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MWC 2018 First Impressions: A Connected World Congress

March 3, 2018 by Joao Martins

MWC 2018 First Impressions: A Connected World Congress

A strange week we had, with most of the technology world focused on another edition of GSMA's Mobile World Congress (MWC), with the usual gush of new iPhone-clone announcements and most of the key semiconductor giants dividing their announcements with embedded world 2018, taking place at the same time in Nuremberg, Germany. Still, neither was much affected by the clash. MWC is more and more consumer electronics, autonomous cars, cloud solutions, and software developers pitching their latest ideas on social-engineered apps.

Wireless Charging Technology Pioneer Powermat Joins the Wireless Power Consortium

January 12, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Wireless Charging Technology Pioneer Powermat Joins the Wireless Power Consortium

Powermat, the wireless charging technology pioneer, announced it will become the newest Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) member. Powermat will contribute its technology and expertise to further advance inductive wireless charging capabilities while maintaining backwards compatibility to the existing Qi ecosystem, which was recently converted to the leading global standard, following Apple's decision to adopt Qi in the latest iPhone generation.

Apple Launches New iMac Pro for Professional Applications

December 15, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Apple Launches New iMac Pro for Professional Applications

As promised - and long overdue - Apple released its new iMac Pro, an entirely new product line designed for pro users, combining the all-in-one familiar design of the iMac with workstation-class performance and upgradability. With the latest Xeon processors with up to 18 cores, which Intel announced only in Mar 2017, the new computers provide up to 22 Teraflops of graphics performance, and support up to 128GB of DDR4 RAM.

New Juniper Research Report Forecasts Smart Audio Hardware Revenues to Grow by Over 300% in the Next 5 Years

December 13, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

New Juniper Research Report Forecasts Smart Audio Hardware Revenues to Grow by Over 300% in the Next 5 Years

A new report by Juniper Research predicts that revenues from smart audio devices like the Amazon Echo and Sonos One will grow from an estimated $2.5 billion in 2017 to over $10 billion by 2022, as more audio brands integrate voice assistants into their devices. With competition heating up in the smart speaker space, the new research, "Smart Audio Devices: Strategies & Forecasts 2017-2022", looks at Amazon’s main challengers.

Apple Buys Music Recognition and Augmented Reality Services Shazam

December 11, 2017 by Joao Martins

Apple Buys Music Recognition and Augmented Reality Services Shazam

As officially confirmed to some online media outlets, following insisting rumors that circulated since December 8, Apple is buying Shazam, the music recognition and audio fingerprinting service that is one of the most popular apps in mobile platforms. Together with rival SoundHound, Shazam has gradually evolved into a sort of "gluing" app, helping users discover, interact with, and share music, videos, as well as printed or augmented reality content.

Apogee and Sennheiser Pitch AMBEO Smart Headset to a Wider Audience

December 6, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Apogee and Sennheiser Pitch AMBEO Smart Headset to a Wider Audience

Apogee and Sennheiser announced that its co-developed Sennheiser AMBEO Smart Headset is now available at Apple.com and Apple Stores in the US, just in time for the holidays. And it's now available in black, for those channels. An interesting note about the announcement is that, since the binaural headset was launched in May 2017, Sennheiser is now promoting it in a slightly different way, highlighting its use more as a hearing enhancer and high-quality listening device.

Beats Launches Studio3 Wireless Advanced Noise-Canceling Headphones

September 5, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Beats Launches Studio3 Wireless Advanced Noise-Canceling Headphones

Following Apple's tradition of trying to kill major show announcements by releasing new products just before or immediately after each event, Beats unveiled the new Beats Studio3 Wireless headphones, introducing a host of new powerful features and capabilities, now with advanced noise-canceling and nearly double the battery life. “Beats Studio3 delivers with a level of sophistication in both technology and audio fidelity beyond anything we’ve ever brought to market,” the company says.

Apogee Eliminates Latency on Logic Pro X when using Ensemble and Element Audio Interfaces

July 28, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Apogee Eliminates Latency on Logic Pro X when using Ensemble and Element Audio Interfaces

In another example of direct collaboration between Californian audio hardware specialists Apogee Digital and Apple, Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt and Element Series audio interfaces now offer Direct Monitoring support in Apple’s Logic Pro X (10.3.2) that easily eliminates recording latency with the simple click of a button. Pressing the new “Direct” button causes the monitoring signal to come directly from the hardware input, bypassing any I/O buffer or plug-in induced latency.

Smart Speakers Capture 30% of Audio Market, VPAs Poised to Create New ‘Wild Frontier’

July 12, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Smart Speakers Capture 30% of Audio Market, VPAs Poised to Create New ‘Wild Frontier’

Market research and consulting company, Futuresource Consulting recently released a new report in the consumer electronics CE space covering the emerging voice personal assistants (VPAs) category and smart speakers. The report highlights that we are the beginning of a wider market transformation, with voice personal assistants (VPAs) at the heart of a new CE land grab.

From Smart Speakers to the Smart Home

July 6, 2017 by Joao Martins

From Smart Speakers to the Smart Home

We are witnessing a pivotal moment for the audio industry with the prominence of far-field voice recognition and connected speakers now top of the mind for consumers. In the aftermath of Apple's recent HomePod speaker announcement, the home audio experience, by itself, was confirmed as the key selling argument, with its potential as an interface for interaction with consumer electronic devices and services, paving the way for the Smart Home.

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