{
  "id": 18345809,
  "title": "3 ways Bluetooth 7 upgrades your devices beyond lossless audio",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/3-ways-bluetooth-7-upgrades-your-devices-beyond-lossless-audio",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-05T17:46:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ZDNet",
    "slug": "zdnet",
    "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/tech/bluetooth-7-features-headphones-smart-home-lossless-audio/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bluetooth 7 introduces several enhancements to improve device performance, efficiency, and audio quality. One of the key features is High Data Throughput (HDT), which enables lossless wireless audio and enhanced multi-channel spatial audio. This is achieved by increasing Bluetooth's maximum supported bitrate to 7.5 Mbps, up from the current 2 Mbps. HDT also allows for faster data transfer, improved energy efficiency, and more resilient connections, creating more room for data-intensive applications.\n\nAnother significant improvement in Bluetooth 7 is the expansion of the Bluetooth spectrum. This allows for faster data transfer, better energy efficiency, and more reliable connections. With HDT, devices can stream lossless audio wirelessly, addressing the common issue of data compression in Bluetooth audio that reduces audio quality.\n\nBluetooth 7 also enhances the Bluetooth stack architecture, making data transfer faster, more efficient, and more resilient. This improvement can result in shorter download times for firmware updates, faster device location when Find My Device is activated, or quicker transfer of large photo albums via Android’s QuickShare or Apple’s AirDrop. In a smart home context, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) works in the background, connecting devices seamlessly. With HDT's improved data throughput, smart lights, shades, speakers, TVs, refrigerators, and more can quickly offload large amounts of data to a smart home hub, enabling near-instantaneous setup of new devices and firmware updates.",
  "summary": "Bluetooth 7 could make your smart home devices easier to set up, for one. Here’s what we know about the new core specification.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "AppleInsider",
        "title": "New Bluetooth standard supports great lossless audio, but you'll need new headphones",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/new-bluetooth-standard-supports-great-lossless-audio-but-youll-need",
        "published": "2026-11-04T16:09:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Bluetooth’s next big audio upgrade is coming, but not to your current devices",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/bluetooths-next-big-audio-upgrade-is-coming-but-not-to-your-current",
        "published": "2026-11-04T17:12:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}