https://community.sony.lu/t5/x-series/bluetooth-audio-codec-support/m-p/3563916#M6026 <P>Hi,</P><P>I have an Xperia X Compact. Recently I invested in a new Sony bluetooth headphone set (<A href="https://www.sony.com/electronics/truly-wireless/wf-1000x" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WF-1000x</A>). I was a bit surprised that the headset <A href="https://www.sony.com/electronics/truly-wireless/wf-1000x/specifications" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">supports </A>AAC as an enhanced quality audio codec, but not AptX. And the Xperia <A href="https://dl.developer.sonymobile.com/documentation/whitepapers/Xperia%20X%20Compact_WP_2.pdf" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">supports </A>the AptX enhanced quality audiocodec, but not AAC.</P><P>The headset works, as all bluetooth devices have to support the lowest common denominator codec <A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBC_(codec)" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SBC</A>. However, I had hoped for a bit more strategy from Sony on the interoperability and best experience from their current generation of mobile devices.</P><P>My question is whether it can be expected that Sony will add additional codec support in future firmware updates, perhaps if Android O gets rolled out or even sooner? Or is codec support defined by the hardware in the devices, rather than in software?</P> Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:33:49 GMT Duinsel 2017-10-08T19:33:49Z https://community.sony.lu/t5/x-series/bluetooth-audio-codec-support/m-p/3563916#M6026 <P>Hi,</P><P>I have an Xperia X Compact. Recently I invested in a new Sony bluetooth headphone set (<A href="https://www.sony.com/electronics/truly-wireless/wf-1000x" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WF-1000x</A>). I was a bit surprised that the headset <A href="https://www.sony.com/electronics/truly-wireless/wf-1000x/specifications" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">supports </A>AAC as an enhanced quality audio codec, but not AptX. And the Xperia <A href="https://dl.developer.sonymobile.com/documentation/whitepapers/Xperia%20X%20Compact_WP_2.pdf" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">supports </A>the AptX enhanced quality audiocodec, but not AAC.</P><P>The headset works, as all bluetooth devices have to support the lowest common denominator codec <A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBC_(codec)" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SBC</A>. However, I had hoped for a bit more strategy from Sony on the interoperability and best experience from their current generation of mobile devices.</P><P>My question is whether it can be expected that Sony will add additional codec support in future firmware updates, perhaps if Android O gets rolled out or even sooner? Or is codec support defined by the hardware in the devices, rather than in software?</P> Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:33:49 GMT https://community.sony.lu/t5/x-series/bluetooth-audio-codec-support/m-p/3563916#M6026 Duinsel 2017-10-08T19:33:49Z