My bluetooth headphones that support SBC, aptX, aac and LDAC bluetooth audio codecs, on the Fairphone 3 they are always using SBC. When I change it to another codec in the developer options it doesn’t have an effect and switches automatically back to SBC when I leave the settings. On other Android p…

My earbuds dont support LDAC, but aptX and aptX HD don’t seem to work for me either. AAC seems to work fine though, there is an option “HD Audio: AAC” in the settings for the bluetooth device which can be enabled and stays active even after reconnection. Extract from an ‘adb logcat’: E a2dp_vendo…

Yeah, I suppose it costs a vendor money to have those proprietary libraries shipped. With an unlocker bootloader you could install that aptX package from XDA developers.

I’m having the same issue. My Fairphone 2 which is running LineageOS 15 (Android 8.1) does not have this issue - can do AAC and LDAC. I’m unclear as to what to do next. Doing more research. This post about aptX on LineageOS seems related and seems to confirm what you’re saying, @JeroenH I’m not …

Update: latest message from support: I can confirm that HD codecs are not included at the moment. I have been asking, every Monday, for updates on your other questions: I asked if we offer any alternatives and how to help you connect at a better quality, but, unfortunately, I still have no answer…

Did you receive any update to this after two months? :slight_smile:

@aljoscha Nothing yet. I’ve asked for an update :slight_smile:

Here’s the relevant part of the response I received: Unfortunately, so far I’ve received no reply. Today I have forwarded your question to our product again asking for an answer. In a week I will contact you again and let you know if we are able to give you an answer or not.

Update (3rd of June but I’ve been busy): Some progress but no news yet. Unfortunately, the older team leader of our product team, responsible for the Fairphone 3 project, after being with us for several years left the company after Fairphone 3 was released. The current leader of the product team…

I have the same problem. Bought a pair of Apple AirPods Pro, but they sound like crap when making calls, and the person I’m speaking with can’t hear me well either, so I hope this can be fixed. As I understand, we shouldn’t need to go into developer mode to change this. It should be available as a …

Update (relevant parts + a typo corrected): I apologize for the long wait and for the answer that will follow. After my umpteenth request I have to accept that I am not able to satisfy your request, neither can anyone else. Being still a small company we constantly need to reassess our prioritie…

Changing bluetooth audio codec

Help Fairphone 3

Calon September 13, 2022, 9:14am 24

Actually, the issue IS fixed as of now! At least for me on my FP3+ with my Sony WH-1000XM4 headset: