All items tagged with privacy (27)

Audioscenic and AIStorm Collaboration Delivers Cost-Effective Position-Sensing 3D Sound

May 29, 2025 by Joao Martins

Audioscenic and AIStorm Collaboration Delivers Cost-Effective Position-Sensing 3D Sound

Audioscenic is gaining recognition in multiple markets and application segments with its technology that delivers effective spatial audio from speakers, using position sensing to optimize audio beamforming and crosstalk cancellation to the user(s). Now, the British company announced a collaboration with AIStorm, a pioneer in AI-in-sensor solutions that offers a lower-power, lower-cost device, with privacy-preserving safeguards.

Apple CarPlay Ultra Showcases New Approach in Automotive Software Integration

May 16, 2025 by Joao Martins

Apple CarPlay Ultra Showcases New Approach in Automotive Software Integration

Many automakers still struggle with dashboard software and user interfaces for the car, leading drivers to mostly ignore the features that were painstakingly implemented at enormous cost. This also encourages the use of CarPlay or Android Auto display and controller solutions. Apple designed CarPlay Ultra to offer a deeper level of software integration with the car’s systems, with a unique look and feel for each automaker. The first CarPlay Ultra integration is now available from luxury brand Aston Martin.

Audfly and Lenovo Introduce Advanced Directional Sound Integration at CES 2025

January 20, 2025 by Joao Martins

Audfly and Lenovo Introduce Advanced Directional Sound Integration at CES 2025

Audfly, a company exploring directed audio technologies, announce the integration of its groundbreaking Focusound Screen technology in Lenovo’s latest ThinkCentre M90a Pro Gen 6 All-in-One (AIO) desktop. Unveiled at CES 2025, this innovative solution redefines workplace audio by providing sound privacy and enhanced clarity, all while delivering a personalized listening experience. At CES 2025, the Chinese company demonstrated multiple other directional audio solutions.

Create Your Own Privacy-Focused Voice Assistant. Open Webinar, December 10

November 29, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Create Your Own Privacy-Focused Voice Assistant. Open Webinar, December 10

The Audio Product Development Alliance (APDA) is hosting a live webinar with Sensory, to discuss the latest evolution in voice interfaces and how manufacturers can implement product-specific voice assistants without privacy concerns. During the streaming event, Jeff Rogers (VP, Sales & Marketing, Sensory) will discuss how voice recognition, voice interfaces and voice assistants are now accessible to brands and manufacturers, creating a major opportunity for differentiation.

On-Device Intelligence: Apple Makes AI Make Sense

June 13, 2024 by Joao Martins

On-Device Intelligence: Apple Makes AI Make Sense

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 keynote unveiled Apple Intelligence and was another historic moment for the Cupertino company. Apple Intelligence will be implemented in this year's and future devices, and will arrive with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11 updates. Everywhere in the demonstrations of the new features, we could see clear signs of artificial intelligence doing its thing in the background. A true milestone in the history of computing and consumer technology - when AI started to make sense.

Athom to Showcase Homey Pro Matter-Ready Smart Home Hub at CES 2023

December 22, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Athom to Showcase Homey Pro Matter-Ready Smart Home Hub at CES 2023

Athom, a smart home solutions startup, will showcase the all new Homey Pro smart home hub at CES 2023, before introducing it in worldwide retail in 2023. Embedded with eight smart home technologies including Matter, Homey Pro offers a privacy-aware alternative for a better smart home. Now available for pre-order worldwide, the solution combines wireless and smart home devices from over 1000 brands in a unified home network with enhanced speed, privacy and ease of use.

Sonos Voice Control Available in French

December 9, 2022 by Joao Martins

Sonos Voice Control Available in French

Sonos has recently introduced its Sonos Voice Control feature to its French listeners through an update of the Sonos application enabling Sonos Voice Control in the French language, in France. Available since June in US English, Sonos Voice Control allows users to control a Sonos speaker or Sonos multiroom music system using only voice commands. Implemented on-device for privacy reasons, Sonos Voice Control delivers hands-free control "de la musique. Maintenant en français."

Voice Control for Low Power Microcontrollers

November 3, 2022 by Ido Gus

Voice Control for Low Power Microcontrollers

Ido Gus, Deep Learning Senior Team Leader at CEVA’s Sensor and Audio Business Unit, writes about voice control deployment on low power and resource constrained microcontroller-units (MCUs). The article discusses what to consider for the development of products using voice as a primary human interface, and how speech recognition models using AI technology can support a wide variety of use cases and languages, without compromising on power requirements.

Deezer Strengthens Sonos Partnership with Launch of Sonos Voice Control and New App Interface

June 9, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Deezer Strengthens Sonos Partnership with Launch of Sonos Voice Control and New App Interface

Deezer is expanding its partnership with Sonos, as two major updates are delivered in June – Sonos Voice Control, compatible with Deezer at launch, and a brand new Deezer interface on the Sonos App. With Sonos Voice Control, Sonos users will be able to stream their favorite music from Deezer effortlessly, using only their voice. The updated Deezer interface includes an improved user experience, with access to the Deezer exclusive recommendation feature Flow.

ReadSpeaker VoiceLab Powers Sonos Voice Control Custom Voice

May 19, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

ReadSpeaker VoiceLab Powers Sonos Voice Control Custom Voice

ReadSpeaker, the Boston-based independent digital voice specialist, announced that Sonos has selected the ReadSpeaker VoiceLab to create the custom voice for Sonos Voice Control, the brand’s voice assistant that was just recently announced and will be available in June 2022. Sonos selected VoiceLab, ReadSpeaker’s custom voice production unit because of the company’s proven experience and expertise in state-of-the-art, AI-driven text-to-speech.

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