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Re:iPhone X by mrpippy on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:33PM (#15233573)
iOS has supported AAC over Bluetooth A2DP for years. For some reason, it's not as widely supported by headphone makers as aptX.
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Re:iPhone X by rasz on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:05PM (#15235185)
Why would you support anything but your proprietary codec in your bluetooth controller chips? CSR didnt know either, was rewarded with handsome ($2.4B) Qualcomm buyout.
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Re:iPhone X by mrpippy on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @02:32PM (#15241195)
Having done development with CSR chips, AAC (and also MP3) support is shipped with the SDKs just like aptX is. AAC patent licensing may be more complex though.
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