The Qualcomm S3 Gen 2 Sound Platform is now the company's most advanced mid-tier audio platform ever, designed to help manufacturers develop a new generation of compact, feature-rich wireless earbuds, headsets and speakers. The expanded Qualcomm S3 Gen 2 Sound platform portfolio is designed for use in dongles and adapters and includes support for Snapdragon Sound Technology.
This platform is built on an ultra-low power performance Bluetooth 5.4 dual mode radio, that enables support for a range of new LE Audio experiences, including Unicast, Broadcast and Auracast. Additionally, OEMs can utilize the platform to add Auracast broadcast audio functionality to dongles and adapters for use with source devices such as phones, laptops, and TVs.
With the support for the latest LE Audio Auracast broadcast capabilities in dongles and adapters, manufacturers can transform devices such as TVs, phones, laptops, PCs, consoles and a wide range of other audio equipment into broadcast transmission sources. For music listening, 24-bit/96kHz high-resolution Bluetooth streaming is supported using Snapdragon Sound and Qualcomm aptX Adaptive audio technology.
"With every generation of Snapdragon Sound, we have driven down latencies and improved audio quality, and with this latest addition to our Qualcomm S3 Gen 2 Sound portfolio, we are providing our best wireless gaming experience yet. We know from our annual State of Sound survey that consumers want lag-free audio for gaming, but until now this immersive wireless audio experience has been reserved for proprietary gaming solutions," says Mike Canevaro, director, marketing, and head of Snapdragon Sound, Qualcomm Technologies. "This new platform has been optimized to deliver an ultra-low latency experience for gaming over Bluetooth with Snapdragon Sound, but it also means the same devices can be used for calls and ultra-premium music listening."
"Our research also showed huge consumer anticipation for audio sharing use cases that can now be enabled by Auracast Broadcast, including easily sharing audio with multiple friends or family from your phone or laptop, or listening in to wirelessly streamed Auracast audio in public places. This new platform can also be used to design dongles and adaptors that will enable Auracast Broadcast audio sharing from any source devices," adds Canevaro.
For gaming this solution is optimized for adapters used in audio sources. When paired with Qualcomm S5 and S3 Gen 2 based earbuds and headsets, it delivers robust connectivity and dynamic latency adaption based on the external RF environment. Gamers can walk away from their consoles or PC and still hear all the gaming action and participate in the chat with no interruptions to the audio.
Complete specifications, resources and developers registration now available online.
www.qualcomm.com/qualcomm-s3-gen-2-sound-platform
