Test & measurement specialist Audio Precision has reached a multi-year licensing agreement with CSR, the owner of the aptX audio codec. The deal permits AP to add the aptX codec to AP’s recently launched Bluetooth wireless technology test option for the APx family of audio analysers.

The speed and ease of testing offered by the APx range is now available to all manufacturers worldwide who have adopted the aptX codec in their Bluetooth audio devices, including the makers of phone handsets, headsets and hands-free devices. The APx Bluetooth option now supports A2DP, HFP, HSP, and AVRCP profiles and aptX, SBC and CVSD codecs.

‘Systematic test is the key to good design, and AP is constantly adding the features and technologies our customers need to test their designs systematically,’ says Audio Precision VP of Marketing, Tom Williams. ‘For our customers designing Bluetooth devices, that means an analyser with an integrated Bluetooth radio and native support of codecs. Many of our customers are aptX licensees, so it just makes sense to add aptX to our Bluetooth option.’

Via the Bluetooth option, an APx audio analyser can run more than 30 acoustic and electronic tests in seconds. ‘Even switching between the codecs you wish to test is simple and fast,’ adds Williams.

‘The inclusion of our aptX codec in Audio Precision’s Bluetooth test suite clearly reflects its growing acceptance by the industry as the de facto standard for achieving high-fidelity stereo audio with Bluetooth devices,’ says Noel McKenna, Senior Director of aptX for CSR. ‘Audio Precision is one of the world’s leading test & measurement, companies and an important member of the aptX ecosystem, and we are pleased to welcome them to the aptX family.’

Audio Precision’s APx Bluetooth option with aptX is available now.

More: http://ap.com/bluetooth
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