Microsoft Windows 11 Shared audio (Copilot+ PCs)
Close, but not Auracast. Plug in a dongle such as the Creative BT-W6 for the real thing.
Works with limitsTransmits
Auracast status
Joins or sends a broadcast, but with a limit worth knowing about before you buy. Shared audio uses LE Audio broadcast to exactly two paired headsets on Copilot+ PCs. It is not an open, discoverable Auracast broadcast, and Windows cannot scan for or join one.
Details
- Role
- Transmits
- Works with
- Windows 11
- Released
- 2026-06
- Status checked
- 20 October 2026
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Does my phone support Auracast? Samsung, Pixel, iPhone, Windows and Mac, checked20 October 2026Sources for this status
Other phones and computers that work today
The widest Auracast support of any phone family: finds broadcasts, joins them, and broadcasts its own media or microphone.
Finds a broadcast, joins by QR code, and shares its own audio.
Sony's phones have broadcast, scan and QR join; all are listed by the Bluetooth SIG.