All items tagged with Qualcomm (205)
Goertek Announces Rox Earbud Reference Design with Support for Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound Technology
May 18, 2021 by Joao Martins

Goertek Announces Rox Earbud Reference Design with Support for Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound Technology

Goertek has unveiled a new earbud reference design to help manufacturers looking to implement Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound technology speed their time to market. Powered by the Qualcomm QCC5141 Bluetooth Audio SoC, the Rox reference design is optimized for use in TWS earbuds and hearables and is designed to deliver high-resolution music, crystal-clear voice calls, and lag-free gaming — with superior connectivity and extended battery life.
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Morph InfiniConnect Bluetooth Earbuds Support Rapid Switch Between Bluetooth Audio Devices
May 17, 2021 by Joao Martins

Morph InfiniConnect Bluetooth Earbuds Support Rapid Switch Between Bluetooth Audio Devices

Morph Audio announced an interesting concept for true wireless earbuds, focusing on the charging case design and Bluetooth pairing experience. The new Morph InfiniConnect TWS earbuds, which have been successfully crowdfunded - 1600% funded on Kickstarter - allow users to pair with an infinite number of devices, and to seamlessly switch audio connection anytime to any device, across any operating system, via a smart control case.
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Alango OnlyVoice Technology Now Available for Qualcomm QCC5141 Audio SoCs
May 5, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Alango OnlyVoice Technology Now Available for Qualcomm QCC5141 Audio SoCs

Good news for designers of Bluetooth earbuds and hearables relying on Qualcomm’s audio SoCs and looking for differentiating features. Their products can now offer improved voice clarity in noisy or windy environments using Alango’s OnlyVoice advanced technology for true wireless earbuds and high-performance headsets. Also available on QCC5141 is VoiceFirst, which improves speech intelligibility in movies through de-emphasis of background sounds and music.
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Bowers & Wilkins Expands Into True Wireless With New PI7 and PI5 Models Focusing on Audio Quality
April 21, 2021 by Joao Martins

Bowers & Wilkins Expands Into True Wireless With New PI7 and PI5 Models Focusing on Audio Quality

Bowers & Wilkins thinks that most currently available true wireless stereo (TWS) designs represent a compromise choice, one that trades sound quality for wireless convenience. “Bowers & Wilkins has always insisted this issue would need to be addressed before the company could consider launching its own TWS products,” they state. And that's what they did with their new PI7 and PI5 true wireless earbuds, where audio quality was the design focus, while adding some cool differentiating features.
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Bang & Olufsen Introduces Beoplay HX Headphones With Adaptive ANC
March 26, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Bang & Olufsen Introduces Beoplay HX Headphones With Adaptive ANC

Bang & Olufsen announced the launch of Beoplay HX, offering an improved sound experience with digital ANC, up to 35 hours of play time and elevated comfort, exemplifying Bang & Olufsen’s expertise in sound, design, and craftsmanship. This refined design from the Danish luxury audio brand, is intended to appeal to demanding users looking for an immersive and accurate sound experience, ultimate comfort and a refined user interface to meet the needs of working from home, traveling for business, or simply escape from the noise of everyday life.
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Cambridge Audio Reveals Updated Melomania 1+ True Wireless with USB-C and Enhanced User Experience
March 10, 2021 by Joao Martins

Cambridge Audio Reveals Updated Melomania 1+ True Wireless with USB-C and Enhanced User Experience

Currently the strongest growth product segment in consumer electronics, true wireless technology is advancing fast but the category remains a crowded and highly competitive space. Short after the announcement of its flagship Melomania Touch earbuds, British audio brand Cambridge Audio updated its first TWS design, launched originally in June 2019. The new Melomania 1+ true wireless earbuds keep the compact form factor and a competitive price, and gained updated technology and app control features.
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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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Developers Get Easy Access to Amazon Voice Services with OKdo and Qualcomm
February 24, 2021 by Cristina Costa

Developers Get Easy Access to Amazon Voice Services with OKdo and Qualcomm

OKdo, the global technology company from Electrocomponents, announced it is now supplying the Qualcomm Home Hub 100 Development Kit for Amazon Voice Services (AVS), a ready to use environment for voice-controlled applications in connected devices. Based on Qualcomm’s highly integrated, multi-mode System-on-Chip (SoC), the QCA4020, the Home Hub 100 kit is provided with pre-integrated software support for AVS, to help kickstart the development of voice-controlled applications.
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Qualcomm and Amazon Deepen Strategic Engagement with the Pre-Integration of Alexa Custom Assistant with Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platform
January 27, 2021 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm and Amazon Deepen Strategic Engagement with the Pre-Integration of Alexa Custom Assistant with Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platform

Qualcomm Technologies and Amazon announced new joint efforts to pre-integrate the Alexa Custom Assistant with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platforms - the new-generation of automotive-optimized SoCs from Qualcomm. This new system is designed to support automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers to build customizable, in-vehicle intelligent assistants and is offered as an extension module to the Alexa Automotive Software Development Kit (SDK).
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Earin Unveils Next-Generation a-3 True Wireless Earbuds With Compact Loose-Fit Design
January 19, 2021 by Joao Martins

Earin Unveils Next-Generation a-3 True Wireless Earbuds With Compact Loose-Fit Design

Earin, the technology company from Malmö, Sweden, and pioneer of the original true wireless concept, used CES 2021 to unveil its third-generation of premium earbuds, the A-3. Backed by an impressive Kickstarter community, Earin was one of the first companies to actually ship true wireless in-earphones in 2015 and they immediately set the bar high in extremely compact earbuds. The new A-3 is now a more mature Bluetooth 5 product that combines a new loose-fit design with improved audio quality.
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