Android Lollipop supports USB Audio

[Labarum]

All you need is an OTG cable and you can plug your Lollipop device straight into a USB DAC.

See

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=usb+audio+android+l&gws_rd=ssl

I can't try it. My Nexus 7 upgraded itself last week, but I have only just started exploring. I'm back in UK now and my USB DAC is in Cyprus.

It's about time! Kit Kat (or earlier) should have had it.

 

[Sergeauckland]

Yes it can, but the tablet needs to be rooted, and the problem then is that the OTA upgrades after 5.0 won't load on a rooted tablet. Unrooting, then upgrading, then rooting again is a real faff, and risks bricking the tablet.

It is possible to access external USB storage with an unrooted tablet, but on my Nexus 7, it's very flakey, the audio and/or video stops, or goes back to the beginning or whatever. It worked perfectly when rooted, but I unrooted to do the upgrade o 5.1.0 and can't be bothered to root again. I haven't tried an external USB DAC rather than storage, but question why it would be worth using.


S.