Android Tablet to stream FLAC files via Bluetooth

[Rute Knocnee]

I am connecting via Bluetooth to a WiiM Mini. Using an iPhone with BT 5. Read here that Android platform can transmit Lossless. Think I will get a cheap Android tablet to stream FLAC to the Mini.
First one I looked is BT 6 and 5.3. Using fiber connected WiFi, to get FLAC to tablet, then BT to Mini. Really want Lossless.
Is there a determining function that allows Lossless over BT on the Android platform?
Sending FLAC over the iPhone with BT 5 sounds great. But is compressed by Bluetooth. Want to really get full resolution.
Thank you,
A Technical Midget

 

[Machiavelli]

No.
Bluetooth delivering lossless audio is a myth. At least today. Even LDAC and all aptX are lossy, what ever advertising tells you.

 

[hgo58]

I am connecting via Bluetooth to a WiiM Mini. Using an iPhone with BT 5. Read here that Android platform can transmit Lossless. Think I will get a cheap Android tablet to stream FLAC to the Mini.
First one I looked is BT 6 and 5.3. Using fiber connected WiFi, to get FLAC to tablet, then BT to Mini. Really want Lossless.
Is there a determining function that allows Lossless over BT on the Android platform?
Sending FLAC over the iPhone with BT 5 sounds great. But is compressed by Bluetooth. Want to really get full resolution.
Thank you,
A Technical Midget

You can stream your local files (on the iPhone) directly to the WiiM via the network, using the "My Music" service in the WiiM Home App.

 

[Burnside]

You can stream your local files (on the iPhone) directly to the WiiM via the network, using the "My Music" service in the WiiM Home App.

I find that only picks up files that the Apple Music app can see as well. I had to convert my FLAC files to ALAC on my PC and then sync them with iTunes to my iPad.

On Android, it’s less of a pain as it doesn’t have Apple’s walled garden approach and the WiiM Home app there can pick up music files on your device much more easily.

So both iOS and Android devices can play losslessly over WiFi to a WiiM device via the WiiM home app My Music feature, but that’s easier to get going on Android in my experience.

 

[Zap Rekowski]

Irrespective of the fact that - as already described here - streaming via WiFi is the best, loss-free transmission method for the Mini, the following must be considered for Bluetooth:

Transmitter and receiver must support the same codec for transmission. The Mini only supports SBC and AAC. A cheap Android tablet would therefore have no advantage here (even if it supported LDAC) as it would always use SBC/AAC. An iPhone already supports this, so there are no advantages to be gained from using an Android transmitter (tablet) in this scenario.

Read also this:

Understanding Bluetooth codecs

Want to know more about wireless audio? Take our crash course in Bluetooth codecs, bitrate, standards, and uses from SBC to LDAC and more.

www.soundguys.com

My recommendation: Forget Bluetooth or only use it if you want to move freely with the headphones and make sure that both devices (transmitter and receiver) support at least LDAC/apt-x HD.

Where it is not important (kitchen, bathroom etc.) apt-x, AAC is also fine.

You have a Mini, use WiFi!