FlooGoo FMA120 Bluetooth V5.4 Dual-Mode Audio Bron USB Dongle Ondersteuning LE Audio, Auracast, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive en Microsoft Team

Floogoo is the only manufacturer I know that actively tests hearing aid compatibility when users report issues. With all other transmitters, you're stuck with trial and error—returning it if it doesn't work with your hearing aids. I really appreciate their effort. Good company!I can confirm that this works with Oticon Intent.Prerequisites: Oticon Intent must have the latest firmware (1.2.1 as of now—the launch firmware will not work).You can use their app, FlooCast, to fine-tune the settings. Be patient during the first pairing; it may take a few minutes. If pairing fails repeatedly, turn off AptX and ensure only LC3 is enabled. Don’t use broadcast mode. (Make sure "Prefer LE Audio" and "Public Broadcast" are checked, and leave all other options off except LED.)All other Bluetooth devices paired to your hearing aids must be turned off during pairing. Turn off your phone’s Bluetooth. If you have paired your hearing aids to iPad/Mac, don't forget them. If you have a ConnectClip or TV Adapter, turn them off as well (they likely won’t interfere, but it’s better to be safe).Once paired, you don’t need to turn off the ConnectClip or TV Adapter to use this transmitter. It’s treated as a "phone" by the hearing aids, and Oticon Intent supports multiple Bluetooth connections. You can only have one device streaming audio at a time, but multiple devices can remain connected simultaneously.However, if your iPhone is paired to the hearing aids, you must turn its Bluetooth off in order to connect the FMA120 to your hearing aids. This is because the Made for iPhone (MFi) protocol assumes exclusive use of the hearing aids (you can still use a TV Adapter concurrently, but not a second phone connection).If you connect the FMA120 first, your iPhone won’t be able to stream audio to the hearing aids. If you connect the iPhone first, the FMA120 won’t stream. This is not like the TV Adapter and iPhone combination—those can both stay connected, and the second device can stream as long as the first isn’t actively streaming. With the FMA120 and iPhone, even if the first device is idle, the second cannot stream. So you do need to switch them manually.To switch between them, simply disable Bluetooth on one of the devices. For the FMA120, unplug it. For the iPhone, use Control Center. No need to unpair, don't try it.The signal strength is just slightly better than an iPhone, perhaps because the exposed USB pins are more vulnerable to interference. Any USB 3.0 device—such as an external HDD or SSD—will interfere with it if connected to the same USB hub. This is a known limitation of Bluetooth audio streaming.

What an amazing product! So easy to user and the supplier has excellent product support (answers emails and questions very quickly!) It also has excellent product information and instructions on it's website and I highly recommend this for auracast capabilities. I was so impressed this is my second purchase of the product! So easy to setup and use within minutes!

