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Hansong Reference Design Adopts Summit Low Cost Discovery Module for Adding Wireless Speakers to Smart TVs
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Hansong Reference Design Adopts Summit Low Cost Discovery Module for Adding Wireless Speakers to Smart TVs

Summit Wireless Technologies, announced that Hansong, one of the largest Original Design Manufacturers (ODM) to major audio brands, will offer a new technology reference platform targeting wireless soundbars, audio hubs, and speakers based on Summit's Internet of Things (IoT) transceiver module. The new Hansong development platform will offer a ready to use solution for high-volume projects in the home theater market.
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Noveto Completes Chipset Development to Drive SmartBeaming Technology
by Joao Martins

Noveto Completes Chipset Development to Drive SmartBeaming Technology

Noveto, the company responsible for the development of one of the most promising audio technologies, with large implications in multiple markets, including mobile and automotive industries, confirmed the successful completion of its proprietary new C1 chipset. The development is designed to drive its SmartBeaming technology, a speaker that dynamically tracks and beams audio to the user's ears, creating a personal audio zone.
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Fraunhofer IIS Licenses xHE-AAC Audio Codec Software to Facebook
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Fraunhofer IIS Licenses xHE-AAC Audio Codec Software to Facebook

Fraunhofer IIS, the primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, announced the licensing of its xHE-AAC and MPEG-D DRC software implementation to Facebook, Inc. xHE-AAC is the latest member of the MPEG AAC audio codec family, and Fraunhofer played a substantial role in the development of xHE-AAC and the MPEG-D loudness and dynamic range control metadata standard.
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Philips Brand Re-Enters The North American Audio Market With Impressive Audio Product Line-Up
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Philips Brand Re-Enters The North American Audio Market With Impressive Audio Product Line-Up

TPV USA, in a global licensing partnership with Philips, announced the North American launch of five premium audio products as the 2021 holiday season approaches, building on the company's growing momentum as a leading and award-winning provider of audio entertainment in Europe. TPV USA brings its much-acclaimed premium wireless headphones, soundbars and wireless speakers to North American consumers.
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AudioTelligence Launches Blind Source Separation Audio Technology for Smartphones
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AudioTelligence Launches Blind Source Separation Audio Technology for Smartphones

Cambridge audio software specialist AudioTelligence has announced the launch of Aiso, a new consumer technology and family of products for smartphones based on its proven blind source separation audio technology. The company's approach allows removing any voice interrupting a smartphone video recording or call in real time, without losing what the main speaker is saying. The software-only solution is available for licensing for Android smartphones.
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Xperi Announces New Effort to Promote DTS Play-Fi in Home Theater Market
by Joao Martins

Xperi Announces New Effort to Promote DTS Play-Fi in Home Theater Market

DTS, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi Holding Corporation, announced the intention to revitalize its proprietary DTS Play-Fi wireless audio platform in order to promote wireless surround sound as an alternative to the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) technology being adopted in mainstream consumer electronics. While Qualcomm has long forgotten about its AllPlay wireless audio solution, DTS believes there is still an opportunity to compete with WiSA.
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NuCurrent Delivers Fast Wireless Charging Solutions for Klipsch T5 II Series True Wireless Earphones
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NuCurrent Delivers Fast Wireless Charging Solutions for Klipsch T5 II Series True Wireless Earphones

NuCurrent is one of the technology companies involved in the successful launch of the Klipsch T5 II ANC True Wireless earphones, having its wireless charging technology licensed in five models of this advanced series and the 2X Charging Mat. For the Klipsch T5 II Wireless ANC McLaren Edition, NuCurrent was able to deliver inductive power transfer through a metallic case, the first product in the world to do so.
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Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) Announces 2021-2022 Awards - All The Audio Highlights
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Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) Announces 2021-2022 Awards - All The Audio Highlights

Even under the very unusual circumstances of a full year without trade-shows and the global pandemic continuing to disrupt the industry and many manufacturers' plans, EISA, the Expert Imaging & Sound Association revealed the winners of its 2021-2022 Awards. Technical experts from 60 leading specialist magazines and websites in 29 countries across the world have recognized and awarded no fewer than 86 products as the best in their categories, awarding performance and innovation in Consumer Electronics.
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AES Audio Product Education Institute Webinar Discusses Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)
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AES Audio Product Education Institute Webinar Discusses Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)

The AES Audio Product Education Institute promotes a new webinar on its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) education pillar, exploring the practical approach for AI & ML integration in audio product design and development. For this August 18 event, pillar chair Steven Willenborg invited XMOS, a company focused on embedded intelligence for edge-AI applications, now bringing AI, DSP, control and I/O together in a single device.
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LG’s New QNED Mini LED TV Lineup Receives WiSA Ready Certification
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LG’s New QNED Mini LED TV Lineup Receives WiSA Ready Certification

The number of TVs supporting WiSA Certified speakers keeps growing. The Wireless Speaker and Audio Association announced that LG Electronics’ recently-launched QNED Mini LED TVs, have been certified as WiSA Ready, further expanding its lineup of existing WiSA Ready TV models. The launch marks the fourth WiSA Ready product family rollout from LG this year, which also includes the brand’s latest award-winning LG OLED TVs and LG NanoCell TVs as well as its CineBeam laser projector.
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