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It’s Friday evening and a sudden thought occurred to me. Has anyone blogged about OS X 10.5′s support for A2DP? Google to the rescue…

It’s confirmed if you believe a post by claudej in the Apple Discussions forum a few hours after Leopard’s release. Also found a reference at iPhoneApps (with unlinked credit to Engadget). Snippet:

Just installed Leopard & the 1st thing I checked is… Bluetooth profiles supported by Apple Bluetooth software Apple’s Bluetooth software supports the following profiles on client devices: Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP): Controls stereo audio headphones. Audio Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP): Controls the buttons on headphones and other devices.

My copy of OS X 10.5 won’t arrive until the ACN mails it out (next week I hope) and the rest of you get a chance to kick the tires so I don’t have to. In any event, I’m charging my Bluetooth stereo headsets as I write this. Rock out, recharge, and realize that wired headphones don’t need a power outlet.

I’m guessing an iPhone update is just around the corner to coincide with Leopard’s support for A2DP.

It’s craziness that OS X 10.4 (Tiger) doesn’t support stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) headsets. There is a hack to get something working but it should really be implemented by Apple at the system-level. When OS X 10.5 (Leopard) is released this month it will finally include this capability – no more hacks or mono headsets.

At this point I’d forego Leopard’s other features just to get Bluetooth stereo support. It’s a wireless world and so should be your stereo headphones.