Android’s audio output switcher might quickly allow you to choose solid units, too

Google might quickly begin letting you choose from solid units when utilizing the audio output switcher on Android 13, according to Esper’s Mishaal Rahman. The output switcher, which was first launched in Android 11, at present solely allows you to swap between media playback classes on paired Bluetooth units, reminiscent of wi-fi headphones or a speaker.

But an update to the Google Cast SDK (software program improvement equipment), means that Android 13’s output switcher may permit for local-to-remote, remote-to-local, and remote-to-remote transfers. As identified by Rahman, “local” refers to transfers involving paired Bluetooth units, whereas “remote” refers to solid units.

This ought to allow you to seamlessly switch media classes out of your cellphone to a sensible show and again once more utilizing the audio output switcher out of your lock display screen. You can see how this may look in a demo posted by Rahman, which additionally reveals off an upcoming “stream expansion” characteristic that lets you allow audio playback throughout a number of solid units without delay. Rahman skilled some bugs when making an attempt out the performance, so it doesn’t seem to be it’s prepared simply but.

Back in 2020, Google was working on adding support for cast devices within the output switcher, however for no matter motive, it was by no means finalized. Now that Google’s outlining the characteristic in developer paperwork, although, it seems to be like we may lastly see it come to fruition in a future replace.