Qualcomm® aptX™
Consistent, high quality audio over Bluetooth

The tech that delivers a high quality wireless audio experience
The original aptX audio technology powers the wireless sound behind many of the world’s finest devices that you love, so you can stream music from your favourite media services without compromising on sound quality.
aptX audio is a bit rate efficient technology that ensures you receive high quality audio from your Bluetooth® device, so you have a better listening experience.
Technical Specifications
- THD+N@1kHz: -67dB
- SNR@1kHz: 93dB
- PEAQ audio quality:-0.18
- Qualcomm® Kalimba™ MHz DSP technology: 42MHz@48KHz stereo decode ~45MHz@48KHz stereo encode
- 16-bit, up to 48kHz sampling rate
- 3.3kwords (encoder) / 3.6kwords (decoder)
- 1.8kwords
- ~63MHz (stereo encode) on ARMv7A with NEON
- 384 kbps (48 kHz sampling)
The other versions of aptX
By adapting sound to the use case, say watching a video rather than listening to music, it optimizes your experience and brings improved robustness for a better listening experience, fully synchronized audio and video and an overall more seamless user experience.
aptX™ HD is designed to deliver high definition (HD) audio over Bluetooth, to help you get the very most from your music.
Designed to deliver fully synchronized audio and video content, just the thing for using a Bluetooth wireless headset for gaming, where milliseconds mean virtual life or death.
Qualcomm aptX is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.