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> The lossless audio isn't the real benefit of this, it's the low latency And we could have had that on all AirPods, for several years now, if Apple were to fi
by lxgr 2y ago
> The lossless audio isn't the real benefit of this, it's the low latency
And we could have had that on all AirPods, for several years now, if Apple were to finally implement LC3 and Bluetooth LE Audio.
Other than enabling much lower latency for unicast, LE Audio even supports broadcast use cases (think gym TV audio, public announcements, hearing aid audio in cinemas etc) and much more.
I really don't understand why that's taking so long; this type of thing seems exactly like something Apple would usually excel at. (Maybe it's too open a standard, and they can't figure out a way to make gyms and cinemas pay for broadcasting to AirPods?)
- Kirby64 2y ago> And we could have had that on all AirPods, for several years now, if Apple were to finally implement LC3 and Bluetooth LE Audio. LC3 still has 50ms or so latency from what I’ve seen. LC3+ is lower, but 20ms is still something. Wired you can be single digit ms easily.
- jampekka 2y ago20 ms on top of other latencies (buffers) is not good for e.g. live monitoring.
- pySSK 2y agoLE Audio is still too slow and low quality. The next step will likely be UWB audio.
- conradev 2y agoYes! I have a pair of "on-ear speakers" and they support the broadcast API: https://nwm.global/products/one https://nwm.global/products/one but I have not found a single place in the US that uses it
- vosper 2y agoInteresting looking headphones - I'd be interested to read your review of them
- dcrazy 2y agoLow latency audio for AirPods is already enabled when Game Mode is active: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ios-18s-new-game-mode-makes-iphones-faster-and-more-responsive.2429096/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ios-18s-new-game-mode-m...