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Microsoft's new Bluetooth standard will improve audio quality.
The new standard is designed for online games and virtual meeting apps.
You can chat via a Bluetooth headset with no drop in sound quality.
Here's a question for those of you who enjoy online multiplayer games: Have you ever tried chatting with a fellow gamer via your Bluetooth headset, only for the sound from the game to become muffled and garbled? That's a common audio problem not just with online games, but with virtual meeting apps like Microsoft Teams.
Well, now Microsoft has devised a remedy that replaces an older flavor of Bluetooth with a new and improved version.
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In a Tuesday blog post, Microsoft unveiled details on a new Bluetooth streaming tech known as LE (Low Energy) Audio. Created for Windows 11, the new version lets you listen to audio in high quality at the same time you're using your microphone. This means that chatting with someone either during a game or a virtual meeting won't hurt the sound you hear from your headset.
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