Ceva and Actions Show Off Strengths of Bluetooth HDT in New Audio Chips

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Aug. 20, 2026 –

The ATS296X series from Actions Technology combines Ceva's High Data Throughput radio IP with Actions' own dual-RF design, targeting links of roughly 7.5 Mbps.

By Luke James, allaboutcircuits.com

Ceva and Actions Technology have announced the ATS296X-series Bluetooth audio SoCs, built on Ceva's Bluetooth High Data Throughput platform and among the first commercial implementations of a feature the Bluetooth SIG hasn't formally adopted yet.

HDT lifts Bluetooth LE's peak rate from 2 Mbps to about 7.5 Mbps, which is enough headroom to carry a full 5.1 channel stream instead of the stereo ceiling every previous generation has been constrained by. Actions, a fabless audio SoC designer based in Zhuhai, says the parts are in interoperability testing now, and the two companies have shipped more than 100 million wireless audio SoCs together to date.

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