RØDE Wireless Pro and Wireless GO (3rd Generation) Gain Direct iOS Bluetooth Pairing via Firmware Update

The technical significance here goes beyond convenience. By allowing the transmitters to behave as native Bluetooth audio endpoints for iOS, RØDE effectively introduces a parallel signal path alongside the company’s established 2.4 GHz digital RF link. That has implications for latency, clocking, and gain structure: Bluetooth audio inevitably trades deterministic low-latency performance for OS-level integration, but it also removes an entire hardware stage from the chain. With no receiver and no analog output stage in between, the noise floor and level consistency are now governed almost entirely by the transmitter’s internal ADC and DSP, an area where both Wireless Pro and Wireless GO (3rd Gen) already outperform entry-level mobile mics.

From a product-line perspective, this move quietly narrows the functional gap between the compact Wireless Micro and RØDE’s more serious dual-channel systems. The higher-end transmitters bring features such as onboard recording and broader internal headroom to a mobile-first workflow, which changes how redundancy and safety tracks can be approached when working directly into a phone. Some engineers will still prefer the traditional receiver-based RF link for camera work due to predictable latency and physical I/O, but for iOS capture the Bluetooth path favors immediacy and a cleaner digital handoff. It’s a rare example of a firmware update materially altering how existing hardware fits into real-world signal chains, rather than merely adding control options or minor DSP tweaks.