The Perfect Fit for an

Auracast™ Retrofit
What is Auracast™ Broadcast Audio
Auracast™ broadcast audio is a Bluetooth capability that allows an audio
transmitter to broadcast to an unlimited number of receivers.

Auracast™ Transmitter

Auracast™ Receiver(televisions, laptops, smartphones, PA systems…)(headphones, earbuds, hearing aids…)

New Audio Experiences
Auracast™ broadcast audio will enable exciting new audio experiences that will
enhance the way we engage with each other and the world around us.

Share Our Audio

Unmute Our WorldHear Our Best

Smartphones, tablets, andlaptops with Auracast™
broadcast audio will allow us
to invite family and friends
to use their own earbuds orhearing device to join in andlisten to our personal audio
experience when watching amovie or playing music.

Auracast™ broadcast audio
in TV's in public locations
like gymnasiums,
restaurants, transit centers,
and more will enable us tounmute what was once
silent and offer a more
complete watchingexperience for visitors.

Auracast™ enabled public
address or sound systems
will allow venues like
auditoriums, theaters,
conference centers, andtransit centers to enable
visitors to hear our best attheir location.

Auracast™ Devices are On the Way
Annual Bluetooth® LE Audio Device Shipments
NU M BERS IN BILLI O NS

3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5

9.4 BILLION

1.0Bluetooth® LE Audio
devices will ship by 2028

0.5

Data Source: ABI Research, 2024

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2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

A Complete Suite of Auracast Retrofit Solutions
Auracast™ enabled transmitters and receivers are on their way. In themeantime, we all will be able to experience Auracast™ broadcast audio sooner
than later thanks to a complete suite of Auracast™ retrofit transmitter solutions.

DonglesStreamers(TVs, screens)(public address systems, sound systems)

Auracast™ dongles areplug-and-play solutions
that turn existingsmartphones, tablets, andlaptops into Auracast™
transmitters for effortlessaudio sharing

Auracast™ streamers plugin to legacy TVs and otherscreens to broadcast audio
directly to listeners with
Auracast™ enabled
earbuds, hearing
instruments, or otherreceiver devices

Auracast™ adaptersconnect to existing soundsystems or PA systems totransform the venue into an
Auracast™ location without
the need for an
infrastructure upgrade(smartphones, tablets, laptops)

Adapters

Top Auracast™ Retrofit Opportunities
Here are some of the largest volume opportunities
with the lowest barrier to implementation forlocations and devices to take advantage ofthese retrofit solutions today.

Office Buildings
1 0 MI L L I O N G LO BAL LY

Public Assembly

Auracast™ streamers can connect to existing
conference room sound systems to transmit
the meeting audio to attendees with hearing
aids, earbuds, or headset devices.

OVER 8 MILLION GLOBALLYClassrooms, lecture halls, places of worship,libraries, community centers, transportation
hubs, and convention centers already equippedwith public address or sound systems can add
Auracast™ adapters to allow visitors to listen
to audio from the venue using their own
Auracast™ listening devices.

Public TVs
5 . 3 B I L L I O N DE P LOY M ENT S
BY 2028

Personal Audio Sharing
1. 7 BILLION B LU E TOOT H
CO NSU MER PLAT FOR M D E V IC E SWILL SH IP IN 2 02 4HDMI, USB, and auxiliary streamers andadapters provide a simple and affordable
option to unmute the millions of silent TVs
already in public locations, allowing visitorswith Auracast™ receivers to listen to the TV oftheir choice without filling a venue withunwanted ambient audio for others.

Auracast™ dongles can be plugged in tosmartphones, tablets, laptops, and pc's toenable enhanced personal audio sharing using
existing hardware.

Auracast™ Broadcast Audio Retrofit
Solutions and Opportunities

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60 MILLION

public venues worldwide canbenefit from deploying
Auracast™ broadcast audio
Data Source: ABI Research

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