# BeOS-Inspired Haiku Now Supports Changing Audio Outputs Live, Other Improvements

DevFeed: [BeOS-Inspired Haiku Now Supports Changing Audio Outputs Live, Other Improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/beos-inspired-haiku-now-supports-changing-audio-outputs-live-other-improvements-12408.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-August-2026>)

Author: Michael Larabel

Published: 2026-09-11T00:55:29Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Phoronix](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/phoronix.md>)

Topics: [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>), [USB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/usb.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>)

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## AI overview

Haiku's August 2026 development report describes live audio-output switching, automatic stopping of inactive outputs, continued Bluetooth and USB audio work, power-management improvements, CPU feature-detection updates, kernel fixes, build-system updates, and progress on PowerPC and ARM64 support.

## Source excerpt

In addition to August bringing the long-awaited Haiku R1 Beta 6 release, there was also a lot of development progress on this BeOS-inspired operating system too during the course of the past month...