All items tagged with Amazon Alexa (132)
Qualcomm Introduces New Amazon Alexa Development Kit for Affordable Smart Home Products
October 31, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Qualcomm Introduces New Amazon Alexa Development Kit for Affordable Smart Home Products

Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, announced a new development kit based on the Qualcomm QCA4020 multimode SoC that is qualified by Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service (AVS) for AWS IoT Core connected devices. The new Qualcomm Home Hub 100 kit supports Alexa Voice Service using a microcontroller (MCU) and Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) with Multimode Connectivity and adds to Qualcomm's’ line up of voice enabling products including kits that can allow OEMs to easily integrate Alexa into smart speakers and hearables.
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XMOS VocalFusion 2-Mic Dev Kit for Alexa Voice Service Qualified by Amazon
October 29, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

XMOS VocalFusion 2-Mic Dev Kit for Alexa Voice Service Qualified by Amazon

Amazon has qualified the VocalFusion 2-mic dev kit for Alexa Voice Services launched by XMOS for smart TVs and set-top boxes in July 2019. The qualification highlights the opportunity for manufacturers to build Amazon Alexa voice capabilities into their products more easily and cost effectively than ever before. Amazon highlights the product’s engineering innovation, enabling lower cost voice capabilities with all the performance of a 4-mic solution, and paving the way for mass market implementation of far-field applications.
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Sony confirms 360 Reality Audio Immersive Music Experiences on New Amazon Echo Studio
October 16, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Sony confirms 360 Reality Audio Immersive Music Experiences on New Amazon Echo Studio

Sony Corporation announced that 360 Reality Audio content, which offers a new immersive music experience for listeners, will be made available on the new Amazon Echo Studio with Amazon Music HD to customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan later this year. Sony's 360 Reality Audio is an immersive audio experience utilizing MPEG-H object-based spatial audio technology from Fraunhofer IIS.
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Amazon Introduces New 2019 Echo Devices Including the Company's First True Wireless Earbuds
September 26, 2019 by Joao Martins

Amazon Introduces New 2019 Echo Devices Including the Company's First True Wireless Earbuds

During a special event promoted to announce a new generation of Amazon Alexa products, technologies and solutions, Amazon introduced an all-new line-up of Echo devices to expand its Alexa voice assistant ecosystem in the home and now also on-the-go. The all-new Echo Buds, using ANC technology licensed from Bose, join the Echo Auto as another option to take Alexa outside the home. The new Echo speakers also include the Echo Studio, engineered in collaboration with Dolby and supporting HRA and immersive audio reproduction.
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Amazon Announces Voice Interoperability Initiative with Leading Technology Companies
September 26, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Amazon Announces Voice Interoperability Initiative with Leading Technology Companies

Amazon, Baidu, Sony, BMW, Microsoft, Bose, Tencent, Orange, Salesforce, Harman, Logitech, Verizon, Sonos, Spotify, Sound United, and more are joining forces to promote choice by supporting multiple, interoperable voice services on a single device. The idea is to offer multiple, simultaneous wake words, so users can access multiple voice services by simply saying the corresponding wake word – from Alexa and Cortana to Orange’s Djingo, Salesforce’s Einstein, and more.
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Smart Speaker Market to Reach 92 Million Units Shipped in 2019
September 18, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Smart Speaker Market to Reach 92 Million Units Shipped in 2019

The smart speaker market will grow by 35% this year, according to SAR Insight & Consulting’s Latest Digital Assistant Platform Forecast DATAbase, with shipments reaching 92 million. Amazon remains the market leader, but its smart speaker market share has declined and now represents approximately a third (33%) of the total volume anticipated in 2019. Total voice software unit shipments are expected to increase significantly to 2024.
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DSP Concepts TalkTo Audio Voice Capture Technology Enables New Exciting Products at IFA 2019
September 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

DSP Concepts TalkTo Audio Voice Capture Technology Enables New Exciting Products at IFA 2019

Audio processing embedded software provider DSP Concepts announced that it has delivered the industry’s most advanced voice user interface and audio playback technology, resulting in Braun Audio shipping the industry’s first multichannel product with hands-free, far-field voice control for Google Assistant. As anticipated, Braun’s return to the premium audio market was recently confirmed at IFA 2019, resulting from a collaboration with DSP Concepts, Pure, StreamUnlimited, and Karl-Heinz Fink.
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Libre Wireless Technologies Powers New Generation of Connected Speakers
September 10, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Libre Wireless Technologies Powers New Generation of Connected Speakers

Libre Wireless Technologies announced that its MAVID low power mic-to-cloud platform is powering the new Hansong miniature portable speaker Microdot XS, a full featured Wi-Fi/Bluetooth audio speaker with far field voice interface featuring Amazon Alexa Built-In. Libre Wireless also announced a broad relationship with German brand Canton across an extensive range of Smart Wireless music streaming multiroom speakers, amps and soundbars, all using Libre’s advanced LibreSync WiFi connectivity modules.
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Sonos Introduces Sonos Move Battery-Powered Speaker, Sonos One SL and Sonos Port Interface
September 6, 2019 by Joao Martins

Sonos Introduces Sonos Move Battery-Powered Speaker, Sonos One SL and Sonos Port Interface

Sonos took its first step out of the home with, a durable, battery-powered smart speaker aptly named Sonos Move. A great design to extend the Sonos whole-home network to an area without power, or have music by the pool. The other new speaker from Sonos is the affordable One SL, with no voice recognition support, but better audio quality than the Play:1 that replaces. The third new product from Sonos is the Port, an updated wired to wireless interface solution now with better audio quality and AirPlay 2 support.
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New Bose Portable Home Speaker Ticks All Design Boxes
August 29, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

New Bose Portable Home Speaker Ticks All Design Boxes

Bose announced its new Bose Portable Home Speaker, an ultra-versatile, compact design that combines the convenience of battery power, wireless Bluetooth and Wi-Fi with support for AirPlay 2 and Spotify Connect, and the ease of voice control in a modern new design. The new Portable speaker also delivers improved 360-degree sound, deeper bass than any other portable smart speaker its size, and weighs a mere 2.3 pounds to effortlessly take music from room to room, around the home, and basically anywhere.
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