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Testbetrieb für Gate-Durchsagen direkt ins Ohr am Flughafen Frankfurt gestartet (Trial of gate announcements straight to the ear started at Frankfurt Airport)

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/frankfurt-uas-2026-auracast-gates/ · record checked 9 October 2026

  • Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
  • Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Frankfurt UAS news)

Government (the project 'Barrierefreie digitale Passagieransagen' is funded by the Hessian Ministry for Digitalisation and Innovation with about EUR 245,500 from its Distr@l programme; it is led by Sittig Technologies, a company specialising in automated announcements, together with Frankfurt UAS; Fraport, the airport operator, takes part, and GN, Google, Samsung and the Bluetooth SIG are named as supporting technology companies)

Summary

A university's announcement of a two-month trial at Frankfurt Airport sending gate announcements by Auracast to hearing aids, headphones and phones, with an evaluation planned but no results given.

Key findings

  • Says Frankfurt Airport began testing Auracast for gate announcements, as the first airport worldwide according to Fraport's announcement of 28 January 2026, at gates A16 and A17 in Terminal 1.
  • The project team planned to collect feedback from travellers and staff for two months to assess the effect on accessibility, comfort and the passenger experience.
  • Says the university's telecommunications networks research group accompanies the trial with quantifiable measurements, including the Mean Opinion Score, a standard telecommunications measure of perceived speech quality.
  • Describes the solution as also supporting a 'silent airport' concept that reduces noise in the terminal.
  • Gives no results, user numbers, coverage or latency figures.

Limits

An announcement at the start of the trial. No results had been published by 9 October 2026 that could be found. The lead company specialises in automated announcements, and the supporting technology companies include a hearing aid maker, two phone makers and the Bluetooth SIG. Read in German; the translation is ours.

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www.frankfurt-university.de/de/news/n-frankfurt-uas-aktuelles/testbetrieb-fuer-gate-durchsagen-direkt-ins-ohr-am-flughafen-frankfurt-gestartet

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Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. Testbetrieb für Gate-Durchsagen direkt ins Ohr am Flughafen Frankfurt gestartet (Trial of gate announcements straight to the ear started at Frankfurt Airport). Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Frankfurt UAS news). 30 January 2026. https://www.frankfurt-university.de/de/news/n-frankfurt-uas-aktuelles/testbetrieb-fuer-gate-durchsagen-direkt-ins-ohr-am-flughafen-frankfurt-gestartet (accessed 9 October 2026).

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