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Dutch Speaker Company Mayht Receives Investment from Swedish Solar Cell Company Exeger
by Joao Martins

Dutch Speaker Company Mayht Receives Investment from Swedish Solar Cell Company Exeger

Swedish company Exeger - the company behind the Powerfoyle solar cell material already powering self-charging consumer electronic devices - venture capital firm Forward.One, and music producer and DJ Martin Garrix, have led the latest funding round of investment in the innovative Dutch audio-tech start-up, Mayht. The Series A follow-on round takes investment in the firm to nearly USD $10 million so far.
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Meridian Audio Signals 10 Years of Partnership With Range Rover
by audioXpress Staff

Meridian Audio Signals 10 Years of Partnership With Range Rover

For the past 10 years, Meridian Audio designed the audio systems for Range Rover vehicles. The brand-new 2022 Range Rover delivers peerless refinement and luxury, featuring 3 new levels of audio performance from Meridian plus a unique Tailgate Event Suite for musical enjoyment outside the vehicle. The 3 Meridian audio systems offered in the new Range Rovers are the Meridian Signature System, Meridian 3D Surround Sound and Meridian Sound System.
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STMicroelectronics Upgrades NanoEdge AI Studio to Streamline Machine-Learning Software Development for Connected Devices
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STMicroelectronics Upgrades NanoEdge AI Studio to Streamline Machine-Learning Software Development for Connected Devices

Global semiconductor powerhouse STMicroelectronics announced the availability of Version 3 of NanoEdge AI Studio, the first major upgrade of this software tool for machine-learning applications that ST acquired with Cartesiam earlier this year. The updates introduce new algorithms, better support for sensor data acquisition and management using an ST development board, and an enhanced user interface to make machine-learning implementation easier for embedded developers with no data-science skills.
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AES Audio Product Education Institute Explores Immersive Audio in Automotive Audio Design
by Audio Engineering_Society

AES Audio Product Education Institute Explores Immersive Audio in Automotive Audio Design

Wednesday, December 1 (12pm EST), the AES Audio Product Education Institute promotes a second online session to explore Immersive Audio in automotive audio. This time, experts from DSP Concepts and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS will discuss how immersive audio experiences are driving automotive audio speaker design, how existing formats are being used, and the challenges of tuning and distributing sound for the intended experience.
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Laird Connectivity and Packetcraft Launch New Bluetooth LE Audio Evaluation Kits for Connected Audio Applications
by Joao Martins

Laird Connectivity and Packetcraft Launch New Bluetooth LE Audio Evaluation Kits for Connected Audio Applications

Laird Connectivity partnered with Packetcraft to offer a complete Bluetooth LE Audio evaluation kit using Laird's BL5340 Bluetooth 5.2 development boards, a custom audio interface board, and Packetcraft’s comprehensive software solution for LE Audio. This development solution is ideal for developers looking to evaluate LE Audio for emerging next generation Bluetooth LE Audio applications, such as wireless microphones, broadcast audio for infrastructure, and much more.
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DSP Concepts Partners with LG Electronics to Bring Voice Chat to the UltraGear Speaker
by audioXpress Staff

DSP Concepts Partners with LG Electronics to Bring Voice Chat to the UltraGear Speaker

DSP Concepts revealed its work with LG Electronics to develop the UltraGear Gaming Speaker (GP9), the first gaming speaker with built-in voice communication running Audio Weaver TalkTogether technology. Thanks to this implementation, the innovative LG GP9 design, which is also a complete, Hi-Res Audio certified, sound system, featuring a powerful USB-C audio interface with ESS DAC, is also able to deliver full-duplex, clear communication even during loud, intense gameplay, allowing for an improved, headset-free gaming experience.
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Wireless Innovation Accelerates in 2022 with Wi-Fi 6 and UWB
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Wireless Innovation Accelerates in 2022 with Wi-Fi 6 and UWB

According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, 2022 will represent a key year for wireless connectivity innovation as Wi-Fi 6, 6E, and Ultra-Wideband adoption accelerates across a growing number of end markets. The latest wireless technologies will see strong double-digit growth as 6 GHz Wi-Fi 6E shipments triple in the next year, reaching well over 1.5 billion annual chipset shipments. Ultra-Wideband (UWB) devices are expected to reach nearly half-a-billion units as adoption increases within smartphones, wearables, speakers, personal trackers, and location tracking (RTLS) applications, forecasts ABI Research.
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Knowles Partners with Lucid Hearing to Enable Hearing Aid Premium Audio Quality
by Joao Martins

Knowles Partners with Lucid Hearing to Enable Hearing Aid Premium Audio Quality

Knowles announced the availability of the GM series receiver, a new high-performance, two-way balanced armature receiver designed specifically to enable hearing health applications to deliver audiophile-quality music performance. Knowles and Lucid Hearing have partnered to bring the hearing health industry the Westone Audio High Fidelity DWT, a premium hearing aid with a Receiver in Canal (RIC) that delivers exceptional sound quality for music-listening.
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7 Sensing Software Supports Analog Devices' Low Power Audio Codecs
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7 Sensing Software Supports Analog Devices' Low Power Audio Codecs

7 Sensing Software, a company working in advanced embedded audio DSP and machine learning solutions, announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Analog Devices, Inc. The two companies are working together to incorporate 7 Sensing’s state-of-the-art audio solutions for wireless earbuds and headsets embedded into Analog Devices’ recently expanded family of low power codecs. 7 Sensing's Pure Voice solution and Hearing Augmentation suite will expand Analog Device's hardware platform with a valuable, differentiated feature set for manufacturers and brands.
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AES Audio Product Education Institute Promotes "Eyes On the Supply Chain" Webinar
by Audio Engineering_Society

AES Audio Product Education Institute Promotes "Eyes On the Supply Chain" Webinar

December 8, the AES Audio Product Education Institute presents an interesting talk in its Supply Chain and Sourcing education pillar addressing Quality Assurance and Procurement in Asia. This online session explores how to deal with remote production and quality control, given the traveling restrictions. David Lindberg and Mike Klasco invited Brad Poling and Steve Howell to share their experiences working with audio manufacturers to ensure product quality, factory relationships, and reduce returns.
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