(Pocket-lint) - Qualcomm has released new hardware for true wireless earphones that work with the Bluetooth LE Audio standard launched back at CES 2020 in January (seems a LONG time ago now). It's called the Qualcomm QCC305x and you should expect to see it start appear in wireless earbuds from this CES, taking place in mid-January. Bluetooth LE Audio enables you to get better quality from true wireless earphones (as much as 50 percent according to the Bluetooth SIG) using a new codec called Low Complexity Communications Codec, or LC3) for the more efficient transfer of data. Bluetooth LE Audio also has multi-stream audio, which basically means multiple devices can share the same audio source more readily. They also include in-built support for hands-free voice assistants, so you don't have to 'wake' the assistant by touching a button first.