All items tagged with Wi-Fi (169)

The Standards We Need: Do Audio Technologies Matter in the Smart Home?

February 10, 2022 by Joao Martins

The Standards We Need: Do Audio Technologies Matter in the Smart Home?

Matter is an industry-unifying standard for the Smart Home that promises reliable, secure connectivity — a seal of approval that devices will work seamlessly together. But... Do audio technologies matter in the Smart Home? The audio industry needs to get involved in this convergence and interoperability effort. After all, we can already tell a speaker to play a song - thanks to voice recognition technology, AI, and wireless networks - but we still don’t have a transparent wireless audio standard to stream audio to speakers or headphones because basically audio remains restricted by specifications that were not written with audio in mind.

Telit Launches WE310G4 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Module with BLE 5.0

January 28, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Telit Launches WE310G4 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Module with BLE 5.0

Wireless connectivity specialists Telit announced the launch of their new WE310G4 module, which enables manufacturers to add dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.0 connectivity quickly and cost-effectively to their products. Based on Realtek's Ameba system on chip (SoC), the WE310G4 is ideal for a wide variety of embedded designs, including smart home devices and appliances, wearables, fitness trackers, smart city sensors, aftermarket telematics and industrial automation sensors.

Lyd by Dissing Promotes Open Source Wireless Speaker Project

January 24, 2022 by Joao Martins

Lyd by Dissing Promotes Open Source Wireless Speaker Project

Danish speaker designer Lyd by Dissing announced an original project for its latest development – the Strøm wireless speaker with support for both Bluetooth and Spotify Connect via Wi-Fi. This is one of twelve demonstration projects under the European Union OPENNEXT program, aimed at promoting community-based product design and manufacturing. The Strøm is a fully open source project where both the cabinet construction and software platform are open sourced.

Cyrus Audio to Join the BluOS High-Resolution Multi-room Audio Ecosystem

January 18, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Cyrus Audio to Join the BluOS High-Resolution Multi-room Audio Ecosystem

Cyrus Audio, a British brand of home audio electronics and Lenbrook International, the owner and developer of high-resolution multi-room platform BluOS, announced a global partnership to bring the BluOS streaming platform into upcoming Cyrus Audio products. The company plans to expand support for BluOS in future audio components, benefiting from the systems interoperability among enabled devices across brands and superior integrations with popular streaming music services like Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, and Deezer.

Roland Announces iPad-Based Solutions for Livestream Productions

January 14, 2022 by Joao Martins

Roland Announces iPad-Based Solutions for Livestream Productions

As part of its AV professional solutions division, Roland announced new products to help take livestreaming productions to the next level. Helping users to work with what they already have, the new AeroCaster Live iPad app and AeroCaster VRC-01 console offer a complete audio and video production and presentation solution, accepting wireless signals from mobile devices and external computers. Roland also introduced the UVC-02 Web Presentation Dock and CGM-30 Gooseneck Microphone to create a simple to use package for presentation and professionals calls.

McIntosh Announces New Direct Streaming RS150 and RS250 Wireless Speakers

December 10, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces New Direct Streaming RS150 and RS250 Wireless Speakers

McIntosh is expanding the streaming options for modern listening with its iconic designs, now in the form of the new RS150 Wireless Loudspeaker, a more compact, vertical speaker, and the RS250 Wireless Loudspeaker System, a larger tabletop integrated system. The RS150 is intended to be a user-friendly and versatile wireless speaker, while the RS250 is introduced as McIntosh's most advanced and powerful home audio wireless speaker system to date. Both models offer the most recent technologies for wireless streaming.

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.

Novatek Announces Turnkey SoC Solution With Support for DTS Play-Fi

September 29, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Novatek Announces Turnkey SoC Solution With Support for DTS Play-Fi

DTS, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Holding Corporation, announced that Novatek Microelectronics, a major chip supplier for TVs, will be supporting DTS Play-Fi on its line of SoCs targeting the TV market. This turnkey solution from Novatek will enable manufacturers to build TVs that seamlessly connect to other DTS Play-Fi compatible products, including speakers and amplifiers.

Rohde & Schwarz and Cadence Combine EDA Simulation with Hardware Testing

September 10, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Rohde & Schwarz and Cadence Combine EDA Simulation with Hardware Testing

Rohde & Schwarz and Cadence Design Systems have collaborated on a solution aimed at simplifying the engineering process from RF design to implementation and enhancing accuracy by using realistic signals for both simulation and testing. The new R&S VSESIM-VSS signal creation and analysis tool speeds up the development process for RF components and is particularly useful manufacturers of active components and systems.

Wi-Fi 6 Adoption on the Rise to Reach 81% of Total Wi-Fi CPE Market in 2026

September 9, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Wi-Fi 6 Adoption on the Rise to Reach 81% of Total Wi-Fi CPE Market in 2026

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated demand for broadband services, driving 214.8 million Wi-Fi Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) unit shipments in 2020, a 5% increase from the prior year. The demand for broadband devices will continue to increase as the industry continuously moves toward better broadband access to support both home and business users, says ABI Research.

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