For a very long time, the sound transmission on smartphones was mainly provided through the 3.5mm jack input and wired headphones. After Apple gave up the iphone 7 and 3.5 mm headphone entrance, the entire industry entered the path of wirelessization and Bluetooth headphones has become the new standard. However, Samsung is working on an alternative solution to Bluetooth.

Voice transmission will be done through uwb instead of Bluetooth

According to a patent application for the US Patent and Trademark Office, the South Korean Technology Giant is preparing to use Ultra wide band (UWB) technology instead of Bluetooth on future Galaxy Buds models. The first connection will be established again via Bluetooth, but the sound transfer will be made with UWB.

This change can solve Bluetooth’s long -term delay and bandwidth limitations. According to Samsung’s patent statements, UWB technology will provide lower delay time, minimum parasite, higher data transfer rate (up to 20MBPS) and lower power consumption.

Due to Bluetooth’s current bandwidth restrictions, lossless sound transfer will also be possible with UWB. Samsung’s bringing this to future Galaxy Buds models can significantly increase sales. In order to take advantage of Samsung’s patent, it should be noted that the welding device (telephone, computer or tablet) should have UWB hardware. However, Samsung, Google and Apple’s premium phones have UWB hardware.

While Samsung aims to launch a new era with UWB, while Qualcomm plans to transfer sound via Wi-Fi with XPan-supported headphones. Therefore, we will see that quality has increased significantly in the wireless sound experience in the near future.