All items tagged with Wi-Fi (173)
Streamz Promotes Voice Controlled Headphones with Wi-Fi and Integrated Hi-Res Audio Player
July 3, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Streamz Promotes Voice Controlled Headphones with Wi-Fi and Integrated Hi-Res Audio Player

Virtually everything has been tried in the world of personal audio! Everything? Not yet... Streamz is promoting a crowdfunding campaign for headphones with an integrated player and SD card for internal storage, that are also able to stream music directly from Pandora or Spotify thanks to built-in Wi-Fi, all without needing a smartphone. After 4 years of development and promoting the concept, Streamz launched on Kickstarter.
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RIVA Audio’s WAND Series Music Streaming Speakers Now Available For Purchase
June 28, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

RIVA Audio’s WAND Series Music Streaming Speakers Now Available For Purchase

RIVA Audio, the lifestyle brand of Audio Design Experts (ADX), announced that its RIVA WAND (Wireless Audio Network Design) speaker series is now available for purchase. The customizable and easy-to-use multi-room “+” wireless audio system of the compact ARENA and full-range tabletop FESTIVAL speakers combines the freedom to deliver high-fidelity audio to every room or outdoor location with the flexibility to play from any networked or local source. And they sound really good!
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Blackfire Research Introduces New Wireless Real-time Entertainment Distribution Framework
June 26, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Blackfire Research Introduces New Wireless Real-time Entertainment Distribution Framework

Blackfire Research Corp., a wireless network specialist from San Francisco, CA, announced the availability of Blackfire RED, or Real-time Entertainment Distribution framework. The company says that Blackfire RED is the industry's only wireless and entertainment-centric infrastructure software framework built from the ground up to both overcome the limitations of Wi-Fi when used for media, and wireless entertainment-related consumer applications and products.
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Parts Express Announces Partnership With Linkplay Technology For Turnkey Wifi Audio Solutions Distribution
June 22, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Parts Express Announces Partnership With Linkplay Technology For Turnkey Wifi Audio Solutions Distribution

Parts Express, the well-established source for audio and electronic parts and components, announced a new distribution partnership with Linkplay Technology, a leading WiFi audio solution provider and the first audio platform approved for integration with Alexa Voice Services (AVS). The Springboro, OH, -company will be able to support OEM/ODM projects in the United States and Canada.
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Cotodama Lyric Speaker is World's First Lyric Visualizing Speaker
June 8, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Cotodama Lyric Speaker is World's First Lyric Visualizing Speaker

There's always a way to differentiate a new product if you really think about it and know how to leverage available technology. Japanese company Cotodama did exactly that with its Lyric Speaker, which automatically visualizes lyrics in a beautiful way. When the user chooses a song on its mobile phone, the lyrics show up on the translucent screen. This speaker has won SXSW's Best Bootstrap Company in 2015 and is now available.
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MediaTek Launches 4x4 802.11n/Bluetooth 5.0 System-on-Chip with Dedicated Wi-Fi Accelerator
June 1, 2017 by Cristina Costa

MediaTek Launches 4x4 802.11n/Bluetooth 5.0 System-on-Chip with Dedicated Wi-Fi Accelerator

MediaTek announced the world's first 4x4 802.11n and Bluetooth 5.0 system-on-chip featuring a dedicated Wi-Fi network accelerator. The MediaTek MT7622 was created for premium networking devices including routers and repeaters, whole home Wi-Fi, and home automation gateways that pre-integrates audio and storage features. MediaTek also announced its next generation Wi-Fi low power chipset portfolio for connected smart home devices.
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Cypress Expands Wireless Connectivity Portfolio with New 802.11ac High-Performance Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Combo Solution Solution
May 30, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Cypress Expands Wireless Connectivity Portfolio with New 802.11ac High-Performance Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Combo Solution Solution

During Computex 2017, Cypress Semiconductor announced a new wireless solution that delivers advanced coexistence combining 802.11ac high-performance Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). The new highly integrated Cypress CYW4373 solution incorporates a USB 2.0 hub that provides a common WLAN and Bluetooth interface. The combo solution seems to be ideal for connected audio systems.
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Frontier Silicon Announces Smart Audio Solution with Google Assistant
May 26, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Frontier Silicon Announces Smart Audio Solution with Google Assistant

Frontier Silicon announced that its Smart Audio platform, Minuet, has been upgraded to include Google Assistant. Minuet already allows brands and manufacturers to develop smart audio devices with Chromecast built-in. With the addition of Google Assistant, users will be able to control their smart speakers via voice and use these speakers not only to play music but also to access Internet services, such as news, update personal schedules and control a wide range of smart home devices.
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Microchip Introduces Fully-Certified Wi-Fi SDK with Apple HomeKit Support
May 23, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Microchip Introduces Fully-Certified Wi-Fi SDK with Apple HomeKit Support

Microchip's new Wi-Fi SDK with Apple HomeKit support enables MFi licensees to create fast, low-power designs on the industry’s first hardware cryptography-enabled Wi-Fi-based development kit for HomeKit. The SDK leverages hardware-based calculations to create fast, low-power solutions, providing an optimized customer experience that dramatically reduces execution time for HomeKit commands and provides pairing speeds of less than one tenth of a second.
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Far Field Voice Assistant Speaker Makes Phone Calls
April 14, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Far Field Voice Assistant Speaker Makes Phone Calls

During the Hong Kong Electronics Fair Spring Edition, leading embedded WiFi and wireless solution provider Libre Wireless Technologies announced an advanced consumer solution that allows voice activated and controlled Wi-Fi home speakers to make phone calls using an existing phone system. The solution is based on Libre Wireless LibreSync wireless media platform, combining key partnerships with DSP Group, which provides wireless phone solutions and audio processing technology, and consumer electronic lifestyle brand Nyne.
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