Qualcomm already has Qualcomm Smart Headset Platform based on the QCC5100 Series Bluetooth Audio SoC introduced last year. Now it has announced a partnership with Google to add support for Google Assistant and Fast Pair support for Bluetooth headphones.
The will let manufacturers to more easily create differentiated wireless stereo earbuds featuring support for the Google Assistant and enabling a variety of product tiers and categories. The end-to-end reference design supports push-button activation for the Google Assistant which connects to the Google Assistant app running on the smartphone.
Google Fast Pair helps optimize the out of box pairing experience for end users and facilitates tasks such as switching the connection between multiple devices. This is supported on Qualcomm QCC5100, QCC3024 and QCC3034 SoC series.
The Qualcomm Smart Headset Platform with support for the Google Assistant and Google Fast Pair is available to order.