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Samsung patents seamless handoff for shared audio streams between devices

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a method for one device to pass the role of an audio broadcaster to another device in a group. It works by checking the capabilities of nearby devices and sending the necessary settings to the best candidate to ensure the audio stream continues without interruption.

Why it mattersThis could make group listening experiences smoother by allowing the lead device to automatically change if the current one is about to lose power or move out of range.

In the filing’s own words

A method for switching an Auracast source includes detecting, by a first electronic device acting as an Auracast source device, a requirement to hand over the Auracast source role to any one of multiple second electronic devices; receiving device capability information from each of the second electronic devices and identifying a target second electronic device suitable for assuming the Auracast source role; and transferring an Auracast configuration setting of the first electronic device to the identified second electronic device to enable seamless switching of the Auracast source role between devices.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for switching Auracast source among a plurality of electronic devices, the method comprising: detecting, by a first electronic device in an Auracast source role of an Auracast source device from among a first electronic device and a plurality of second electronic devices, an operational requirement to handover the Auracast source role of the Auracast source device to any one of the plurality of second electronic devices; receiving, by the first electronic device, a device capability information from each of the plurality of second electronic devices; identifying, by the first electronic device, a target second electronic device for handing over the Auracast source role of the Auracast source device; and transferring, by the first electronic device, an Auracast configuration setting of the first electronic device to the target second electronic device for switching the Auracast source role from the first electronic device to the second electronic device.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING AURACAST ROLE BETWEEN DEVICES
Publication number
US20260323247A1
Application number
19685548
Filed
May 22, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 4/06 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/14 Electricity & electronics
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