All items tagged with smart home (225)
Amazon Expands Alexa Voice Capabilities, Alexa Echo Devices and Wants to Ride Along in Our Cars
September 21, 2018 by Joao Martins

Amazon Expands Alexa Voice Capabilities, Alexa Echo Devices and Wants to Ride Along in Our Cars

With Amazon now behaving like a powerful consumer electronics organization with the capabilities and resources to disrupt the markets it wants to enter at any time, the company announced a completely new range of Alexa-enabled Echo devices designed to make it even easier to add Alexa to more places in everyone's home, including hi-fi integration. And now, Amazon also wants us to bring Alexa on the road with Echo Auto, proposing a top-of-dash device. The new Echo designs and products also improve the sound quality significantly.
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Cadence Launches New Tensilica DNA 100 Processor IP for On-Device Artificial Intelligence Applications
September 20, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Cadence Launches New Tensilica DNA 100 Processor IP for On-Device Artificial Intelligence Applications

Cadence Design Systems announced the Cadence Tensilica DNA 100 Processor IP, the first deep neural-network accelerator (DNA) AI processor IP to deliver both high performance and power efficiency across a full range of compute from 0.5 TeraMAC (TMAC) to 100s of TMACs. As a result, the DNA 100 processor is well suited for on-device neural network inference applications spanning autonomous vehicles (AVs), ADAS, surveillance, robotics, drones, augmented reality (AR) /virtual reality (VR), smartphones, smart home and connected devices.
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Silicon Labs' Wireless Xpress Modules Deliver Bluetooth 5 and Wi-Fi Connectivity with Zero Programming
September 20, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Silicon Labs' Wireless Xpress Modules Deliver Bluetooth 5 and Wi-Fi Connectivity with Zero Programming

Silicon Labs now offers a new Wireless Xpress solution to help developers get connected applications, including wireless audio, running in a day, with no software development necessary. Silicon Labs' Wireless Xpress provides a configuration-based development experience with everything developers need including certified Bluetooth 5 Low Energy (LE) and Wi-Fi modules, integrated protocol stacks and easy-to-use tools.
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CEDIA 2018 Show Report: Forget DIY and go DIFM - Do It For Me :)
September 13, 2018 by Nora Wong

CEDIA 2018 Show Report: Forget DIY and go DIFM - Do It For Me :)

CEDIA Expo is the annual show created by and for the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA), founded 20 years ago to advocate home technology, promoting training/certification, business, and the industry in general. The event was held September 4-8, 2018 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. Nora Wong and Mike Klasco report from the show floor.
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Control4 Delivers High-Resolution Audio and Homeowner Personalization Enhancements to Elevate the Smart Home Experience
September 11, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Control4 Delivers High-Resolution Audio and Homeowner Personalization Enhancements to Elevate the Smart Home Experience

During CEDIA Expo 2018, Control4 released the latest Control4 OS, version 2.10.4, which expands music streaming and hands-on personalization choices for homeowners with new native streaming services and When >> Then features. The latest Control4 OS release adds native Amazon Music and Deezer HiFi streaming services. The home automation company continues to expand the scope of audio solutions for custom integration since the acquisition of Triad.
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Savant Introduces PoE IP-Enabled Architectural Speakers and Streaming Soundbars at CEDIA 2018
September 11, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Savant Introduces PoE IP-Enabled Architectural Speakers and Streaming Soundbars at CEDIA 2018

With smart home becoming a dominant topic at CEDIA Expo 2018, and many of the leading smart home control companies attending the show, it was refreshing to see Savant arriving in San Diego with a raft of innovations and actual integrated audio products. The new solutions combine Artison quality sound with Savant IP audio technology, providing A/V integrators what they need to deliver performing whole-house entertainment systems, in this case based on AVB networks and PoE.
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Brilliant Debuts In-Wall Smart Home Controllers with Voice, Touch, And Motion Control Built-In
September 10, 2018 by Nora Wong

Brilliant Debuts In-Wall Smart Home Controllers with Voice, Touch, And Motion Control Built-In

During CEDIA Expo 2018, Brilliant, a California company dedicated to smart home experiences, announced the greatly anticipated availability of its award-winning smart home control. This is a integrator-friendly in-wall solution with Amazon Alexa built-in, not requiring any further hardware, and able to perform all duties of a complete smart home controller and scene automation hub in a a fully integrated solution that doesn't requires servers or any additional cloud services.
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StreamUnlimited Delivers Google Assistant Integration Into Harman Kardon Citation Speaker Range
September 3, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

StreamUnlimited Delivers Google Assistant Integration Into Harman Kardon Citation Speaker Range

Harman Kardon launched their Citation range of multiroom and multi-channel speakers at IFA 2018, in Berlin. All products are voice activated, featuring a Google Assistant integration and Chromecast built-in developed with StreamSDK software from StreamUnlimited. The collaboration with the Austrian wireless audio development platform specialists allowed Harman to show nine different smart products at the European consumer electronics show in a short period of time.
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Netgear Debuts Orbi Voice Mesh WiFi System Combined with a Smart Speaker Designed by Harman Kardon
August 31, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Netgear Debuts Orbi Voice Mesh WiFi System Combined with a Smart Speaker Designed by Harman Kardon

At IFA 2018 there have been multiple announcements of smart speakers coming from Harman, mostly involving collaborations with other brands and retailers. One of the most interesting ones is the Netgear Orbi Voice, a mesh WiFi system combined with a smart speaker with Alexa built-In and audio by Harman Kardon. The concept allows users to use voice to play music and control smart home devices while enjoying Wi-Fi everywhere with the Orbi Voice WiFi System.
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Frontier Collaborates with NXP on new Smart IoT Software Licensing Business
August 30, 2018 by Joao Martins

Frontier Collaborates with NXP on new Smart IoT Software Licensing Business

Frontier Smart Technologies, the digital audio solutions development company, announced the launch of a new Smart IoT software licensing and services business line. The first collaborator in this venture is leading silicon manufacturer, NXP Semiconductors. Frontier’s SmartSDK is a mature starting point for the development of reliable and sophisticated networked devices and can be deployed in a range of IoT systems including smart audio, home automation, smart appliances and security.
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