All items tagged with wireless audio (360)
WiSA Expands Interoperability With New Hisense WiSA Ready Certified TVs
March 19, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

WiSA Expands Interoperability With New Hisense WiSA Ready Certified TVs

The Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) announced a global collaboration with rapidly growing TV brand Hisense in which the brand’s premier 2021 TV models have been certified WiSA Ready. This allows for a quick and simple connection to all WiSA USB transmitters and WiSA Certified Speakers to create immersive audio home cinema systems. Hisense joins other WiSA member TV brands, including LG, Skyworth, Bang & Olufsen, and more who are implementing integrated wireless technology into meaningful product lines and launches.
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Soundbars Star in 2020 With Another Strong Year for Home Audio
March 18, 2021 by Futuresource Consulting

Soundbars Star in 2020 With Another Strong Year for Home Audio

In 2020, the value of the Home Audio market was the highest it has ever been, rising 4% to $19.8 billion. This was partly driven by the pandemic, which in forcing people inside has supercharged interest in music and media consumption. In a new report from Futuresource Consulting by analyst Patrick Montgomery, the market research firm calls attention to Soundbars, which continues to be a strong growth audio product segment, increasingly expanding the wireless audio ecosystem.
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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon Sound End-To-End Audio System
March 5, 2021 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon Sound End-To-End Audio System

Following previous announcements in development platforms and solutions for wireless audio, Qualcomm announced Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound, a new end-to-end approach to promote high resolution digital audio and enhanced voice communications across devices. The approach combines and optimizes multiple Qualcomm technologies for mobile platforms, processing, connectivity, plus the latest aptX Adaptive audio technologies needed to improve the sound experience for consumers.
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Hisense Joins DTS Play-Fi Whole-Home Wireless Audio Ecosystem
March 4, 2021 by Joao Martins

Hisense Joins DTS Play-Fi Whole-Home Wireless Audio Ecosystem

DTS is still much at play in wireless audio with its Play-Fi technology. The company that is now a part of Xperi and just merged with TiVo, announced that Hisense is joining its DTS Play-Fi whole-home audio ecosystem. With a rapidly growing presence in the US and Europe, Hisense’s partnership with DTS will bring additional wireless interoperability in consumer electronics. Hisense will design and manufacture Play-Fi enabled products to be globally distributed in the second half of 2021.
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Enclave Audio Now Shipping Add-on Subwoofers for CineHome Wireless Audio Systems
March 3, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Enclave Audio Now Shipping Add-on Subwoofers for CineHome Wireless Audio Systems

Enclave Audio, the Californian manufacturer of immersive wireless audio systems for home entertainment environments, announced it is now shipping add-on wireless subwoofers for its CineHome II and THX Certified CineHome PRO wireless home theater systems. This includes additional 8" wireless subwoofers available for CineHome II systems and 10" models for CineHome PRO systems. Both CineHome systems support up to four (4!) wireless subwoofers to enable configurations of up to 5.4 channels.
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Røde Introduces Updated Wireless GO II Dual Channel Wireless Microphone System
February 23, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Røde Introduces Updated Wireless GO II Dual Channel Wireless Microphone System

Production practices continue to evolve extremely quickly as users embrace new mobile devices, live streaming platforms and formats, and creative approaches. Australian pro audio powerhouse Røde ascended to a leading market position thanks to its popular range of microphones for cameras and smartphones, reinforced five years ago with a completely new range of wireless solutions. Launched in April 2019, the original Wireless GO quickly became one of Røde's most popular products. The next generation of improved Wireless GO II series was now announced.
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Bowers & Wilkins Launches Music App for Its Formation-Enabled Products
February 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Bowers & Wilkins Launches Music App for Its Formation-Enabled Products

Bowers & Wilkins announced an exciting new development to its Formation wireless audio technology platform. Available now, the new Bowers & Wilkins Music App significantly increases the number of music-streaming services accessible to owners of Formation-enabled Bowers & Wilkins products. Available to both Android and iOS users, the App will initially offer support for Qobuz, TIDAL, TuneIn, Dash Radio, NTS Radio and SoundCloud, with more to be added in the coming months.
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Audinate Announces Availability of New Dante AVIO Bluetooth Adapter
February 10, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Audinate Announces Availability of New Dante AVIO Bluetooth Adapter

Audinate, the developer of Dante audio networking technology, confirmed that it is now possible to connect an audio-over-IP networked device directly to a Bluetooth 5 source and sink device, wirelessly. This is because Audinate announced availability of the Dante AVIO Bluetooth adapter, an important addition to the popular Dante AVIO family, allowing mobile devices and computers to wirelessly connect to any Dante audio network for playout or recording.
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Summit Wireless Technologies Presents Wireless Multi-Channel Home Theater Audio Design Considerations for TV Applications
February 9, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Summit Wireless Technologies Presents Wireless Multi-Channel Home Theater Audio Design Considerations for TV Applications

Summit Wireless Technologies, the company providing immersive, wireless sound technology for intelligent devices and next-generation home entertainment systems and the founding member of the WiSA Association, will present an online event about wireless multichannel audio for home theaters. The presentation, scheduled for February 10, 2021, is promoted by the SID – Society for Information Display.
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Devialet Introduces Improved Phantom I All-in-One Speaker
February 4, 2021 by Joao Martins

Devialet Introduces Improved Phantom I All-in-One Speaker

Since its release, Devialet’s flagship compact speaker Phantom established a new reference in home audio. By combining a radical design with a series of innovative, proprietary technologies, Phantom consistently shattered expectations in terms of sound reproduction, while establishing a whole new business model for the French brand. Now, for 2021, Devialet updated the original Phantom with a new audio processing SoC, new matte finishes, and all the latest wireless audio technologies.
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