WiSA Technologies Begins Taking Pre-Orders for WiSA E Multichannel Audio Development Kits

Following previous announcements and demonstrations, WiSA Technologies is now taking pre-orders for its WiSA E development kits and production-ready modules. Using the 5GHz portion of the Wi-Fi band, WiSA E offers high-performance, high-quality wireless audio transmission and reception at an affordable price. WiSA E supports multichannel audio configurations transmitting uncompressed 24-bit/48kHz audio with a fixed latency of 20 milliseconds and tight channel synchronization.

Summit Wireless Technologies reported its fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results and use the conference call to announce the change to WiSA Technologies, Inc. The name change reflects the company's strategy to leverage its core technology into new consumer market segments in 2022, while maintaining its Wireless Speaker and Audio Association independent role to promote WiSA ecosystems for consumers, retailers and WiSA Association members.

WiSA, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Summit Wireless Technologies, announced plans to integrate WiSA’s multichannel wireless audio capabilities - and its latest high-performance Spatial Audio Software - into Realtek’s 5GHz IoT chipsets. The partnership will culminate in a cost-effective module capable of delivering uncompressed, high-definition spatial audio streams for an unparalleled immersive audio experience.

With its Core Wireless Speaker campaign reaching $885,000 at the end of October 2014, technology start-up Mass Fidelity became the top crowd funded Canadian company in history. The Core Bluetooth wireless speaker reached more than 1840% of the company’s goal in its crowdfunding campaign, with 2,500 contributors from over 80 countries around the world.