All items tagged with wireless audio (376)
Audio Engineering Society Announces New Task Group for UWB Hi Res, Low Latency Audio Interface
October 11, 2023 by Joao Martins

Audio Engineering Society Announces New Task Group for UWB Hi Res, Low Latency Audio Interface

In response to growing industry interest and activities around Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology for audio applications, the Audio Engineering Society announced the creation of a new Task Group to develop a new standard for UWB high resolution low latency audio interface. The new AES Standards group is called SC-02-02-B and is under the Working Group on Digital Audio Interfacing chaired by John Grant, and chaired by Jackie Green, Technical Advisor for the UWB Alliance.
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Frontier Introduces AURIA Bluetooth LE Audio, Auracast, and Wi-Fi Turnkey Platform
October 10, 2023 by Joao Martins

Frontier Introduces AURIA Bluetooth LE Audio, Auracast, and Wi-Fi Turnkey Platform

Following a presentation at IFA 2023 in Berlin, Frontier Smart Technologies is now launching its first Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio and Wi-Fi module, ready for use in consumer products. The new AURIA board also features Auracast support, allowing Bluetooth audio synchronization across multiple speakers. The module has been designed and engineered for simple and straightforward integration into various audio products, and comes with a customizable SDK, rich I/O, comprehensive documentation and technical support.
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Wireless Audio Will Stream from TVs - Why the Audio Industry Needs to Pay Attention
October 5, 2023 by Joao Martins

Wireless Audio Will Stream from TVs - Why the Audio Industry Needs to Pay Attention

The wireless home theater is close to go mainstream and needs wireless speakers. WISA Technologies and DTS Play-Fi are embedding its multichannel wireless audio technology directly into SoC TV platforms. But they need to support Dolby Atmos. Now Dolby decided to try it out as well.
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Sonus Faber Chooses SPARK Microsystems' UWB Wireless Technology
October 5, 2023 by Joao Martins

Sonus Faber Chooses SPARK Microsystems' UWB Wireless Technology

SPARK Microsystems, the Canadian fabless semiconductor company specializing in next-generation short-range wireless communications, announced that Sonus faber has chosen SPARK's Ultra-Wideband technology for its Duetto wireless speaker system. The choice of UWB technology enables Sonus Faber to get low latency data transmission wirelessly interconnected speakers, and deliver a high-quality, uncompressed audio performance that can’t be achieved with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
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AntennaWare BodyWave UWB Antenna To Power First UWB Headset Commercially Available to OEMs
September 27, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

AntennaWare BodyWave UWB Antenna To Power First UWB Headset Commercially Available to OEMs

Specialist wireless audio ODM Shenzen Skylark Audio Industrial Co (Skylark) has signed a partnership agreement with antenna company AntennaWare to develop a next-generation UWB headset that promises to deliver significant improvements to the user experience. Incorporating AntennaWare’s new BodyWave UWB antenna, Skylark’s reference design was showcased at the IBC 2023 tradeshow in Amsterdam.
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AIAIAI Introduces UNIT-4 Wireless+ Portable Studio Monitors
September 26, 2023 by Joao Martins

AIAIAI Introduces UNIT-4 Wireless+ Portable Studio Monitors

AIAIAI surprises once again. After launching the TMA-2 Wireless+ headphones using its own low-latency, uncompressed, 16-bit digital audio wireless protocol, the Danish innovators now announced the world’s first portable wireless studio monitors. Using the same W+ Link technology, AIAIAI designed a set of studio monitors that break free from cables, with both audio and power cables removed. The UNIT-4 Wireless+ are battery-powered, portable 2-way reference monitors, retailing for €800 EUR a pair.
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WiSA Technologies Announces 3-Channel Output Support for its WiSA E Receiver Module
September 22, 2023 by Joao Martins

WiSA Technologies Announces 3-Channel Output Support for its WiSA E Receiver Module

WiSA Technologies has added 3-channel output capabilities to its WiSA E receiver module. This capacity lowers the cost of Atmos-based soundbars and minimizes the number of speakers required for true immersive audio. Three separate wireless audio channels can now be combined into a single speaker enclosure significantly reducing system cost while maintaining a convincing immersive Atmos soundfield.
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Re-engineered Soundboks 4 Delivers Enhanced Sound Quality and Extended Battery
September 21, 2023 by Joao Martins

Re-engineered Soundboks 4 Delivers Enhanced Sound Quality and Extended Battery

And the world's most powerful party speakers are back with more. The leading Danish lifestyle party speakers company just announced the re-engineered Soundboks 4 speaker. The new Soundboks 4 was engineered to outperform the growing plastic-speakers with ugly LEDs of the competition, and now offers improved sound quality at any volume and is paired with industry-leading battery technology, all wrapped in a customizable, durable build with an easy-to-use Scandinavian design.
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Lenbrook Acquires MQA, Patents, and Audio Codecs
September 19, 2023 by Joao Martins

Lenbrook Acquires MQA, Patents, and Audio Codecs

Lenbrook Corp., the privately-owned Canadian audio company that owns NAD Electronics, PSB Speakers, Bluesound, Bluesound Professional, and BluOS, has acquired the assets of UK-based company MQA. The deal adds significant audio patents and codecs to Lenbrook’s IP portfolio, including MQA's high-resolution audio encoding and the latest SCL6 Scalable Codec for wireless audio applications, which is implemented in the upcoming line of PSB headphones and earbuds.
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Apple Updates AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with USB-C and Upcoming Lossless Wireless Audio Protocol
September 12, 2023 by Joao Martins

Apple Updates AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with USB-C and Upcoming Lossless Wireless Audio Protocol

As expected, on September 12, Apple announced the new iPhone 15 series models, which now all have USB-C connectors (but only use USB3). More importantly, Apple introduced new AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with USB-C charging capabilities and anticipated new audio experiences to all AirPods Pro models with iOS 17 updates. Between the lines there is an announcement about an upcoming "groundbreaking wireless audio protocol" supporting lossless audio over 5GHz.
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