Is it possible to send audio to a bluetooth earphone using Arduino Nano 33 BLE?

Official Hardware Nano Family Nano 33 BLE
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Hello,

Here's some context:

For a project, I'm trying to send an audio file to an audio speaker (which is more like a headphone in my case). I currently own AirPods Pro which seems to be BLE compliant but can't manage to find its MAC Address or UUID. I even tried scanning all available bluetooth devices but I'm in front of a wall:

When scanning, I print the name and UUID if the scanned peripheral has any. I mostly only find mac addresses alone which I can't manage to find the name and locate my AirPods PRO. After a bit of searching I'm being told that AirPods might be protected and that using this device is impossible? If so I'll just buy a new one...

Thanks in advance!

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simple question: Airpod Pro seems to use Bluetooth 5.3?
Do you have on your MCU? (pretty new standard, looks like as 5.0 is there).

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It seems likely that in general, people would not appreciate their AirPods being hijacked, or their choice of music being overridden by someone with an Arduino. So some level of security should be expected.

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@jremington I'm simply trying to use my AirPods. For me to be able to hijack your AirPods it would require it to be in bluetooth research mode (so you're not listening to music bc they have to be in the case).

By security I mean some sort of certificate or something like that to be able to communicate with AirPods (or Apple products in general?).

@tjaekel While searching for MCU I'm not able to fully understand what it does and how it affects me here. May you be able to explain what you mean and what I have to do with it? Thanks!

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That was perfectly clear. What surprised me is that you seemed to expect this to be easy, using non-Apple products. Apple protects its ecosystem and especially, its sources of revenue.

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If you are interested in BLE Audio check this out:

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Hey,
Late reply but I've had a lot of other things to do at school.

Thanks for your reply. I've also recently (never found it before) been through this topic you've replied to and you seems to be clearly answering no. Which is annoying for us.

Do your confirm my understanding that there clearly is no easy way for me to send a simple (2 seconds audio file) to a single bluetooth earphone?

The Nordic kit is complety out of the pricing way for this project, nothing you know to do without it?

Thanks in advance!