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A new Sony firmware update updates Sony’s flagship over-ear-headphones and earbuds bring much more functionality upgrade. Updating the firmware of the-1000xm5 or WH-1000xm6 shares the audio through Bluetooth Le Audio and provides compatibility with Gemini Live AI assistant of Google.
Last month, Google expanded more Android phones as well as Sony’s WF-1000xm5, WH-1000XM6, INZONE Buds, Linkbards Open, Linkbards S, Linkbards Fit and Le Audio Compatibility for Inzon H9II.
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Audio sharing update allows users to wear compatible headphones using a compatible smartphone with another person to share the audio of their device with a compatible Sony headphone model and an Android phone. All devices of broadcaster have been shared, including music, youtube and tiktok videos, as well as TV shows or movies from a streaming service. However, the phone call is not broadcast to another listener.
Users can either share their audio with a person or transmit it to many others through the QR code.
How to access audio with Sony headphone
To access this feature, you will need a Sony headphone and an Android phone compatible with Bluetooth Le Audio. Samsung’s Galaxy and Google’s Pixel smartphone support features, and some Xiaomi phones support Bluetooth Le audio, although they are not officially sold in the US.
Android 16 involves strong support for Bluetooth Le Audio; Ensure that your compatible smartphone is updated in the latest version. On the pixel, make sure that the audio is capable of sharing settings.
You also have to update your compatible Sony headphone in the latest firmware version, which is available in Sony’s sound connect app.
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Once you update your Sony headphone, you have to re -add them to your compatible Android phone via Google Fast Pair. Once you complete the prompt, you can enable the audio and add your headphones to the Find Hub of Google for device location tracking.
What is Le Audio?
Bluetooth Le Audio is a wireless audio technique that creates Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connectivity standard. Bluetooth Le Audio heeing AIDS, Auracast Audio Broadcasting and low complexity supports communication codes (LC3), enabling high quality audio transmission with low power consumption.
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The most exciting feature within Le Audio is Auracast, which allows users to be shared and listening to and listening to users with compatible headphones and smartphones either audio with others or in public audio broadcasts.
Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) first announced Le Audio in 2020, and the audio specification was standardized in 2022. Since then, widespread adoption has been a slow but stable process, such as developers such as JBL, Sony, Samsung, and LG, such as developers such as developers and products release this year.
