Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) just announced the next generation of Bluetooth Audio, the LE.
LE stands for low energy
The LE Audio has a lot of innovative features, including new Audio Codec, multi-stream audio, hearing aids and broadcast audio. The most important upgrade is the new Audio Codec called Low Complexity Communications Codec (LC3). The LC3 delivers high audio quality at lower Kbps
What doesn’t mean for true wireless earbuds?
Better battery and smaller size
Bluetooth earbuds will have longer lasting battery because the new audio codec allows transferring more data at low data rates so it will enhance sound quality. Low data rates requires less power consumption. Currently true wireless earbuds’ battery is more or less than 6 hours, this figure is about to double if they are engineered by LE.
Or battery can be made smaller while maintaining the battery life in a smaller earbud.
Sound Quality
Two earbuds can independently pair with your phones, the latency is minimum, stereo imaging will improve. LE Audio is supposed to be better than current SBC, which is higher in latancy and data loss over Bluetooth.
Hearing Aids
People with mild, moderate hearing loss can enjoy the benefit of LE Audio not just for hearing but for call and watching video, playing video mobile game. We are expected to see more hearing aid earbuds.
Hard of hearing people also get the benefit, open the accessibility for them to home entertainment devices such as smart TV.
Seamless experience
Switching back and forth between devices that earbuds are connected to is easy and smooth. For example you just made a Skype call on your laptop and now you want to listen to music on your phone, the Multi-stream support feature allows you do it with ease. No interference, no hiccup.
If you have more than 3 pairs of true wireless earbuds, your phone will be able to pair with all four earbuds simultaneously.
When LE Audio is available for true wireless earbuds?
Possibly in 2021 or later because SIG is set the release date for LE audio in the 2020. Bluetooth chipset makers also needs times to build LE operation mode into their new chipsets.
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