Constitutively active module Qualcomm Snapdragon 800

Last year, Motorola, then still owned by Google, introduced the flagship

 Moto X, strikingly different from the other top smartphones. Americans have relied on a solid polycarbonate case , coloring is chosen when purchasing from the site of a huge number of options , as well as on the original assistant opportunities available with the modifications already " obsolete " at the time Snapdragon S4 from Qualcomm. It turns out that there are similar abilities and fresher Snapdragon 800 , but for some reason they are hidden .

For geeks most important chip Motorola Moto X became the so-called Natural Language Processor (NLP), some additional module customized Snapdragon S4, allowing smartphone in sleep mode " listen " on Wednesday in anticipation of the voice command , consuming almost no charge. Once the user says «OK, Google Now», Moto X immediately activated and ready to answer the question . After trying to transfer this proprietary function finally found out that other smart phones may not work in this mode due to lack of NLP.

One of the founders OmniROM, Lesnyak Guillaume (Guillaume Lesniak), known by the nickname XpLoDWilD, published on Google+ video with the results of its work on the firmware customization Nexus 5 . After a little study specifications revealed that inside Snapdragon 800 has different low-power Digital Signal Processor (DSP) QDSP6V5. It was his developer and used to activate the permanent listening Nexus 5 . As we can see in the video, smartphone " woke up " from a voice command , even though he was in the " sleep ", and William did not press on the unlock button .

This means that the standard Snapdragon 800 has built-in capability of the background listening when the main core inactive, only the manufacturer for some reason does not give the creators of smartphones and API documentation for normal work with her. Probably , Qualcomm have saved this card for the future. Developer OmniROM warns that its implementation of the function is built on the " crutches " and is a common concept , developments which may become part of OmniROM. However, no specific timetable Guillaume does not - too much to work , and the need for its questionable.

It is likely that Qualcomm finally officially announce this opportunity this year and Android-smartphone will be one step closer to becoming the ideal assistants. By the way, developers increasingly popular portable devices also should be of interest this function .