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11-19-2024, 05:21 PM
Android 16 Developer Preview 1 introduces a new Audio Sharing feature that lets other people listen to your phone’s media along with you.
This feature is based on Auracast, which is the marketing term for Bluetooth LE Audio broadcasting.
Of Google’s Pixel phones, only the Pixel 8 and later (excluding the Pixel 8a) support Auracast, however.
Google released the first developer preview of Android 16 (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-features-3484159/) earlier today, giving us a sneak peek at what to expect in next year’s big update. As usual, the company didn’t highlight any user-facing changes in its blog post announcing the update, which is understandable since it’s a developer preview. However, after installing the update on one of my own Pixels, I started digging into the update to find out what’s new. To my surprise, a feature that I’ve been tracking for nearly 10 months has finally gone live in DP1: Audio Sharing.
Bluetooth audio sharing (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-audio-sharing-hands-on-3437354/) is a feature that I first spotted in early previews of Android 15 (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-features-3401939/), but the feature didn’t go live in the Android 15 stable release. However, it’s here in Android 16 DP1 (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-dp1-3500744/) on my Pixel 9 Pro, suggesting that Google plans to roll out audio sharing as part of the Android 16 update. Once you load up Android 16 DP1 on a supported Pixel, you can find the audio sharing feature under Settings > Connected devices > Audio sharing.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-audio-sharing-3501252/)
This feature is based on Auracast, which is the marketing term for Bluetooth LE Audio broadcasting.
Of Google’s Pixel phones, only the Pixel 8 and later (excluding the Pixel 8a) support Auracast, however.
Google released the first developer preview of Android 16 (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-features-3484159/) earlier today, giving us a sneak peek at what to expect in next year’s big update. As usual, the company didn’t highlight any user-facing changes in its blog post announcing the update, which is understandable since it’s a developer preview. However, after installing the update on one of my own Pixels, I started digging into the update to find out what’s new. To my surprise, a feature that I’ve been tracking for nearly 10 months has finally gone live in DP1: Audio Sharing.
Bluetooth audio sharing (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-audio-sharing-hands-on-3437354/) is a feature that I first spotted in early previews of Android 15 (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-features-3401939/), but the feature didn’t go live in the Android 15 stable release. However, it’s here in Android 16 DP1 (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-dp1-3500744/) on my Pixel 9 Pro, suggesting that Google plans to roll out audio sharing as part of the Android 16 update. Once you load up Android 16 DP1 on a supported Pixel, you can find the audio sharing feature under Settings > Connected devices > Audio sharing.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-audio-sharing-3501252/)