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Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon Sound, which is what the company describes as “a chain of audio innovations and software” that work together to significantly improve audio quality when listening to music through wireless headphones, earbuds, and other devices. The goal is to deliver “high-resolution, wired quality audio, wirelessly,” according to James Chapman, Qualcomm’s VP of voice, music, and wearables. Snapdragon Sound takes advantage of the company’s latest processors, Bluetooth audio SoCs, and codecs like aptX Adaptive to achieve playback of hi-fi music up to 24-bit 96kHz. The concept of high-quality wireless audio isn’t new to Android; Sony has been largely pushing that mission forward with its own LDAC technology, which can transmit up to three times the amount of data that the standard SBC Bluetooth codec is capable of. But Qualcomm’s components are found in headphones and earbuds from many companies — Bose, Jabra, 1More, Sennheiser, Audio-Technica, Anker, and more — … [Read more...] about Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Sound certification promises a big wave of hi-fi wireless headphones

Zigbee goes to Mars: What is smart home tech doing on NASA’s latest mission? Watch Now Have you been following the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars in February? It was fun to watch as the robot landed on the surface of Mars, ready to explore. And it's been even more mesmerizing to watch as videos -- with sound -- and pictures have made their way back to Earth. Part of the technology that makes the communication between the rover and NASA possible is Zigbee. My ZDNet Jason Squared co-host, Jason Cipriani, and I recently had the opportunity to interview Tobin Richardson, the CEO, and president of the Zigbee Alliance, about this project, as well as the future of the Zigbee wireless standard. Space Quantum sensors could soon be heading into space SpaceX launches off more Starlink satellites as part of its first ride-sharing space service European Space Agency launches recruitment drive for women, people with disabilities Moon dust is a … [Read more...] about Zigbee inside the Mars Perseverance Mission and your smart home

Lenovo unveils ThinkReality A3 smart glasses Watch Now From Google Glass to the Oculus Rift, the headsets required to enable a digital reality experience have created a range of obstacles to adoption. These can include discomfort, the inability to make eye contact while interacting in the real world, battery life challenges, and a host of other issues. There's strong industry consensus that standalone headsets will become smaller and lighter in the coming years, but there are limits to what can be achieved within self-contained devices. ZDNet Recommends The best VR and AR headsets As mixed reality comes into its own, these are the best headsets for immersive consumer experience. Read More That's why we can expect to see a new breed of smart glasses in the coming years that rely on processing elsewhere such as the PC, smartphone, or computing puck of the kind Magic Leap relied on. Late last month, Qualcomm rolled out a reference design for a … [Read more...] about Smart glasses carve a lighter path forward for extended reality

Coming later this year The laptop could be launched in India sometime in the second half of the year. Babu Mohan 5 Mar 2021 0 Source: Android Central What you need to know Reliance Jio is reportedly working on a low-cost laptop called the JioBook. The upcoming laptop will be running "JioOS," which is tipped to be an Android fork. It could feature a Snapdragon 665 chipset, an HD display, and 4G LTE connectivity. India's largest mobile network operator Reliance Jio is developing a low-cost laptop with 4G LTE connectivity, according to a new report from XDA Developers . The upcoming device is said to be called the JioBook and will run an Android fork that could be dubbed JioOS. The report claims the current JioBook prototypes are using Qualcomm's 11nm Snapdragon 665 chipset, which was introduced in early 2019 and comes with an integrated Snapdragon X12 LTE modem. It is also tipped to feature a 1366 x 768 resolution display, up to … [Read more...] about India’s Jio is reportedly working on a cheap Android-powered laptop called the JioBook

Apple's iPad remains popular for both remote learning and work, and two of its models recently got performance boosts. The current lineup for Apple's iPad includes the 2020 eighth-gen 10.2-inch iPad , fourth-gen 10.5-inch iPad Air and the second-gen 11- and fourth-gen 12.9-inch iPad Pro models. There's also the fifth-gen 2019 7.9-inch iPad Mini . Read more: Best Apple deals right now: Save on Apple Watch, 2020 iPads and Intel MacBooks If you want to buy a new iPad, here's what you should know: First, the performance and features improve as you move up in the line. Regardless of which iPad you go with, though, all the current iPad models support the latest version of iPadOS (a special version of iOS specifically for iPads) and work with Apple's Smart Keyboard and with either the first generation Apple Pencil or second generation Apple Pencil. That's good news for anyone who's looking to do more than stream videos and music, look at websites and play … [Read more...] about Best iPad for 2021