Explainers
Read these in order and you will know more about Auracast than most people selling it.
- 1What is Auracast?
Bluetooth that broadcasts instead of pairing. One transmitter, every pair of ears in the room, no limit on listeners.
3 min read - 2How Auracast works: source, assistant, receiver
The three roles in every broadcast, what LC3 and BIS mean, why your phone is a remote control and not a relay, and where the latency comes from.
3 min read - 3Does my phone support Auracast? Samsung, Pixel, iPhone, Windows and Mac, checked
Which phones can find and join a broadcast, which can send one, which are left out, and the exact menu to open on each. Updated as firmware lands.
4 min read - 4How to join an Auracast broadcast, step by step, on every platform
The exact taps on a Samsung, a Pixel, a Sony, with each hearing-aid maker's app, and with a dedicated receiver. Plus what to do when the broadcast does not show up.
3 min read - 5Auracast and hearing loops: why venues are keeping both
What a loop does that Auracast cannot, what Auracast does that a loop never could, what the Australian building code says, and the honest answer on timing.
3 min read - 6Set up an Auracast broadcast at home: TV, laptop, console or phone
Everyone watches at their own volume. Which TVs do it on their own, which transmitter to buy for the rest, how to lock the broadcast, and what to expect on latency.
3 min read - 7Auracast glossary: the words you will meet
Source, assistant, receiver, LC3, BIS, Scan-to-Listen, Auracast-ready and the rest, in one paragraph each.
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