Qualcomm is looking to fix wireless audio with Snapdragon sound

Qualcomm is looking to fix wireless audio with Snapdragon sound

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As the industry continues to transition to wireless audio, Qualcomm has a plan to make the audio quality of Bluetooth headsets sound a little more like the sound you hear from headphones.

A new standard called Snapdragon Soutside was designed to significantly update the audio quality you get from mobile devices connected to today’s wireless headphones. While it may seem like a high goal, James Chapman of Qualcomm, vice president of voice, music, and wearable, said that Snapdragon Sound was created to provide “high-resolution wired quality audio” without the need to sacrifice the convenience of today’s wireless devices.

Here is a list of some of the technologies and software used to support Snapdragon Sound.

Here is a list of some of the technologies and software used to support Snapdragon Sound.
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Snapdragon Sound’s core technology takes advantage of the company’s latest mobile processors and combines them with Bluetooth latencies that Qualcomm claims are 45% lower than its competitors to deliver high24-bit 96kHz quality audio.

At launch, Xiaomi has already signed a contract to create at least one new mobile device with Snapdragon Sound, while Audio-Technicone said will also partner with Qualcomm to support Snapdragon Sound on a variety of future products. And in the future, Qualcomm hopes to support a wide range of mobile devices, which will be marked with the Snapdragon Sound emblem, including phones, tablets, laptops, smartwatches and more.

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Expect to see this brand on wireless headsets and headphones in the near future.

Expect to see this brand on wireless headsets and headphones in the near future.
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Snapdragon Sound is about more than just music. Qualcomm claims its audio platform offers high-resolution 32 kHz voice quality via Bluetooth, along with lower power consumption for features like active noise cancellation and voice detection to wake up digital assistants.

Finally, to ensure that your wireless headphones are not cut at random as you walk through the city, Qualcomm says that Snapdragon Sound will be “virtually fault-free”, even in extremely crowded situations, such as a bus terminal or train stop with many people and wireless devices occupying the RF space.

In the meantime, while we wait for devices with Snapdragon Sound to become available, Qualcomm has teamed up with Amazon Music to create high-quality, lossless audio playlist for Snapdragon Sound featuring a number of well-known bands, with a selection of other audio samples available on the Qualcomm website website here.

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