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In digital audio data reduction technology, aptX (formerly apt-X) is a family of proprietary audio codec compression algorithms.
If you've shopped for any wireless Bluetooth audio products lately, be it a pair of headphones or wireless speakers, or even a mobile phone, you might have seen mention of aptX. AptX promises CD-like quality sound over Bluetooth. This comparison is always suspect, and it's as overused as it is vague.