(Pocket-lint) - Qualcomm has launched Snapdragon Sound - an initiative which aims to be a benchmark for up to 24-bit 96kHz HD audio. Essentially, Snapdragon Sound guarantees a certain level of HD audio quality between compatible phones and headphones with low latency and high-quality voice calls, too. Of course, both those phones and headphones need to use Qualcomm hardware inside and only the latest 800-series Snapdragon phone platforms are supported. The earphones also need to be using one of the QCC514x, QCC515x and QCC3056 chipsets at present. So yes, Snapdragon Sound is built on top of Bluetooth and yes, it'll be the preserve of Qualcomm-based Android devices only.