Have you heard about Snapdragon Sound? Well if you haven’t, it’s a Bluetooth streaming platform dreamed up and made real by Qualcomm that enables the transmission of audio over Bluetooth at lossless quality.
But there is a catch.
And that catch is that to benefit from the high bandwidth and lossless audio that the Snapdragon Sound platform can output to, all devices need to support aptX Lossless. That means your headphones need to be able to playback streams at lossless quality over Bluetooth, and your mobile device, in this case your smartphone, also needs to be transmit data over Bluetooth at aptX Lossless.
Not every smartphone supports the Snapdragon Sound platform, so if sound quality is of great importance when you’re listening to music, here are smartphones that we know support aptX Lossless.
Which smartphones support aptX Lossless?
Asus
- Asus Rog Phone 6
- Asus Rog Phone 6 Pro
- Asus Zenfone 9
- Asus Rog Phone 7
- Asus Rog Phone 7 Ultimate
- Asus Zenfone 10
- Asus Rog Phone 8
- Asus Rog Phone 8 Pro
- Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra
Moto
- Moto Razr 40
- Moto Razr 40 Ultra
- ThinkPhone by Motorola
Nubia
- Nubia Z60 Ultra
- Nubia Redmagic 9 Pro+
- Nubia Redmagic 9 Pro
- Nubia Z50S Pro
- Nubia Redmagic 8S Pro+
- Nubia Redmagic 8S Pro
- Nubia Redmagic 8S Pro+ (Transformers version)
- Nubia Z50 Ultra
- Nubia Z50
- Nubia Redmagic 8 Pro+
- Nubia Redmagic 8 Pro
Sharp
- Sharp AQUOS R8
- Sharp AQUOS R8 Pro
- Sharp AQUOS R7
Sony
Vivo
- vivo X Fold 3 Prp
- vivo X Fold 3
- vivo iQOO Neo 9
- vivo S18
- vivo iQOO 12 Pro
- vivo iQOO 12
- Vivo iQOO 11S
- Vivo iQOO Neo8
- Vivo X Flip
- vivo iQOO Neo7 racing version
- vivo X Fold2
- Vivo iQOO 11 Pro
- Vivo iQOO 11
- Vivo X90 Pro+
- Vivo X Fold+
- Vivo iQOO10 Pro
- Vivo iQOO10
- vivo iQOO Neo6
- vivo X Note
- vivo X Fold
- vivo X80 Pro
- vivo iQOO 9 Pro
- vivo iQOO 9
FAQs
There’s currently no iOS support for Snapdragon Sound. Qualcomm’s tech platform is only available on Android devices.
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