With the new BLE 5.0, does the nordic nRF52840 support voice over BLE?

[Ozil 11]

Hey,

I have seen some articles which says that voice over BLE (4.0) is possible but there is no standard profile for it.

So far i've seen :

Silicon Labs

STM

T.I

 has implement it . Does nordic softdevices provide support for this even with BLE 5.0 ?

[run_ar]

Hi,

As you say Voice over ble is not a standard profile. But the throughput is high enough to transfer audio. Which is something we do in the smart remote 3 project. For more details see:

http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-low-energy/nRFready-Smart-Remote-3-for-nRF52-Series

http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.rds/dita/rds/designs/smart_remote/smart_remote_3_nrf52/intro/frontpage.html?cp=9_3

[Ozil 11]

So you mean to say that nordic's chip (nRF52840) are capable of doing it but nordic hasnt just done it yet?? 
Is there any support or in the future any plans for support, for voice over ble from nordics side ?? Or you think any rookie can do it with just creating a custom service and send voice over it

[run_ar]

Not exactly, we do have a voice subsystem in smart remote 3. Unfortunately it is not readily available as you need a license to download this firmware. So if you need something simple it might be better to look at the Nordic Thingy sound service: http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.rds/dita/rds/designs/thingy/services/apps_ios_services_sound.html?cp=9_0_4_3

[Daniel Wang]

Smart remote 3 does this. You can download FW here. no need for key. https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-low-energy/nRFready-Smart-Remote-3-for-nRF52-Series#Downloads 

[run_ar]

Thanks Daniel, I was not aware we removed the key.