Qualcomm unveils S5 Gen 3 audio chip with AI acceleration and cheaper S3 Gen 3

26 March 2024
The S5 Gen 3 is 50x faster in AI tasks than the Gen 2 chip. AI tasks include ANC and voice processing.

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This better have LE audio (AKA have the new LC3 codec).
No reason for Qualcomm to not include it.

    potato4k, 27 Mar 2024Completely understand your frustration. I blame it on back... moreUsers should still be able to select codecs that are higher than SBC. And that developer setting is stupid because you have to do it EVERY single time. Which is just dumb.

      SShock, 26 Mar 2024All of this is worthless because for some inexplicable reas... moreCompletely understand your frustration.
      I blame it on backward compatibility. These bluetooth devices have to be backward compatible with host devices with older bluetooth versions, and there are still a lot of older hardware with bluetooth 3 or 4. Consumers expects bluetooth to work with bluetooth, regardless of the version. So it's understandable that SBC remains the lowest common denominator.

      On Android, you can go to developer setting and select the audio codec.

        I have another idea, Qualcomm. Give me lossless Bluetooth audio at 24bits/192kHz, with sub-10ms latency.

          AI is the new buzzword to sell anything now.

          Anyone knows though which audio products are in the market presently that use these QC chips and have the claimed features enabled?

            All of this is worthless because for some inexplicable reason, users have NO control over codecs used and for the most part, majority of headphones use SBC codec even though AptX variant, AAC or LDAC are supported. Windows acts like a doofus and gives you no control over it, Android as well unless headphones specifically have a companion app and only OS that seems to support codec selection out of the box are Linux distros. Manjaro, Ubuntu and Fedora, they all offer easy to select codec type for your headphones. And if they only support SBC, there is now SBC XQ. My point is, if we can't configure something as basic as audio codecs, what does it even matter what kind of audio chips are used in devices?

              AI has gone everywhere even audio stuff is involved in 😂😂😂

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