​Qualcomm, a market leader in next-generation mobile technologies, has announced two new components that are set to propel the smart speaker market forward. This is big news for the industry as, until now, smart speakers have made-do with traditional mobile chipsets. Qualcomm claims this repurposing of non-specific smart speaker technology is responsible for the performance issues - responsive delays and misheard commands - that frustrate smart speaker users. "These new SoCs raise the bar on both feature integration and power performance for smart audio compared to our previous technology. Its single-chip amplifier that's been designed to deliver high-quality amplification on smaller and more affordable smart speakers.

Source: Stuff March 21, 2019 16:02 UTC