All items tagged with streaming services (171)

Sonos Announces On-Device Sonos Voice Control in English and French

May 12, 2022 by Joao Martins

Sonos Announces On-Device Sonos Voice Control in English and French

After years of research and development, Sonos has finally announced Sonos Voice Control, its entirely new voice experience that delivers fast, accurate hands-free control of music and any Sonos multiroom system with unmatched privacy. Aware of the growing concerns about digital assistants from the major technology companies, Sonos introduced its first voice experience created purely for complete command of a Sonos system using only voice. A development effort boosted with the strategic acquisition of Snips in 2019.

Bluesound Professional Announces B170S Networked Streaming Amplifier

March 31, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Bluesound Professional Announces B170S Networked Streaming Amplifier

Bluesound Professional continues to expand its concept of a modern music distribution ecosystem for commercial spaces and new announced a high-quality, low impedance and constant voltage amplifier with a BluOS-enabled music player. The B170S Networked Streaming Stereo Amplifier is a versatile amplified streamer that offers a complete stereo solution for commercial installations, including native integration of partner music services like SoundMachine, Custom Channels, SiriusXM for Business, Qsic, Tunify and others.

Cyrus Audio to Join the BluOS High-Resolution Multi-room Audio Ecosystem

January 18, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Cyrus Audio to Join the BluOS High-Resolution Multi-room Audio Ecosystem

Cyrus Audio, a British brand of home audio electronics and Lenbrook International, the owner and developer of high-resolution multi-room platform BluOS, announced a global partnership to bring the BluOS streaming platform into upcoming Cyrus Audio products. The company plans to expand support for BluOS in future audio components, benefiting from the systems interoperability among enabled devices across brands and superior integrations with popular streaming music services like Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, and Deezer.

Spotify Expands to Audiobook Market with Acquisition of Findaway

November 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Spotify Expands to Audiobook Market with Acquisition of Findaway

Spotify Technology announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Findaway, a leading digital audiobook distribution company based in Ohio. Already a strong platform for podcasting and spoken word content, Spotify wants to expand now into audiobooks, greatly increasing the perceived value for it's streaming services. Essentially an audio technology company, Findaway offers a complete audiobook creation and publishing platform.

Sony 360 Reality Audio Now Available on Amazon Music Unlimited with Any Headphones

October 19, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sony 360 Reality Audio Now Available on Amazon Music Unlimited with Any Headphones

Sony Electronics announced it will expand 360 Reality Audio distribution, content, and compatible devices, including support from Amazon Music Unlimited to play 360 Reality Audio content on headphones. The 360 Reality Audio experience was so far available in Tidal, Deezer, Nugs.net and Amazon Music HD music streaming services with support for Sony certified headphones and speakers. Now, Amazon Music Unlimited will support 360 Reality Audio content playback on any headphones.

Adoption of Smart TVs and Smart Speakers/Displays Rises Above 50% During Pandemic

October 4, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Adoption of Smart TVs and Smart Speakers/Displays Rises Above 50% During Pandemic

Market research firm Parks Associates released its latest Consumer Insights Dashboard, a new ongoing service that analyzes the firm's quarterly surveys of 10,000 US broadband households to track consumer adoption of home devices and services. Its Consumer Electronics Dashboard reveals that among the most commonly adopted CE device categories, smart TVs and smart speakers/displays showed significant growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Smart TVs reached 56%, while smart speakers/displays reached 53%.

NAD Electronics Launches New C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier

September 30, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

NAD Electronics Launches New C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier

NAD Electronics continues its expansion in the “just add speakers” category with the introduction of the C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier. As it did with the C 399 integrated amplifier, this new compact and modern solution renews the company's Classic Series with a powerful HybridDigital UcD amplification, 80-watts per channel and integral BluOS app interface. The C 700 suggested retail price is $1499 USD / €1499 EUR and will ship globally in late October 2021.

FENNEK Offers a Fresh New Take at Peak and Loudness Audio Metering and Management

September 24, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

FENNEK Offers a Fresh New Take at Peak and Loudness Audio Metering and Management

Berlin-based software house zplane.development released FENNEK - a new peak and loudness metering solution designed to help keep track of audio levels and deliver mixes that comply with broadcast and streaming standards. With a highly customizable interface and a loudness history view, FENNEK is a fresh new take at audio metering software, allowing visual supervision of signals and processes, combined with intelligent adjustment of peaks and loudness matching any intended use.

Musicube Introduces Next-Generation Music Discovery AI Technology

September 20, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Musicube Introduces Next-Generation Music Discovery AI Technology

Musicube is a software company from Hamburg, Germany, working on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) solutions intended to solve a serious problem in the music industry. Its music discovery technology generates more than 500 metadata tags (moods, instruments, and more) for more than 47 million songs using its audio analysis AI, and is intended to solve the closed "preferences" playlist loop that most users experience from existing streaming services.

AvidPlay Subscription Service Now Enables Artists and Labels to Distribute Dolby Atmos Tracks for Apple Music

July 16, 2021 by Joao Martins

AvidPlay Subscription Service Now Enables Artists and Labels to Distribute Dolby Atmos Tracks for Apple Music

AvidPlay, Avid’s subscription-based, independent music distribution service, now allows artists and labels to distribute their Dolby Atmos tracks directly to Apple Music’s new Spatial Audio offerings. For those Pro Tools users that see the value of the fully integrated subscription that AvidPlay provides, this is now an important argument to increase the value of new Dolby Atmos mixes. Artists can even use the AvidPlay dashboard to manage their tracks and albums, and monitor song performance and earnings.

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