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Auracast support rolls out to more smartphones and headphones.
You can share your phone's audio with one or many friends.
Your phone and headphones must support Auracast to access the feature.
If you've been waiting for technology to evolve so you can easily share audio from one device to two headphones with fewer device ecosystem barriers, the day has come. Google's new update to Android expands Bluetooth LE Audio to more smartphones and headphones, allowing audio sharing between more consumer audio brands and smartphone models.
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How does LE Audio Auracast work?
Bluetooth LE Audio is the Bluetooth protocol that supports Bluetooth Auracast, which is the audio-sharing technology. If your headphones and smartphone support Auracast, you can share audio with friends.
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