Qualcomm wants 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 on Bluetooth headphones sound a bit more like the sound you hear on wired headphones.

Called a new standard Snapdragon S.ound is designed to significantly improve the audio quality you get from mobile devices connected to current wireless headphones. While it may seem like a lofty goal, Qualcomm’s James Chapman, vice president of voice, music, and wearables, said Snapdragon Sound was created to deliver “high resolution, wired quality audio” without sacrificing the convenience of today’s wireless devices.

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

Here is a list of some of the technology and software used to support Snapdragon Sound.
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Snapdragon Sound’s core technology uses the company’s latest mobile processors and combines them with Bluetooth latencies that Qualcomm says are 45% lower than its competitors.quality 24-bit 96 kHz audio.

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

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Expect to see this branding on headphones and wireless earbuds in the near future.

Expect to see this branding on headphones and wireless earbuds in the near future.
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Snapdragon Sound is about more than just music. Qualcomm claims the audio platform delivers higher resolution 32 kHz voice quality via Bluetooth, along with lower power consumption for features such as active noise cancellation and voice detection for awake digital assistants.

Finally, to make sure your wireless headphones don’t randomly cut out while you’re walking around town, Qualcomm claims that Snapdragon Sound will be “virtually interference-free”, even in extremely busy situations like a bus terminal. or train stop with many people and wireless devices taking up 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 with a number of well-known bands, with a selection of other audio clips available on Qualcomm’s website here.

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