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Simon Cohen

Tired of guessing how good music from your phone actually is? Meet the free Bluetooth Codec Changer app I can't live without

A smartphone screen with a DAC in front of it, showing LDAC playing. The DAC is held in a hand, with headphones in the background.

Here’s one for all you audio nerds out there. You already know that using a high-quality Bluetooth codec can improve the audio quality of your best wireless headphones or earbuds. But how do you know which codec it is currently using right now, as you listen? And perhaps more importantly, how do you change it if it’s not the one you want?

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This is part of a regular series of articles exploring the apps that we couldn't live without. Read them all here.

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