Imagine you're at an airport, listening to your favorite tunes on a pair of noise-canceling headphones to drown out the sounds of babies crying and PA system announcements that have nothing to do with you. However, in the middle of your song, you hear loud and clear in your headphones that your group is about to start boarding. And the best part is that you don't need to pause your music every time an announcement is made over the PA system to figure out if it's about your gate, because you're directly connected to your specific gate.
This is just one benefit of Auracast, a technology developed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. I got to test out the technology during a demonstration at IFA in Berlin, Germany, and at the risk of sounding overdramatic, this is exactly the kind of future I always hoped we would get with Bluetooth, and it makes me incredibly excited for what's coming.
