Snapdragon Sound FAQs

Snapdragon Sound is a suite of technologies that are designed to deliver premium wireless audio experiences across music, calls, and gaming. It’s not just a codec—it’s a certification and technology suite that integrates our best audio, connectivity, and mobile innovations to ensure devices work seamlessly together to deliver high-quality audio, ultra-low latency, and robust connectivity between compatible smartphones, earbuds, headphones, and PCs and more.

Snapdragon Sound integrates ultra-low latency technology and dynamic spatial audio to deliver the very best audio, wireless connectivity, and innovations to mobile devices from Qualcomm Technologies. Other benefits of Snapdragon Sound include Lossless music which helps to deliver true-to-sound audio when gaming or making phone or video calls.

Qualcomm® aptX™ Lossless Technology is a capability of the proven aptX Adaptive technology and a new feature of Snapdragon Sound that is designed to deliver up to 24-bit 48kHz lossless audio quality over Bluetooth® wireless technology. Qualcomm Technologies has taken a systems level approach and optimized a number of core wireless connectivity and audio technologies, including aptX Adaptive, which work together to auto detect and scale-up and are designed to deliver up to 24-bit 48kHz lossless audio when a user is listening to a lossless music file and the RF conditions are suitable.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to getting started with Snapdragon Sound. 

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