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LE Audio

The next generation of Bluetooth® audio

Building on 20 years of innovation, LE Audio enhances the performance of Bluetooth® audio, adds support for hearing aids, and introduces Auracast™ broadcast audio, an innovative new Bluetooth use case with the potential to once again change the way we experience audio and connect with the world around us.

Classic Audio and LE Audio

As the names suggest, Classic Audio operates on the Bluetooth Classic radio while LE Audio operates on the Bluetooth Low Energy radio. LE Audio not only supports development of the same audio products and use cases as Classic Audio, it introduces exciting new features that promise to improve their performance and enable the creation of new products and use cases.

Auracast™ broadcast audio

LE Audio will also add broadcast audio, enabling an audio source device to broadcast one or more audio streams to an unlimited number of audio sink devices. Broadcast audio opens significant new opportunities for innovation, including the enablement of a new Bluetooth capability, Auracast™ broadcast audio.

Share your audio

Auracast™ broadcast audio will let you invite others to share in your audio experience, bringing us closer together.

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Unmute your world

Auracast™ broadcast audio will enable you to fully enjoy televisions in public spaces, unmuting what was once silent and creating a more complete watching experience.

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Hear your best

Auracast™ broadcast audio will allow you to hear your best in the places you go.

NEW TECHNICAL RESOURCES

LE Audio resources for developers

The LE Audio Specifications are complete. Access a library of technical resources including a book, videos, study guides, and more designed to help you get familiar with the new LE Audio architecture, the individual specifications, and the capabilities LE Audio brings, including Auracast™ broadcast audio.

LC3 codec

LE Audio will include a new high-quality, low-power audio codec, the Low Complexity Communications Codec (LC3). Providing high quality even at low data rates, LC3 will bring tremendous flexibility to developers, allowing them to make better design tradeoffs between key product attributes such as audio quality and power consumption.

What the industry is saying about LC3

Why LC3 Will Be the Standard for the Next 20 Years

How LC3 Checks All the Wireless Audio Boxes

What LC3 Means for the Bluetooth Audio Listening Experience

The Advantages and Flexibility of LC3

Multi-Stream Audio

Multi-Stream Audio will enable the transmission of multiple, independent, synchronized audio streams between an audio source device, such as a smartphone, and one or more audio sink devices.

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Hearing aids

Building on its low power, high quality and multi-stream capabilities, LE Audio adds support for Hearing Aids. Bluetooth audio has brought significant benefits to a large percentage of the global population. Wireless calling, listening, and watching have made people safer, more productive, and more entertained. LE Audio will enable the development of Bluetooth hearing aids that bring all the benefits of Bluetooth audio to the growing number of people with hearing loss.

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