The new MacBook Pro and Mac mini both support Bluetooth 5.3. Is it possible to improve the sound quality in the future?

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Apple announced on January 17, local timeThe new 14/16-inch MacBook Prowhen,the new Mac miniBoth of them support Bluetooth 5.3.

Since the previous model supported Bluetooth 5.0, it has been changed to the current latest version.

By upgrading the bluetooth version, it is expected to improve performance.

Bluetooth 5.3 is a standard that supports LE Audio, the next generation of Bluetooth Audio, and allows the use of the new LC3 audio codec.

Specifically, it is said that the sound quality of LC3/160kbp and traditional SBC/345kbps are equivalent (LC3 does not have better sound quality), and the same sound quality and low delay as before can be achieved with lower power consumption.

It may also support LC3plus, which will enable lossless quality playback in a future update, but these codecs are not supported by Apple, and will they be available in a future update?

However, since the iPhone 14 series, AirPods Pro (2nd generation), and iPad Pro (2022) released last fall were also replaced by Bluetooth 5.3, it is likely that the quality of wireless audio over Bluetooth will be bumped up in the future. Weighted gender.

It was also rumored that Apple is developing its own codec to make Apple Music’s seamless audio available on wireless devices, but the truth is still unknown. Does Apple have plans to make Apple Music lossless wireless audio?

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