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Qualcomm Sound is the Branding Coming Soon to Your Audio Future

Kellen March 4, 2021 4

Qualcomm has taken sound pretty seriously for a number of years now by introducing solutions that improve the entire audio experience from smartphones to headphones and computers. The thing is, there are so many Qualcomm sound products to keep track of that it...

Android Phones Should Have Better Haptics Later This Year

Tim February 23, 2021 21

Many, many people seem to think haptics is an important aspect of phones. While some phones have good motors inside, producing pleasant vibrations when an incoming notification comes in, others can feel cheap with more of a rattling sensation. It's an odd...

Qualcomm’s New X65 5G Modem is Kinda, Super, Really Fast

Kellen February 9, 2021 2

Qualcomm announces 5G stuff all of the time, and so it becomes hard to keep track of where the advancements are or if any of it is important. Today is one of those days where they announced a 5G-related item that matters. The Snapdragon X65 5G modem is now...

Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon 870 to Power New Motorola, OnePlus Phones

Kellen January 19, 2021 5

We all thought the Snapdragon 888 was the only high-end Qualcomm chipset to focus on for the next year, and boy were we wrong. Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 870 5G today, a mobile processor that is apparently the true follow-up to last year's Snapdragon...

Qualcomm’s New Fingerprint Reader Tech Means 50% Faster Phone Unlocks

Tim January 11, 2021 18

Qualcomm announced the 3D Sonic Sensor Gen 2 this week, the sensor that is inside many Android devices that allows you to unlock them using your fingerprint. There's a few noteworthy things you should know about Gen 2, and once you hear them, we suspect you'll...

5G Coming to Burners Thanks to New Snapdragon 480 Processor

Tim January 4, 2021 4

Qualcomm announced this morning the new Snapdragon 480 processor, equipped with the X51 5G modem that supports both mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G networks. The importance of this announcement is that even less expensive devices can now get in on the Qualcomm-powered...

Google and Qualcomm Will Provide Support for Four Years of Android Updates (Updated)

Kellen December 16, 2020 69

Complaining about the length of support for Android phones is a part of life itself if you pay close attention to the world of tech. And that's because so many Android phone makers are terrible at providing updates to their incredibly expensive phones for more...

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Details are Here

Kellen December 2, 2020 13

After a brief tease yesterday, Qualcomm has now fully revealed the Snapdragon 888, the chip that will likely power your next phone, assuming you plan to upgrade in 2021. Let's run through some of the improvements. Qualcomm is using a new CPU architecture (Kryo...