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I doubt anybody knows who could share the info. Phonak has said something to the effect that they’re not in any hurry as their current tech works quite well. My guess, and that’s all it is, is that they’ll come out with a non- hearing aid later this year and do Auracast in 2026. They were also late to the game with bluetooth streaming.

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I think the next platform is probably baked now. They will release it next year. (I guess I should shift gears and say later this year, 2024. Aug will be two years since audeo lumity released.) The SW folk need a stable platform for their end of the work. The release cycle is about 2 years, and the last new hardware was released when paradise came out in Aug 2020. Lumity was a primarily software based release. I think the won’t be in this platform, but the next big HW platform release, which might be 5 years away, depending on how well the next platform performs.

WH’s crystal ball - I don’t have any insider knowledge.

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It seems to me that with Resound and Sonova both offering this year Phonak will be significantly behind. I have struggled through church, plays and music venues for years, so I am anxious to avail myself to this technology. The TV connector is great and my expectations are that this new Bluetooth technology will be similiar

All good, yeah I believe a lot more to come onboard very soon as well, I’m looking forward to it all, too bad it took this long for SIG (after 10 years of people complaining about connection and latency issues)

Sorry for reacting a bit late, as not daily on the forum…

At least 5.2 or 5.3 must be in the hardware. Phonak has 4.2? So there will be no firmware upgrade possible for their old fashioned brand.

Interesting enough I found a passed recent webinar event with the discussion over Phonak and with Stefan Launer.

Join us for a special Phonak webinar on Auracast featuring Stefan Launer!86

There are already other brands with BT5.2 on the market. Question stays of one of them will implement the software in their HA to use auracast. Better for them selling new ones with higher prices then updating the firmware I think.

With Auracast, if you are young enough, you’ll have a nice thing to look forward to.

@sterei said:

To bad it’s not accessable anymore. Or could anyone find it elsewhere?

Indeed! +1 :pray:
Any of our forum members? Or an in-depth search on the internet…
As I assume Phonak itself will not reply…

There are various ‘flavours’ of Bluetooth. Bluetooth is just a type of transport, which carries various protocols and data. Without knowing correct protocols devices won’t be able to communicate with each other.

In reply to @Don

I’m guessing you’re right that the Phonak aid should be able to connect with classic bluetooth. Likely to be latency issues.

@mkeefer0307 said:

Bluetooth 5.2 (branded Auracast) or higher that Phonak does not have/offer

It’s that’s the new Bluetooth version, with , actually I thought it was 5.4 but whatever it’s backwards compatible right?

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