All items tagged with Sonos (80)

Sonos Announces On-Device Sonos Voice Control in English and French

May 12, 2022 by Joao Martins

Sonos Announces On-Device Sonos Voice Control in English and French

After years of research and development, Sonos has finally announced Sonos Voice Control, its entirely new voice experience that delivers fast, accurate hands-free control of music and any Sonos multiroom system with unmatched privacy. Aware of the growing concerns about digital assistants from the major technology companies, Sonos introduced its first voice experience created purely for complete command of a Sonos system using only voice. A development effort boosted with the strategic acquisition of Snips in 2019.

From Microspeakers to Room Acoustics: COMSOL Promotes Three Acoustics Simulation Online Events

April 21, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

From Microspeakers to Room Acoustics: COMSOL Promotes Three Acoustics Simulation Online Events

COMSOL continues its global virtual event series with COMSOL Day: Acoustics, to be held in three different time zones, with each event featuring a one-day program focusing on acoustics simulation using COMSOL Multiphysics software. Sessions will be hosted online on April 28, May 5, and May 19 by organizers in the USA, Europe, and China, respectively. Three online COMSOL Day events will showcase the benefits of multiphysics simulation to industries developing audio and acoustics products.

Sonos Announces Acquisition of Dutch Speaker Company Mayht

April 11, 2022 by Joao Martins

Sonos Announces Acquisition of Dutch Speaker Company Mayht

Sonos announced the acquisition of Mayht Holding BV, a Netherlands-based company that invented a dual-driver topology speaker design that uses multiple motors, symmetrically distributed across the membrane, allowing for a shallow design. In demonstrations of its technology, dubbed Heartmotion, Mayht frequently compared the performance-to-size ratio with the nearest example from Sonos, and the company's advisory board included two former Sonos technical and sales executives.

IKEA and Sonos Introduce Redesigned SYMFONISK Table Lamp Speaker

September 30, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

IKEA and Sonos Introduce Redesigned SYMFONISK Table Lamp Speaker

In 2019, IKEA and Sonos announced the joint development of the SYMFONISK wireless speaker range, with two inaugural products. While the SYMFONISK bookshelf speaker offered a great connected multi-functional design at an affordable price, the original SYMFONISK table lamp speaker was not so successful. Two years later, IKEA and Sonos are launching a new version of the SYMFONISK table lamp speaker, offering a better sound experience and updated, customizable designs.

Sonos Unveils Second Generation Beam Compact Soundbar with Support for Dolby Atmos and New Audio Formats

September 15, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sonos Unveils Second Generation Beam Compact Soundbar with Support for Dolby Atmos and New Audio Formats

The soundbar segment continues heating up with more sophisticated designs getting to market with updated wireless technology, amplifiers, better speaker drivers and support for Dolby Atmos rendering. The new Sonos Beam (Gen 2) sets a new standard for compact soundbars with a richer, more immersive sound and planned support for Dolby Atmos Music streaming services.

Roon Labs Confirms Expansion of Roon Ready Audio Device Ecosystem

July 15, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Roon Labs Confirms Expansion of Roon Ready Audio Device Ecosystem

Roon Labs celebrated a huge expansion its audio device ecosystem, adding hundreds of brand and device partners in 2021. The cadence of new Roon Ready certifications has increased tenfold since the start of the pandemic. In 2020, just a handful of new products were certified each month, and in the first half of 2021 Roon Labs reported over 100 new Roon Ready and Roon Tested devices. Forty new brands have submitted products for certification in that timeframe.

Market, Technology, and Trends for Soundbars in Perspective

July 5, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Market, Technology, and Trends for Soundbars in Perspective

Market research firm SAR Insight and Consulting updated its available analysis on one of the most important speaker form-factors currently in the audio and home entertainment industry. In the company's latest report on soundbars, the company details the technology trends, market growth and competitive analysis in the category. As manufacturers continue to expand the features, consumers also seem to have greater appreciation for soundbars.

Sonos Releases pyFLAC Library for Realtime Lossless Audio Compression in Python

May 31, 2021 by Joao Martins

Sonos Releases pyFLAC Library for Realtime Lossless Audio Compression in Python

FLAC is the most universal compression algorithm for audio, allowing to maintain a perfect reconstruction of the original data. As an audio manufacturer that supports FLAC in all its home audio (Wi-Fi) products, Sonos decided to improve its own development tools by creating an efficient alternative to using the original FLAC library (libFLAC) written in C, and created a Python implementation for lossless encoding/decoding focusing on real-time streams. pyFLAC is now available as a free-to-use package.

Qobuz Becomes First Hi-Res Audio Streaming Service Available on Sonos

March 24, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Qobuz Becomes First Hi-Res Audio Streaming Service Available on Sonos

Music streaming service Qobuz confirmed it will be the first music service to deliver 24-bit Hi-Res audio streaming on Sonos. Qobuz users that subscribe to the Studio (Hi-Res) tier will be able to listen to high-resolution music directly on their Sonos speakers, with the ease of simply pressing play in the Sonos app. Available with the Sonos S2 app, this new integration is one of Qobuz’s broadest expansions of Hi-Res streaming support to date.

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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