I bought the Sony INZONE Buds in 2023 and initially I was only plannung to use them for the PS5, knowing that compatibility will be limited. The peculiar feature of these is that they don't use any classic bluetooth connection or codec (like adptX), only LE Audio (also know als LC3 codec).The only method of connection was the bundled dongle, a rather flimsy piece of equipment and very soon I felt it a bit tiresome to always unplug it from one device and plug it into another; was almost a bit regretful over not having bought inears with broader compatibility.Nonetheless, since the headset was pretty great (good sound and very long lasting battery) I kept it while being on the lookout for a way to connect it to pc and smartphone another way. Smartphone compatibility simply rose over time, but on the pc front I went through several dongles without success. Among them the eppfun AK3040 PRO MAX, which claims to be LE Audio compatible as well as the Creative BT-W6 for which even the Creative support gave misleading feedback before the purchase, only to admit it isn't compatible after I returned the device. -.-I was about to give up when I stumbled over an Australian company, Flairmesh, producing a bluetooth LE Audio dongle, the FlooGoo FM120. Since I needed to import the dongle to Germany, again I sent a question to the customer support: "Is it compatible with the Sony INZONE Buds?"Their answer really suprised me: "No", but they promised me to buy the Sony INZONE Buds, test them and publish a compatible firmware. And...well...they did, a few weeks later. Nothing more to it other than to acknowledge and praise what is EXCELLENT customer support, dare I say a rare thing these days. I imported the dongle, and it works.If I had to dig up any kind of critique for the FM120, it'd be that the process of pairing bluetooth devices is a bit finicky. Because there is a button on their software that reads "add device" and I was expecting it to show me a list of devices to pair, as when you use a regular bluetooth dongle in Windows or when adding devices with a mobile phone. Instead it will automatically search for and pair with devices that are in close proximity to the dongle.The software is not needed for (subsequent) pairing, or at all. You just plug the dongle it, use the inears and it works. But with the software you can change modes and codecs according to your needs, be it high quality lossless audio or low latency for gaming. Especially the latter is very impressive because it really is fast, making for no perceivable audio delay for the inears I tested.There is a limitation in the hardware or software, as in that an LE Audio device will always take precedence over any classic bluetooth device. This is a limitation by the current available chipset for LE Audio and other dongles (who weren't compatible in the first place though) have these notes plastered on their description pages as well. I tested several classic bluetooth headsets / inears (before I settled to only use the Sony INZONE Buds, as they are the best I have anyway) and when only these you can easily switch between them.All in all I'm very pleased with the whole process of aquiring the FlooGoo FM120 and it finally fullfills the task I've been looking for, for almost two years. :)

With this dongle I was finally able to achieve aptX Lossless audio with my bluetooth headphones! This is currently the only dongle in the world which supports aptX Lossless!

Tl;DR: It's really good, once you figure it out.Initially I was not enamoured by the Floogoo FMA120 and accompanying Floogoo software. Ranson from Flairmesh support was very responsive and after extensive testing with multiple earbuds and Operating Systems (Windows/Linux/Android), and some firmware updates, I can leave a positive review.AptX Adaptve, AptX Lossless, AptX Voice -- all work well if you have compatible gear and basic skills. Great for MS Teams, YouTube, Spotify...There are a few gotchas with codecs, like manually setting Microsoft Windows' sound settings to 48KHz (for AptX Lossless) / 96KHz (for AptX Adaptive). Once I figured that out, I was set. Before that I was wondering why I was only getting Adaptive when both my earbuds support Lossless. I also discovered that AptX voice works great for MS Teams calls with my Soundpeats Air 4 Pro, whereas the Earfun Air Pro 4 haven't had AptX Voice enabled yet (Earfun told me their engineers are working on it). Calls with mSBC sound terrible; sound quality drops substantially when the mic is active -- a problem that has plagued bluetooth calls for many years .Recommend updating the FMA120 to the latest firmware as soon as you get it.Thoughts:- AptX Adaptive & Lossless Codec support, signal range & stability, plug n play, app control -- are all very good.- Pairing devices could improve, but it works.- Reconnecting, where you have multiple devices paired, is fiddly sometimes, but if you use the app, you can click to reconnect.- Thanks to AptX Adaptive & Lossless, audio latency is quite low (e.g. when watching YouTube, audio is not much out of sync with the video). If your buds have game mode on, your brain won't even register any latency with audio and video being in sync. Test by watching videos with people speaking to camera.- Being able to turn the LED off is a huge plus. I hate flashing lights.- Firmware updates have been quick, easy & painless.- I tried the LC3 codec with my buds, but AptX Adaptive/Lossless sounds better, so I didn't experiment much.- I haven't tested Auracast- Works with Linux (Ubuntu) and Android; just plug in and select the USB audio device.For Android you need a USB C to USB A adapter.- I would have preferred a USB C version, like the Creative BT-W5 I also have.(There is a Floogoo USB C version coming, but it won't be small like the Creative BT-W5.)Speaking of the Creative BT-W5: It doesn't have AptX Lossless, AptX Voice, and it's not great at switching to/from call mode (hands-free profile / HFP) -- which is why I bought the FMA120, and can confirm the FMA120 is better.