The world may be bracing for 5G, but the reality is a vast majority of people are still content with slow data speeds and poor connectivity. And to help solve this problem, Google Duo uses compression techniques to provide the best possible audio and video experience over bad / spotty connections. Google is testing a new audio codec that dramatically improves audio quality over poor network connections. The Google AI team featured Lyra, a low bit rate voice codec, in a detailed blog post. Lyra’s basic architecture is to “extract…

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