Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)

[finalthief]

That would be great.

[VinylFuture]

There was originaly a rumor that it could be added software wise later, but HTC has now confirmed that the hardware is lacking to make it happen. No bluetooth to car stereo for me i guess :-(

[atoy74]

Originally Posted by VinylFuture

There was originaly a rumor that it could be added software wise later, but HTC has now confirmed that the hardware is lacking to make it happen. No bluetooth to car stereo for me i guess :-(

Wait. Where did you read this? Please post a link. I have not seen anything of the like.

Understand that Bluetooth is a radio controlled by software profiles. Android is missing the additional profiles because Google was simply not able to finish them in time. Here's my source straight from Google - http://android-developers.blogspot.c...emoved-in.html

Please do not spread disinformation. Support your claims.

For those who don't want to click -

Bluetooth API

"The 1.0 version of Android and the first devices will include support for Bluetooth; for instance, Android will support Bluetooth headsets. In the early-look SDKs, there was an incomplete draft of an API that exposed Bluetooth functionality to developers. Unfortunately we had to remove that API from the 1.0 release. To get the skinny on why, I contacted Nick Pelly, one of theAndroid engineers responsible for that functionality. Here's the story on Bluetooth, in Nick's words:

The reason is that we plain ran out of time. The Android Bluetooth API was pretty far along, but needs some clean-up before we can commit to it for the SDK. Keep in mind that putting it in the 1.0 SDK would have locked us into that API for years to come.
Here's an example of the problems in the API. Client code is required to pass around IBluetoothDeviceCallback objects in order to receive asynchronous callbacks, but IBluetoothDeviceCallback is meant to be an internal interface. That client code would break the moment we added new callbacks to IBluetoothDeviceCallback.aidl. This is not a recipe for future-proof apps.
To make things even more tricky, the recent introduction of the bluez 4.x series brings its own new API. The Android Bluetooth stack uses bluez for GAP and SDP so you'll see more than a passing resemblance to bluez's interfaces in Android. The bluez 4.x change requires us to carefully consider how to structure our API for the future. Again, remember that once we settle on an interface we need to support it for years going forward.

Rather than ship a broken API that we knew was going to change a lot, we chose not to include it. We absolutely intend to support aBluetooth API in a future release, although we don't know exactly when that will be. This should include some tasty features, such as:

• Bindings to GAP and SDP functionality.
• Access to RFCOMM and SCO sockets.
• Potentially, L2CAP socket support from Java. (This one is under consideration.)
• An API to our headset and handsfree profiles.

On a personal note, Nick adds, "I would love nothing more than to start seeing some neat third-party applications and games overBluetooth. In my opinion, Bluetooth is completely under-utilized on most mobile platforms and I'm excited to someday see what the developer community can do with Android."
I'm definitely bummed about these API removals. I was particularly looking forward to the P2P capabilities offered by GTalkService, but, as always, user security and privacy must come first. In all these cases, we'll work with the developer community to create some great APIs that balance these concerns."

[constellanation]

where was this confirmation? if its true that will be my first major strike against the phone.

I cannot force myself to wear a bluetooth headset, ever. but headphones yeah I could do that. and with the non 3.5mm jack thats stupid.

[nerax]

Even the tmobile mda(htc wizard) had the hardware. And eventually the software was created So i doubt they would leave that out..... JMO

[rmyc]

when ur on the phone using bluetooth.. try playing a song. it plays on the bluetooth.. i dont see why its so hard then

[ghoonk]

Originally Posted by rmyc

when ur on the phone using bluetooth.. try playing a song. it plays on the bluetooth.. i dont see why its so hard then

That's because what you're hearing is in MONO. The thread title states STEREO Bluetooth.

[goodfellabk718]

Originally Posted by ghoonk

That's because what you're hearing is in MONO. The thread title states STEREO Bluetooth.

Actually, I have the Sony DR-BT22 wireless stereo headset and it plays through both earpieces. I really cant tell if its sending mono to both pieces or not not, but it sounded good as hell tho. Any audio would come through, wether from a movie, music, streaming audio(imeem) it all came through loud and clear. Its actually perfect when the person on the other end is just blabbering about nothin, you can just play some tunes. They cant even hear it. lol

[ghoonk]

I get the same with my Sony DS-970s as well, but it is mono being played through left and right. That's like listening to an AM radio

[licorna]

I've found interesting strings in packages/apps/Settings/res/values/strings.xml, line 747 (android source). Some of the strings says something about selecting device's profile, like headset or headphones, so I think soon we'll have a2dp support in android. Right now my Sony BT22 works as a headset (no music, just call audio).

I've checking android source last days so, any findings I'm commenting here.

Bye
Rodrigo