Have you ever shared an earphone bud with someone? It’s been the simplest method of “personal” simultaneous listening to date. Sure, you can get Y-splitter and then plug 2 pairs of earphones in, but you start collecting a mess of cords, and the added accessory moves this method away from “simplest.”
Bluetooth, in all it’s wireless fidelity, is unable to accommodate multiple listening products (your headphones) to stream from one source… until now!
The new generation of Bluetooth is here, LE Audio (it’s not French for “the Audio,” that’s L-E, Low Energy Audio)
Soon, kids riding the bus can listen to one friend’s playlist, without sharing earphones. They don’t even have to sit beside each other! Trying to watch some downloaded Netflix shows on your iPad with your spouse while flying home for the holidays will eliminate the tangle of earphones and Y-splitters in your carry-on bag.
And because it’s Low Energy, the new Bluetooth will use less battery power on your phone and headphones.
Industry minds project we’ll start seeing new devices with LE Audio roll out starting in 2021!