HearAura gives iPhone owners a free Auracast assistant, a year before Apple might
The app finds nearby broadcasts and hands them to hearing aids, which is the one job iOS refuses to do. It does not help ordinary earbuds.
Platforms
iPhone 18 and AirPods 5 launch with Bluetooth 6 and, again, no Auracast
Three years after the standard shipped, Apple is the only major platform without it. What is confirmed, what is not, and what an iPhone owner can do in the meantime.
Android 17 beta turns a Pixel's microphone into an Auracast broadcaster
Voice Broadcast, in Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4, sends what the phone hears to any nearby Auracast receiver from a Quick Settings tile. Samsung shipped the same idea in One UI 8.5 in March.