Snapdragon Sound™ Technology Suite
Turning up real innovation in audio
Deliver premium sound experiences
Snapdragon Sound™ brings together Qualcomm’s finest audio, connectivity, voice, and AI technologies in one optimized system. Trusted by leading audio brands, Snapdragon Sound delivers immersive, low-latency, high-resolution wireless experiences across devices to keep consumers engaged—and coming back for more.
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Lossless and High-Resolution Music
Offer your consumers the ultimate listening experience through Qualcomm® aptX™ Lossless Technology—exclusively available as part of Snapdragon Sound™. aptX Lossless brings high-resolution and lossless music streaming to earbuds, headphones, speakers, and more, smoothly scaling up or down based on specific features and link quality, meticulously retaining the original content, bit for bit.
A suite of technologies for unbelievable pure sound
Explore the cutting-edge technologies that deliver exceptional audio experiences.
Qualcomm® Expanded Personal Area Network Technology (XPAN)
Qualcomm XPAN hands off to Wi-Fi keeps audio flowing uninterrupted to earbuds, headphones, and wireless speakers well beyond Bluetooth® range, enabling untethered audio for up to 192kHz lossless music streaming, calls, and gaming.
Qualcomm® Aqstic™ DACs
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec features a DAC supporting up to 192-kHz/24-bit playback, delivering studio-quality sound for a pure, high-resolution listening experience, with low power consumption for all-day battery life.
Qualcomm® aptX™
Qualcomm aptX Adaptive and aptX Lossless Technology are designed to enhance wireless sound quality to deliver premium and superior music streaming, competitive gaming, and multimedia entertainment experiences, wherever your consumers are.
Qualcomm® Bluetooth® High Speed Link Technology
Qualcomm Bluetooth High Speed Link technology works in conjunction with aptX™ Lossless audio to provide the bandwidth needed to deliver bit-for-bit exact audio over Bluetooth. This technology helps push data rates of over 1 Mbit/s and automatically scales down in busy RF environments to minimize audio dropouts and glitching.
Featuring tech that makes your devices sound the way they should sound
Explore the cutting-edge technologies that deliver exceptional audio experiences.
Qualcomm® Expanded Personal Area Network Technology (XPAN)
Qualcomm XPAN amplifies Snapdragon Sound by keeping earbuds and headphones connected via Wi-Fi, even from another room or floor, enabling untethered audio for up to 192kHz lossless music streaming, calls, and gaming.
Qualcomm Aqstic
Qualcomm Aqstic ™ audio codec features a DAC supporting up to 192-kHz/24-bit playback, delivering studio-quality sound for a pure, high-resolution listening experience.
Qualcomm aptX
Qualcomm® aptX™ Adaptive and aptX Lossless Technology are designed to enhance wireless sound quality to deliver premium and superior music streaming, wherever you are listening.
Qualcomm® High Speed Link Technology
Qualcomm High Speed Link technology works in conjunction with aptX Lossless audio to deliver the bandwidth needed to deliver lossless audio over Bluetooth. This technology helps to deliver data rates of over 1 Mbit/s and automatically scales down in busy RF environments to minimize audio dropouts and glitching.
Voice & Music Platforms
Our portfolio of sound platforms is designed to enhance the audio experience, from high-resolution music streaming to gaming and calls.
Snapdragon S7 Gen 1 Sound Platform
The Snapdragon S7 and Snapdragon S7+ Gen 1 Sound Platforms are our most advanced audio platforms ever. With 6 times more compute power and 100 times the AI power of previous platforms, these feature 4th Gen Active Noise Cancellation, hearing loss compensation, and Qualcomm® XPAN technology.
Snapdragon S5 Gen 1 Sound Platform
With 50% more memory and enhanced DSP power, this platform amplifies audio performance across Bluetooth® earbuds, headphones, and speakers. Featuring 4th Gen Qualcomm® Adaptive ANC and Snapdragon Sound, it delivers superior sound for music, gaming, and work.
Snapdragon S3 Gen 1 Sound Platform
With powerful AI capabilities, hearing enhancement, echo cancellation, and spatial audio, this platform delivers immersive sound for mid-tier earbuds, speakers, and headsets. It supports Snapdragon Sound™ with aptX™ Lossless, helping you bring premium audio features to market quickly.
Every product using Snapdragon Sound is rigorously tested for interoperability in our dedicated test facility. Only devices that have been certified will carry the Snapdragon Sound badge—it’s a mark of exceptional audio experiences and assurance for consumers.
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The 2021 State of Sound Report
Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Qualcomm aptX, Qualcomm Aqstic, Qualcomm FastConnect and Qualcomm TrueWireless are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. The glitches represented in these audio tracks are based on modelled data gathered as a result of internal testing by Qualcomm.
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