Bluetooth Roadmap: The Promise of Wireless Audio Realized?

Hope is on the way for High-Quality Wireless Audio. The Bluetooth SIG is accelerating its technology updates and anticipating an ambitious roadmap of technology updates. With more than 50 active enhancement projects in process for upcoming specifications, including High Data Throughput, Bluetooth will evolve to support lossless codecs, high-resolution audio, and even multichannel formats. What should we expect next from Bluetooth?

A Celebration of the Art of the Possible. CES 2025 was extremely successful. Even with the impression of fewer people because of the show being even more dispersed. In this first impressions report we discuss how Edge-AI (on-device) is transforming what is possible in audio processing. And of course there was MagSafe and Qi2. USB4. Bluetooth LE Audio. Auracast. Wireless Multichannel. And much more. This is necessarily a brief first impressions editorial to follow up on a very intense edition of CES, where the business-to-business aspects of the show have intensified as predicted.

Ceva announced the first complete multi-protocol wireless connectivity platform that supports Bluetooth High Data Throughput (HDT). This next generation technology meets the pressing need for Bluetooth devices looking to support streaming of even larger media at higher data rates. The new Ceva-Waves Links200 IP platform is designed to dramatically enhance wireless audio capabilities and support advanced applications like 7.1 audio systems.

Ellisys, a leading provider of protocol test, analysis, and qualification solutions for Bluetooth technology, Universal Serial Bus (USB), and other wired and wireless technologies, announced pre-standard support for several upcoming, unreleased major Bluetooth technological advancements. The company's Vanguard all-in-one Bluetooth protocol analysis system now supports High Data Throughput, Higher Bands, and Channel Sounding capabilities.