Qualcomm introduces chips for smart speakers, USB-C headphones and more

14 June 2017
The company wants to power the next devices with multi-room audio with digital assistants (be it Google's, Amazon's or other).

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  • 17 Jun 2017

No honey (3.5mm)? No money!

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    • Anonymous
    • Fv4
    • 15 Jun 2017

    As audiofile I love this!!! and this is great since it can be used with high resolution audio which is for me the only way to listen to music. I have always hated Mp3, ACC and other lame compression formats. But I hope future devices will not put an end to the 3.5 jack since most audiofiles have invested very expensive headphone equipment that still has the 3.5 mm Jack ...

      Thanks for this info GSM Arena. I feel like Audio is one of the best thing's a smartphone can facilitate, despite not having the advantages of a standard receiver, speaker, and/or more setup.

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        • tV4
        • 15 Jun 2017

        xXoXx, 14 Jun 20171313db?! WOOOW this is 10 times more than a plane engine ru... moreIt's actually 10^10 times much louder. dB is a logarithmic scale.

        But still pretty loud nonetheless.

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          • 15 Jun 2017

          Wireless enabled throught bluetooth 5.0 & wired USB type C headphone connections, hope to see these in the mainstream soon.

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            • gMJ
            • 14 Jun 2017

            xXoXx, 14 Jun 20171313db?! WOOOW this is 10 times more than a plane engine ru... moreIn case someone wanna start worldwar

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              • S3x
              • 14 Jun 2017

              RIP 3.5mm Headphone Jack. (; _ ; )

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                • S4s
                • 14 Jun 2017

                1313db?! WOOOW this is 10 times more than a plane engine runing! :O

                  Yeah, it's true that every year has its “smart” and that this year, it’s the turn of smart speaker/s. But after all, the more ample the selection it is, the more better it will be (obviously generally speaking).

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                    • ijn
                    • 14 Jun 2017

                    that the removal of the jack headphone so irritating me

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                      • Anonymous
                      • R5f
                      • 14 Jun 2017

                      "They promise SNR and dynamic range up to 1313dB and noise floor modulation under 2dB."
                      OMG those are huge numbers

                        Isn't is kinda late? Cosindering there are phones with USB-C audio only on market for ... year? Or is it even longer?
                        + Not realy fan of USB-C dac's so i can use my headphones. I would reather buy some decent USB-C DAC instead (something like HifiMeDYI or Dragonfly) .

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                          • 0V8
                          • 14 Jun 2017

                          End of an Era., 14 Jun 2017Bye bye 3.5mm jack!And hello splitting snivels.

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                            • r7b
                            • 14 Jun 2017

                            Smart speakers? They mean anyone but Donald?

                              I swear this is all the benefits from Sony.
                              If they can offer Google, a total of 30 feature enhancements and 250 bug fixes, I'm not gonna be surprised if even the audio department of Android will be enhanced and stepped up by Google with Sony's helping hand,

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                                • 14 Jun 2017

                                Oh dear, they misspelled the title of that slide - it should be "major trends in marketing buzzwords almost nobody in the real world gives a damn about". I can see how theirs is shorter though...

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                                  • End of an Era.
                                  • 2Is
                                  • 14 Jun 2017

                                  Bye bye 3.5mm jack!