Patent ID: 8862256

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a transmitting unit that (a) transmits first audio data, encoded based on a format, or second audio data that is not encoded based on the format, to an external apparatus, and (b) transmits first information relating to the first audio data or second information relating to the second audio data to the external apparatus; and a control unit that (c) performs a process for changing information to be transmitted to the external apparatus from the first information to the second information if audio data to be transmitted to the external apparatus is changed from the first audio data to the second audio data, and (d) causes, based on a timing when information to be transmitted to the external apparatus is changed from the first information to the second information, the transmission unit to transmit data for informing that audio data to be transmitted to the external apparatus is changed until information to be transmitted to the external apparatus is changed from the first information to the second information.