Under snapdragon 720G, 662, and 460, Qualcomm has launched three new chipsets that will support the Indian made GPS ‘NavIC.’ Xiaomi and Redmi will be the first to launch smartphones with ISRO’s GPS tech.

FREMONT, CA: America’s multinational semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company, Qualcomm has launched three new chipsets that will support NavIC; the Indian made GPS.

It was a proud moment for the Indians when the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced to replace the American GPS by the Indian locating system, the Navigation with Indian Constellation, (NavIC). 

Recently, Xiaomi also declared that it is going to build phones that will comply with the technology.

Qualcomm Launches Three Chipsets That Support Make In India GPS NavIC by ISRO

By launching the Snapdragon 720G, 662, and 460, Qualcomm has greatly boosted the Make in India movement. It will employ Indian GPS in the smartphones that come with it. The new chipsets of Qualcomm are the first system-on-chip solutions that will support NavIC and will support WiFi 6 and faster 4G internet connectivity. There will also be a Bluetooth 5.1 integrated with advanced audio through Qualcomm FastConnect 6-series subsystems and support Dual-Frequency (L1 and L5) GNSS. This will help the accuracy of positioning of location and the sturdiness as well.

Make In India GPS Will Power Realme, Redmi Phones

Chairman of ISRO, Dr. K Sivan, said in a statement that ISRO is happy with the attempts that Qualcomm has made for incorporating NavIC, and has also asked other OEMs to introduce NavIC in their upcoming handsets.

Xiaomi and Realme have already announced that they will be launching smartphones that will support the NavIC.

Like American GPS, there exist multiple other positioning systems developed by other countries, including USA’s GPS (global positioning system), European Union’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, and China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. Similarly, NavIC, named after Indian fishermen and navigators, is the Indian counterpart. The newly launched Qualcomm chipsets will support all the other systems too. 

The Qualcomm chipset will enable people to find out the location and time at any point. When people use their smartphones to travel from one place to another in India, the phone will turn to the constellation of seven NavIC satellites.