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Bluesound Unleashes BluOS 3.16 Update with Dolby Atmos Support

November 19, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Bluesound Unleashes BluOS 3.16 Update with Dolby Atmos Support

Bluesound, the wireless hi-res audio company, part of Lenbrook International, announced BluOS 3.16, introducing a series of enhancements including Dolby Atmos support. Ahead of the US Black Friday holiday, Bluesound users will be prompted to update their BluOS players, at which time, they will gain access to the immersive power of Dolby Atmos for the Pulse Soundbar+ and BluOS-Enabled products, including all-new audio settings for home theater sound.

Flexound Augmented Audio Appoints Isak Olevic as Chief Executive Officer

November 10, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Flexound Augmented Audio Appoints Isak Olevic as Chief Executive Officer

Flexound Augmented Audio, the innovative haptics audio company from Finland, appointed Isak Olevic as the new CEO. Olevic, an experienced automotive and audio business executive, comes from Sweden and has a vast executive experience at Volvo, Harman International, and Ericsson. He will assume responsibilities for Flexound on January 1, 2022, succeeding Flexound co-founder Mervi Heinaro, who was recently appointed as the Deputy Mayor of the City of Espoo, Finland. Mervi remains a partner in the company as well as a member of the Advisory Board.

Novatek Announces Turnkey SoC Solution With Support for DTS Play-Fi

September 29, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Novatek Announces Turnkey SoC Solution With Support for DTS Play-Fi

DTS, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Holding Corporation, announced that Novatek Microelectronics, a major chip supplier for TVs, will be supporting DTS Play-Fi on its line of SoCs targeting the TV market. This turnkey solution from Novatek will enable manufacturers to build TVs that seamlessly connect to other DTS Play-Fi compatible products, including speakers and amplifiers.

Former HDMI Executive Team Joins WiSA Standard Promotion Effort

September 15, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Former HDMI Executive Team Joins WiSA Standard Promotion Effort

Summit Wireless Technologies, a leading provider of immersive, wireless sound technology for intelligent devices and next-generation home entertainment systems, hired three industry veterans to increase the proliferation of the WiSA standard. The team, comprised of Eric Almgren, Steve Venuti, and Roger Isaac, will focus on strategies to expand the market applications and to increase the global use of WiSA's high-definition wireless audio technology and promote wireless audio interoperability.

SPARK Microsystems Advances UWB Adoption with Industry Standards Organizations

September 15, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

SPARK Microsystems Advances UWB Adoption with Industry Standards Organizations

SPARK Microsystems, a leading company in UWB technology for consumer and connected devices, joined the UWB Alliance and the FiRa Consortium to help accelerate adoption of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. SPARK's low power, low latency UWB technology enables real-time wireless sensor data and faster wireless peripherals. SPARK is also the company that believes in UWB for high-quality audio applications, since the technology enables 10X more data throughput than Bluetooth.

Sonos Unveils Second Generation Beam Compact Soundbar with Support for Dolby Atmos and New Audio Formats

September 15, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sonos Unveils Second Generation Beam Compact Soundbar with Support for Dolby Atmos and New Audio Formats

The soundbar segment continues heating up with more sophisticated designs getting to market with updated wireless technology, amplifiers, better speaker drivers and support for Dolby Atmos rendering. The new Sonos Beam (Gen 2) sets a new standard for compact soundbars with a richer, more immersive sound and planned support for Dolby Atmos Music streaming services.

Hansong Reference Design Adopts Summit Low Cost Discovery Module for Adding Wireless Speakers to Smart TVs

August 25, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Hansong Reference Design Adopts Summit Low Cost Discovery Module for Adding Wireless Speakers to Smart TVs

Summit Wireless Technologies, announced that Hansong, one of the largest Original Design Manufacturers (ODM) to major audio brands, will offer a new technology reference platform targeting wireless soundbars, audio hubs, and speakers based on Summit's Internet of Things (IoT) transceiver module. The new Hansong development platform will offer a ready to use solution for high-volume projects in the home theater market.

August 18, 2021 by Joao Martins

Xperi Announces New Effort to Promote DTS Play-Fi in Home Theater Market

DTS, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi Holding Corporation, announced the intention to revitalize its proprietary DTS Play-Fi wireless audio platform in order to promote wireless surround sound as an alternative to the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) technology being adopted in mainstream consumer electronics. While Qualcomm has long forgotten about its AllPlay wireless audio solution, DTS believes there is still an opportunity to compete with WiSA.

NAD Updates Masters M10 BluOS Streaming Amplifier with V2 Edition

August 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

NAD Updates Masters M10 BluOS Streaming Amplifier with V2 Edition

NAD Electronics announced the new and improved NAD Masters M10 V2 BluOS Streaming Amplifier, which continues its “just add speakers” revolution of Hi-Fi. The M10 V2 features 100 watts per channel of amplification and BluOS streaming capabilities, and adds the capability to expand with Dolby Digital Surround decoding, an enclosed IR remote control, and updated gain algorithms. It ships globally in August 2021 and will retail for US $2,749.

LG’s New QNED Mini LED TV Lineup Receives WiSA Ready Certification

August 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

LG’s New QNED Mini LED TV Lineup Receives WiSA Ready Certification

The number of TVs supporting WiSA Certified speakers keeps growing. The Wireless Speaker and Audio Association announced that LG Electronics’ recently-launched QNED Mini LED TVs, have been certified as WiSA Ready, further expanding its lineup of existing WiSA Ready TV models. The launch marks the fourth WiSA Ready product family rollout from LG this year, which also includes the brand’s latest award-winning LG OLED TVs and LG NanoCell TVs as well as its CineBeam laser projector.

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