Lovers of good sound are still waiting for the solution that allows us to obtain high definition sound without the need to use adapters or USB cables; Meanwhile, Qualcomm has just announced the second best news it could have announced.
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The problem of high quality sound over wireless has been around for several years now, and we are still a long way from a definitive solution. The Bluetooth connection simply does not have the necessary bandwidth to transmit lossless music files, which is why several solutions such as sound codecs have emerged in recent years.
The problem with using audio codecs is that most of them have user licenses. For example, Sony’s LDAC offers excellent quality but you will find few compatible headphones and mobiles. Qualcomm also offers its own audio codecs, aptX and aptX HD, but since manufacturers have to pay a license to use them, many don’t care.
High quality sound on Android
This excuse is over. Qualcomm finally released aptX and aptX HD codecs so that they can be included directly in the Android system, and in this way all mobiles are compatible w ith this technology.
In fact, the decision was made a few months ago, but it is now that their code is finally open and they will be included in AOSP, the free system on which the commercial version of Android is based.
Qualcomm has officially confirmed that this means Android makers they will no longer have to pay for the license use aptX or aptX HD on their phones and will therefore be able to take full advantage of any wireless headphones that support these codecs. However, the encoder is really the only part that has been released, and headphone and speaker manufacturers will still have to pay for the license to use these codecs.
Now the ball is in the court of the manufacturers, who will have to activate the aptX and aptX HD encoders in the ROMs used by their phones. We hope everyone will sign up, although some may choose not to in order to prioritize their own audio solutions.
Some of the brands that haven’t used Qualcomm’s new codecs yet are Samsung and Honor, so it will be interesting to see if their next phones have them. While aptX HD isn’t perfect, it’s a significant leap if you’ve only used SBC or AAC codecs so far (and if you’re new to it, you probably are. ).
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