New Bluetooth version adds AirPods-like audio sharing to more headphones

We’ve updated this story with more details from the Bluetooth SIG about which Bluetooth version is needed to access Auracast and which devices will support it. There’s a new Bluetooth variant rolling out within the next few months and you should know about it, because it’ll bring significant changes to the way we share audio – some of them life-changing. This new capability, previously known as Audio Sharing, is now called Auracast broadcast audio.

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