There are lots of methods for streaming audio to go incorrect, particularly if there’s a wi-fi headset on the finish of the chain. Qualcomm is aiming to handle all of those points with the brand new Snapdragon Sound platform.
On the telephone finish, the corporate has lined up the Snapdragon 800-series chips with the FastConnect 6900 connectivity system. For headsets and earbuds there are the QCC514x, QCC515x and QCC3056 collection Bluetooth Audio SoCs.
Between them they assist aptX Adaptive, which is able to delivering high-quality 24-bit 96 kHz audio with very low latency – as little as 89 ms (45% decrease than “a number one competitor”, says Qualcomm). For voice calls and teleconferencing there’s the aptX Voice codec. There’s an Lively Noise Cancellation system accessible as properly.
The system has been designed to be immune to interference from different Bluetooth or Wi-Fi indicators, in order that it will possibly present glitch-free audio even in busy environments. Qualcomm additionally designed issues to make pairing straightforward after you’re taking your new headset out of its field.
Normal Bluetooth audio vs. Snapdragon Sound vs. Wired headset • Tremendous wideband voice
Xiaomi is the primary smartphone maker to leap on the Snapdragon Sound practice, headphone maker Audio-Technica is on board as properly. A partnership with Amazon ensures that there will probably be no scarcity of top of the range content material to hearken to with the “genre-spanning” Snapdragon Sound playlist on Amazon Music HD.
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“Xiaomi is happy to be the primary cell producer to deliver Snapdragon Sound to units. Snapdragon Sound will deliver new top quality, seamless, low-latency audio experiences to our prospects in every single place and supply higher sound whereas partaking in voice calls, video conferencing, gaming and/or music listening.” stated Lei Zhang, vp of Mi Smartphone and normal supervisor of {Hardware} R&D, Xiaomi.
“We consider that with Snapdragon Sound we get nearer to our mutual imaginative and prescient of offering wired high quality sound, wirelessly and are excited to be one of many first producers to get our merchandise to shoppers,” stated, Kotaro Narihara, director, normal supervisor of selling headquarters, Audio-Technica.
