Phone calls are finally getting a spatial upgrade
Smartphones are increasingly becoming our AI-powered assistants, but their voice call quality has barely changed in years. Well, Nokia wants to fix that – and it’s claiming to have made the « world’s first immersive voice and audio call » using a new codec.
The phone call was made using a new IVAS (Immersive Voice and Audio Services) codec, which is part of the incoming ‘5G Advanced’ standard. According to Nokia’s blog post, the codec creates a « three-dimensional sound experience » that makes chats feel « more lifelike and engaging ».
In theory, it should be a big upgrade from today’s compressed, monophonic phone calls, which haven’t improved a great deal over the years despite the introduction of software-based features such as Voice Isolation.
So, when might the rest of us get this voice calling upgrade? There’s a good news and bad news.
