About Nokia audio technologies

Long track record in development and standardization

A proven legacy of innovation

With decades of pioneering work in mobile audio, Nokia has been at the forefront of sound innovation, from the early days of voice codecs to cutting-edge spatial audio. Nokia’s unmatched legacy ensures you're not just tapping into experience but inheriting a culture of firsts. Our team breathes spatial audio.

What audio codecs has Nokia developed?

Nokia’s audio experts have played key roles in influential standardization bodies like 3GPP, ETSI, and MPEG. Their work has included hands-on problem solving for emerging technologies and co-authoring the codecs and specifications that drive global voice and audio systems.

The audio codecs co-developed by Nokia power billions of devices worldwide and have been integrated into leading chipsets, phones, and other platforms.

Pioneers in the future of voice and immersive audio

From standardizing codecs like EVS (Enhanced Voice Services) to spearheading spatial audio over 5G and the metaverse (MPEG-I Immersive Audio), Nokia continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Partnering with our audio team means you can harness next-generation formats and user experiences—like immersive telepresence and lifelike voice calls.

Did you know that every single smartphone in the world contains voice codecs that were co-developed by Nokia?

Or that our spatial audio solutions are used in almost a hundred million devices?

Nokia and Bell Labs: Over hundred years of audio and technology innovations

Voice story

Decades of audio and voice communications technology development has brought us here: at the first steps of the next giant leap with the IVAS (Immersive Voice and Audio…