During the development of the Fairbuds, we made sure to select a chipset that could support higher fidelity codecs like LDAC. But, due to a combination of business implications (licensing), as well development impact (integration, testing, ensuring the impact on battery life is not too excessive for example), we did not prioritise the implementation of extra codecs at launch. Also, considering that AAC is sufficient to stream Spotify’s highest quality streams, we had to conclude that for the majority of the users, AAC would be sufficient for now. But, we won’t rule out that a future firmware update might include support for a new codec.
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