Qualcomm's new wireless headpone chip is designed for Bluetooth
(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 Au...