Qualcomm has revealed its next generation of Bluetooth chips for wireless earbuds and headphones manufacturers, and the company has predicted that 2022 will be the year when we see a complete sleep of new innovations like defective high-race audio, audio sharing, lower latcy and Bluetooth broadcasting.
Vishal mobile chipmakers say that two of its new sound platforms, S3 and S5, Yamaha, Cambridge Audio, Master and Dynamic and Audio-Technica will be provided to customers-to give a few names-and we can expect to see S3- and S5-based products by the second half of 2022.
These wireless earbuds and headphones will offer features that have never been available before, but there is a catch: New features capable of S3 and S5 Chips require a phone or other source device equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon Sound technique. Many mobile companies like Samsung, Motorola and OnePlus make Snapdragon sound handsets, but two very big players – Apple and Google – do not include it. And given Apple's Bluetooth Codex's APTX family to license Apple, we do not see that soon it is changing at any time.
So what will the combination of S3/S5 chips and a Snapdragon sound device bring us that we do not already have? There is scoop here.
Blameless audio
The irony is that it is probably addition to the audio in addition to the blameless audio for its apple music streaming service by Apple which makes this feature a headlineer. Currently, Sony's LDAC and Qualcomm's APTX-HD can distribute very high quality wireless audio streams such as advanced Bluetooth codec earbuds and headphones as long as they support them and they are added to phones or other sources that also support them.
But neither LDAC nor APTX-HD is considered to be defective-both of them extract some information from the original audio tracks to transmit it to the limited bandwidth of Bluetooth. Qualcomm says its S3/S5/Snapdragon Sound Combo will offer a harmful support for the assault, 16-bit CD quality, as well as HI-ice, 24-bit/96 kHz audio tracks. This is a big step for wireless audio. In the past, a set of wired earbuds or headphones was the only way to listen to true defective audio. Qualcomm made the APTX flawless announcement in 2021.
When the first S3/S5 products arrive, this will be the first time when Apple Music customers will get to hear those defective tracks on wireless products, and yet, they will need a non-apple phone to do it.
low latency
Bluetooth connection always involves some delays-when audio is sent and when you really hear it-but in most of the day-to-day use, the difference between, the difference between it is no problem. As long as that is, you are a gamer. In some sports, it may be longer (up to 300 milliseconds) that it disrupts your ability to react quickly. And as they say, you are either early or you are dead.
Qualcomm says that the new sound platform will reduce delays less than 68 milliseconds, which claims that the products are 25% faster than the previous generation of products. While 68 milliseconds cannot be quite 5 to 10 milliseconds that you can get from a wired connection, it is the least viable for many gaming applications.
Increased sharing
Qualcomm's chips will also enable the major features launched by the new Bluetooth Le Audio Standard, including audio sharing and Bluetooth broadcasting. With audio sharing, you will be able to set a private stream, and let a specified earbuds or headphones listen to your music together. So far, select only Apple phones and H1- or W1- Furnished headphones or earbuds can avail this capacity, and only with maximum two listeners.
With Bluetooth broadcast, you will be able to convert your phone into a short Bluetooth radio station. Anyone within the Bluetooth range (as long as they have a S3 or S5 set of headphones or earbuds) will be able to tune in your broadcast.
Wireless earbuds will have the ability to record stereo sound using MIC from another first eerbuds. At the moment, only one mic is used to get audio for phone calls and recording.
Better noise cancellation
The S3 and S5 chips will have Qualcomm's third-round active noise cancellation (ANC) technology. The company claims that it will work better than previous versions when it comes to both ANC and transparency mode, including the ability to react to changing conditions such as air noise or poor fitting earbuds or headphones. These facilities will also consume low power.
Better call
Finally, two sound platforms are expected to make phone calls with someone using these new products. Qualcomm says that your voice “super wideband” would be more natural thanks to the quality of voice, and that up to three mixes can be used for cancellation and noise suppression.