All items tagged with consumer electronics (220)
Fraunhofer IIS Licenses MPEG-H Audio Patents to Samsung
August 4, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Fraunhofer IIS Licenses MPEG-H Audio Patents to Samsung

Fraunhofer IIS announced the licensing of its MPEG-H Audio patents to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., allowing Samsung to manufacture products that feature MPEG-H Audio, including TVs and set-top-boxes. As the major contributor to the MPEG-H 3D Audio standard, Fraunhofer IIS is also leading the licensing efforts to enable the broadcast, mobile, media and streaming services and consumer electronics industries to quickly bring MPEG-H Audio to market.
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House of Marley Shows the Way With 100% Recyclable Packaging
July 7, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

House of Marley Shows the Way With 100% Recyclable Packaging

How many times we have seen displays full of the cheapest headphones, all wrapped in rigid plastic blisters that go straight into the trash? House of Marley once again leads by example with the launch of their Smile Jamaica Wireless 2 earbuds and the move to 100% recyclable paper fiber packaging. The entire package contents can now be put into the single mixed-paper recycle bin without the need to separate different materials, a common issue when it comes to the recycling process.
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Solgaard HomeBase Wireless Charging Plus Audio Amplifier and Speaker Launched on Kickstarter
July 2, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Solgaard HomeBase Wireless Charging Plus Audio Amplifier and Speaker Launched on Kickstarter

Sustainable consumer goods startup, Solgaard, until now focused mostly on (great) luggage and bags, now unveiled a new ecosystem of products, the HomeBase, Solar Boombox, and Solar Juicepack. Now being promoted on Kickstarter and raising nearly $75,000 in crowdfunding revenue within just twelve hours (fully funded in four hours), the new concept is a well-designed Qi wireless and USB-C charging base, complemented with a solar power bank and a portable speaker, all using upcycled ocean plastic materials.
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Nordic Unveils New Bluetooth 5.2 SoC Optimized for Compact, Two-Layer PCB Wireless Products
June 19, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Nordic Unveils New Bluetooth 5.2 SoC Optimized for Compact, Two-Layer PCB Wireless Products

Nordic Semiconductor announced the nRF52805 Bluetooth 5.2 System-on-Chip (SoC), the seventh addition to its popular and proven nRF52 Series. The new nRF52805 SoC offers Bluetooth LE high-throughput 2 Mbps and enhanced Channel Selection Algorithm #2 for improved coexistence, and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols for cost-constrained applications. This SoC is an ideal Bluetooth LE solution for high-volume, compact wireless applications.
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Global Headphones Market on Track for 27% Value Growth
May 4, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Global Headphones Market on Track for 27% Value Growth

The Consumer Electronics team at Futuresource Consulting shared the latest key trends from the company's Worldwide Headphone Market Report. Despite the impact of COVID-19, the worldwide headphones aftermarket will enjoy another year of strong growth in 2020. According to new figures released by Futuresource, the category is on track to end the year with a 10% year-on-year increase in volume and 27% in value.
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Consumer Electronics Retailers Ahead of the Online Curve Before COVID-19
April 28, 2020 by Futuresource Consulting

Consumer Electronics Retailers Ahead of the Online Curve Before COVID-19

The global spread of COVID-19 presents new challenges to consumer electronics (CE) vendors and retailers alike. However, in an industry already disrupted by changing consumer habits and a polarization of online and high street, CE retail appears to be faring well when compared with other retail segments. A new research report from Futuresource Consulting explores the retail journey of consumers when they buy headphones, TVs and wireless speakers, and points to a significant shift to online that began prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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WiSA Announces Certification of Platin’s White Label 5.1 Wireless Home Theater Speaker System
April 17, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

WiSA Announces Certification of Platin’s White Label 5.1 Wireless Home Theater Speaker System

The Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) founded by Summit Wireless Technologies and comprised of leading consumer electronics brands, announced the certification of the Milan 5.1 Wireless Home Theater speaker system from Platin, a division of Hansong Technology. The Milan 5.1 Wireless Home Theater solution is a “white-label” product, available immediately for licensing and rebranding by consumer electronics and audio companies worldwide and allows brands to provide an immersive 5.1 audio experience within soundbar price points.
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Sennheiser Steps Up with New HD 450BT and HD 350BT Wireless Headphones
January 29, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser Steps Up with New HD 450BT and HD 350BT Wireless Headphones

Designed to offer great sound every day, the new Sennheiser HD 450BT and HD 350BT around-the-ear Bluetooth 5.0 headphones, first presented during CES 2020, offer a winning combination of improved audio quality, 30-hour battery life and instant voice assistant access. The HD 450BT also features active noise cancellation so no matter how loud the environment, it’s possible to enjoy a truly captivating audio experience without any distractions.
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Never Stop Disrupting. Good Enough Is Never Enough!
January 17, 2020 by Joao Martins

Never Stop Disrupting. Good Enough Is Never Enough!

Post-CES 2020 Impressions. "CES is over but we’re just getting started!" That’s the optimistic vision propagated by many companies who just attended the gigantic Las Vegas event and they leave without really knowing if it was a success or not. Because this is no longer the old days when audio companies would leave CES with their order books filled. Currently, all you have are “contacts” and “great meetings” and little else to backup the promises of future business. And that’s the most important game after all at a show like CES. That and the media hallo effect that new product presentations might have caused.
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Xperi to Merge with TiVo to Create a Leading Brand in Consumer & Entertainment Technology and IP Licensing
December 19, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Xperi to Merge with TiVo to Create a Leading Brand in Consumer & Entertainment Technology and IP Licensing

Xperi Corporation - the owner of DTS and HD Radio - and TiVo Corporation announced they entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction, representing approximately $3 billion of combined enterprise value. The transaction creates a much larger consumer and entertainment technology business and one of the industry’s largest intellectual property (IP) licensing platforms with a diverse portfolio of entertainment and semiconductor intellectual property.
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