arduino-esp32: Drop of Bluetooth Classic support: How does this affect ESP32-A2DP?

[SamHalvoe]

Hello,

I read the Change Notification: "Nimble to Replace Bluedroid.".
They will drop support of Bluetooth Classic of the arduino-esp32 core, if have understood the change notification correctly.
How will this affect ESP32-A2DP?

Best regards
Sam Halvoe

[pschatzmann]

This means that (with Version 4.0 to be released in 25/03/2026) the following functionality will not work any more on the ESP32 in Arduino:

• HID (mouse, keyboard, ..)
• A2DP (bluetooth speaker, audio source for bluetooth speakers)
• Bluetooth Serial