David777
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I'm starting to use my new Google Pixel 10 PRO by reading documentation and watching help videos. Tomorrow will try and get my Consumer Cellular service running for phone use. The Pixel uses an e-SIMM so unlike my old moto g, I don't install the old Consumer Cellullar SIMM into it. In fact, does not have memory expansion, so am limited to the 128gb of storage it came with. Since unlike so many, I won't be using my phone to watch movies or videos, that is more than enough. One feature I just became aware of that is particularly interesting for my uses is Bluetooth LE Auracast for audio sharing between multiple devices. Only newer phones have these features as the standards and hardware to support such is relatively new.
https://www.tomsguide.com/audio/thi...ed-bluetooth-feature-everyone-should-be-using
From a single transmitter source, that could be my Pixel, it can broadcast a new Bluetooth standard signal to any nearby connected smartphones or headphones, or earbuds with the feature. For greater transmission distance than a smartphone, there are dedicated accessory devices with larger batteries and greater rf power output.
One obvious use would be in noisy rooms like at popular sports bars that often have TVs tuned into sport channels like NBA basketball, but without the sound on or very low as that otherwise can bother others at bars. So with this technology, visitors with compatible earbuds (even without a smartphone), could be quietly receiving high quality audio of an NBA game that the bar set up with a dedicated transmitter, while other patrons are not bothered.
Also, for example, a group of a dozen dancers or street exercisers with earbuds with the receiver function, could have one phone set up as the transmitter playing music with all the other people receiving the same music in sync. So a group of people might travel a distance, dancing down a street, without anyone else being able to hear what they are dancing to.
I've only had wired earbuds till this point, mainly because earlier Bluetooth hardware often had annoying rf dropout problems, especially when moving about. The earbud product I'm focusing on is this on sale $75 product that was $120:
https://www.amazon.com/EarFun-Adaptive-Cancelling-Snapdragon-Bluetooth/dp/B0FSKRJFKT/ref=sr_1_2_sspa
https://www.tomsguide.com/audio/thi...ed-bluetooth-feature-everyone-should-be-using
From a single transmitter source, that could be my Pixel, it can broadcast a new Bluetooth standard signal to any nearby connected smartphones or headphones, or earbuds with the feature. For greater transmission distance than a smartphone, there are dedicated accessory devices with larger batteries and greater rf power output.
One obvious use would be in noisy rooms like at popular sports bars that often have TVs tuned into sport channels like NBA basketball, but without the sound on or very low as that otherwise can bother others at bars. So with this technology, visitors with compatible earbuds (even without a smartphone), could be quietly receiving high quality audio of an NBA game that the bar set up with a dedicated transmitter, while other patrons are not bothered.
Also, for example, a group of a dozen dancers or street exercisers with earbuds with the receiver function, could have one phone set up as the transmitter playing music with all the other people receiving the same music in sync. So a group of people might travel a distance, dancing down a street, without anyone else being able to hear what they are dancing to.
I've only had wired earbuds till this point, mainly because earlier Bluetooth hardware often had annoying rf dropout problems, especially when moving about. The earbud product I'm focusing on is this on sale $75 product that was $120:
https://www.amazon.com/EarFun-Adaptive-Cancelling-Snapdragon-Bluetooth/dp/B0FSKRJFKT/ref=sr_1_2_sspa
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