
Smartphone is the medium that helps select the right Auracast Bluetooth channel to pair with the hearing aids, similar to selecting a wifi network, so not sure how you are going to add a dongle to a smartphone to make it Auracast compatible!

@Reginald said:

Someone please correct me if I’m getting it wrong, isn’t Auracast just a part of LE Audio?

Exactly. That is correct.

And while I’m posting, everyone should remember that Bluetooth Low Energy (or LE) is not the same as Bluetooth Low Energy (or LE) Audio.

@david.hendon said:

everyone should remember that Bluetooth Low Energy (or LE) is not the same as Bluetooth Low Energy (or LE) Audio.

Good luck with that!

@d_Wooluf said:

Good luck with that!

Yes an absurdity by the geeks in the Bluetooth SIG, unfortunately.

My take is that most people are pretty sloppy with their language and then complain that something they got wrong doesn’t work.