BLE Channel Sounding with nRF54L15 — which smartphones are actually supported?

RE: BLE Channel Sounding with nRF54L15 — which smartphones are actually supported?

PaKa — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:36:51 GMT

We are only using Pixel 9/10 phones today. The new Samsung S26+ and S26 Ultra will both add Channel Sounding support it seems.

RE: BLE Channel Sounding with nRF54L15 — which smartphones are actually supported?

Timofey Solovev — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:43:17 GMT

Hello Swathy,

Thank you for the clarification and the helpful explanation.

I would really appreciate it if you could check with the team whether Channel Sounding has been tested on any smartphones other than Pixel 10, especially in combination with nRF54L15.

This information would be very helpful for my university project.

Thank you again for your help!

Best regards,
Timofey

RE: BLE Channel Sounding with nRF54L15 — which smartphones are actually supported?

PaKa — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:37:50 GMT

You can sell phones labeled as Bluetooth 6.0 without supporting Channel Sounding so not 100% enough to qualify the feature. You can't have Channel Sounding on phones not being Bluetooth 6 so you can eliminate a lot of phones though.

There is no compiled list of phones supporting what features but we use the Pixel 10s internally as Google pushes in new technology onto the Pixel phones before you see it other places. The OnePlus 13 should support Channel Sounding but not tested.

RE: BLE Channel Sounding with nRF54L15 — which smartphones are actually supported?

SwRa — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:14:22 GMT

Hi Timofey,

Software support for Channel Sounding was made publicly available with the release of Android 16, which introduced the Ranging Manager API, so I guess phones that have BLE 6.0 and above with android 16 should work (I am not sure which phones have it at the moment).. The best pick for channel sounding is the google pixel series as you are aware and we have done testing based on the pixel 10.. I can check with the team if they have done testing on any other phones.

Regards,

Swathy