Unlocking the Future: How Qualcomm’s Latest Tech Upgrades Will Revolutionize Connectivity
ANDROID lovers can look forward to a mega Wi-Fi connectivity upgrade and faster 5G on their next smartphone.
Qualcomm – the company behind new Manchester United shirt sponsor Snapdragon – has announced a series of big tech boosts expected to start appearing in devices later this year.
A New Era of 5G with X80 5G Modem-RF
The US firm’s high-performance kit is already widely used by the likes of Samsung, OnePlus, and Xiaomi.
Top of the agenda is an improvement to enable the next generation of 5G, meaning data connections are set to become zippier.
A new system known as X80 5G Modem-RF uses AI to improve 5G speeds.
Qualcomm claims it will ease your phone from other common problems, such as quality of service and coverage.
Enhanced Battery Life and Improved Satellite Communications
It can even help your phone’s battery last longer.
The modem also has satellite communications support, so future phones may receive the ability to keep texts going when you have no signal.
Next-Level Wi-Fi with FastConnect 7900
Alongside all this, the tech giant has been busy using AI to take Wi-Fi to the next level.
Qualcomm FastConnect 7900 is set to introduce better compatibility with the latest generation of Wi-Fi.
Preparing for Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi 7 isn’t widely available from routers just yet – we only recently got a sneak peek of EE’s new Wi-Fi 7 supported router.
Both the router providing Wi-Fi and the devices you’re using need Wi-Fi 7 kit inside them for users to fully benefit from the speed boost on offer.
Integrating Bluetooth Channel Sounding
The tech also integrates Bluetooth Channel Sounding into a single chip taking less space inside – so effectively your next Android smartphone might be lighter and thinner, as well as cutting power consumption.
Proximity Technologies for Seamless Interconnectivity
Qualcomm’s main goal with FastConnect 7900 is to make life easier by using proximity technologies.
This will allow any devices with the chip inside to detect one and other – for example, your laptop may unlock automatically when your phone is near and then it will automatically lock when your phone moves away with you.
Eventually, it could be adapted into all sorts of everyday things, such as your car, to find lost headphones and even navigating a building.
Looking Towards the Future with 6G
There is already talk about when 5G’s successor, 6G, will launch.
5G only landed in the UK in 2019 and it’s still not available everywhere.
John Smee, SVP Engineering at Qualcomm, explains that 6G is still a way off yet but research is very much underway.
For now, we don’t know exactly what to expect from 6G except it’ll undoubtedly be faster for much bigger data-hungry products like cars, as well as performing a lot smoother.
Cellular networks are evolutionary – you don’t really rip out 4G to put in 5G, instead, kit is gradually upgraded.
At the moment, 5G is being boosted to something called 5G Advanced, which has far greater capacity and coverage.