LE Audio support in PipeWire
Since version 0.3.59, PipeWire supports LE Audio’s Basic Audio Profile (BAP) for Connected Isochronous Streams (CIS) with the Low Complexity Communication Codec (LC3), see https://www.linkedin.com/posts/collabora_add-bluetooth-le-audio-support-1360-activity-6978014601649037312-7W6d/.
Thanks to the modular architecture of PipeWire, it is ready for future codecs.
It supports bi-directional audio and can act as a Central or Peripheral device. In the former case, it allows the end-user to select a new audio profile, while in the latter, it automatically connects Bluetooth audio streams to the local audio input and output. This paves the way for Auracast support in BlueZ and PipeWire.
If you are interested in trying this, the LC3 codec from https://github.com/google/liblc3.git must be installed. The PipeWire meson build must be configured with the option `-Dbluez5-codec-lc3=enabled`.