One transmitter, many listeners: Bluetooth gets broadcast mode

Earphone party time! With Auracast, a single smartphone will be able to play to any number of Bluetooth headphones in the vicinity at the same time. — dpa

BERLIN: Being able to transmit music or information to many listeners at once has many advantages – just think of radio.

With that in mind, the Bluetooth Special Group (SIG), which is responsible for developing the radio standard of the same name, has now fleshed out its plans for spatially-limited audio broadcasts to theoretically any number of Bluetooth headphones or speakers.