In a new blog, Samsung announced expanded support for a number of audio technologies, in particular Auracast, 360 Audio and Auto Switch. Neither of these will debut on Samsung devices, but this gives an idea of how widely they'll be supported across the lineup. Samsung says the updates will gradually roll out starting later this month.
Auracast is a relatively new Bluetooth technology that allows a single device to broadcast an audio stream to a theoretically unlimited number of endpoints such as speakers and headphones. Last year, Samsung announced support for this technology on the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro headphones and the latest high-end TVs, and when it went on sale in January, it came to the Galaxy S24 series. Samsung has now confirmed an expanded list of phones and tablets that will be able to broadcast or receive Auracast streams, The Verge reports.
On the broadcast side, devices must be running Samsung One UI 6.1 or newer. Supported devices will include the Galaxy S23 series, Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5 smartphones and Tab S9 tablets. Meanwhile, devices running One UI 5.1.1.1 will be able to select and receive Auracast broadcasts. In addition to the above-mentioned devices, this list also includes smartphones Z Fold 4, Z Flip 4, A54 5G, M54 5G and tablets Tab S9 FE and Tab Active 5 5G.
Auracast is an industry-wide technology that is also appearing in speakers and headphones from brands such as JBL and Sennheiser.
Regarding the Galaxy S24 series and its real-time translation feature, Samsung says that when you connect the Galaxy Buds to your phone, the translated audio will play through the headphones, and the other person will hear your translated words through the phone's speaker.
Samsung is also expanding 360 audio support to a range of its Neo QLED and OLED TVs. This is a surround sound technology that uses head tracking to make it seem like sound is coming from the side of the screen, and is currently supported on some Samsung phones and tablets. A full list of supported TVs can be found on Samsung's blog, and Samsung says the feature works with the Buds 2 Pro and Buds 2.
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Finally, there's an Auto Switch feature that automatically switches the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro's Bluetooth connection between selected Samsung tablets or TVs and your smartphone when a call is received. Samsung now says the feature is being expanded to support Galaxy Book laptops running Samsung One UI 6.0 software.
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