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Qualcomm aptX is everywhere, but what exactly is it?
Qualcomm aptX explained
A year later, the company released the aptX HD standard, and it’s been iterating and upping the ante on compressed dynamic digital file coding/decoding (codec), bringing us to where we are today with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Sound products. However, Qualcomm recognized a bottleneck stopping them from realizing CD-quality audio, and that was controlling the hardware and software in various devices like smartphones, earbuds, headphones, and speakers like the Victor EX Dub1 pictured above (which actually had a CD player). Also that year, it released the first iteration of aptX Adaptive, which, as the name implies, dynamically adjusts the amount of data being streamed between devices for better audio regardless of whether you’re listening to music, gaming, or watching videos.
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