What's Next for Bluetooth in PulseAudio

Explore the future of Bluetooth audio support in PulseAudio through this informative conference talk. Delve into the Bluetooth audio landscape, examining various codecs beyond the mandatory SBC. Learn about community efforts to integrate additional codecs into PulseAudio and the challenges faced in making them available by default on Linux distributions. Discover ongoing work to enhance codec flexibility using the GStreamer multimedia framework and the path towards upstream integration. Gain insights into the evolving world of Bluetooth audio on Linux systems and the potential improvements coming to PulseAudio.

Introduction
PulseAudio
Bluetooth Profiles
Codecs
Which is better
Current State
Challenges
GStreamer
Progress so far
What next
Questions