Auracast at Home
Treat home audio like a menu of stations, not a collection of Bluetooth pairings.
What Auracast looks like in real life
This is my Android Auracast Assistant showing four live audio broadcasts in my home: Office+, Home Music, Living Room, and Bedroom. Bedroom & Living Room are TVs. Office+ & Home Music are PCs. Since Auracast is brand agnostic, like classic Bluetooth, I can use Avantree streamers, and currently do so.
To listen, I tap the broadcast I want and the sound is delivered directly to my hearing aids.
No pairing. No reconnecting. No streamer hanging around my neck. No special hardware attached to my hearing aids. Just tap and listen.
Real hearing aids. Real daily use.
I use Auracast every day with hearing aids from two major manufacturers:
- Starkey Genesis AI Omega hearing aids
- ReSound Nexia hearing aids
Both work well with Auracast broadcasts from my Avantree transmitters.
This is not a manufacturer demonstration or a laboratory test. It is my daily listening setup. I use the Android Auracast Assistant to connect to broadcasts such as Home Music, Living Room, Bedroom, and Office+.
Important app caution
My practical recommendation is simple: connect with the Android Auracast Assistant, then close the hearing-aid manufacturer's app unless you specifically need it for adjustments.
Why Auracast is different
Traditional Bluetooth connects you to a device. Auracast connects you to a service.
For example, when I want music, I select Home Music. Auracast does not care whether the music originates from a TV, a computer, or a transmitter in another room. I simply select the broadcast and listen.
The broadcast becomes the destination of my hearing aids.
A practical example
Suppose I am sitting at my desk listening to Home Music.
I decide to go outside and work in the yard.
With traditional Bluetooth, I would often have to stay near the transmitter or carry the source device with me.
With Auracast's much greater range, I simply walk outside. As long as I remain within range of the broadcast, the music follows me while I work around the house and yard.
That is the moment Auracast stopped feeling like a technology demonstration and started feeling useful.
Listen to the Music Time Machine
Home Music is now fed by the Music Time Machine, a live web-served music stream randomly playing Billboard Top 100 hits from 1940-1990.
The same stream can be heard on this web page and is also broadcast locally in my home by Auracast as Home Music.
Randomly playing the Top 100 hits from 1940-1990.
What this site is about
Many hearing aid users have never seen Auracast demonstrated. Many clinics are still learning how to present it. Many public venues have not yet adopted it.
This site exists to show what Auracast looks like in everyday use by a real hearing aid wearer.
Auracast is not something I hope to use someday. It is something I use every day.