Better Acoustics, Better Designs in audioXpress August 2024!

Better Acoustics, Better Designs in audioXpress August 2024!
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Audio Amplification Meets Product Development in audioXpress July 2024

Audio Amplification Meets Product Development in audioXpress July 2024
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The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities
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Aiming for Better Loudspeaker Designs in Voice Coil July 2024

Aiming for Better Loudspeaker Designs in Voice Coil July 2024
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BlackBerry Launches QNX Sound Audio and Acoustics Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles
by audioXpress Staff

BlackBerry Launches QNX Sound Audio and Acoustics Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles

At CES 2024, BlackBerry announced the launch of QNX Sound, an innovative development platform that decouples audio and acoustics software from the vehicle hardware to give audio designers and engineers complete creative freedom to deliver new and exciting in-vehicle sound experiences. The new BlackBerry QNX Sound platform is expanded with Dirac's full suite of software optimization tools.
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Audfly Technology Showcases F1 Glass Directional Speaker at CES 2024
by Joao Martins

Audfly Technology Showcases F1 Glass Directional Speaker at CES 2024

Audfly Technology presented an innovative range of see-thru glass directional speakers at CES 2024. The company, which specializes in directional acoustic technology, says that its F1 glass speakers also employ sophisticated directional sound technology to precisely project stereo audio to a specific area, ensuring an outstanding listening experience without causing disruption to nearby individuals.
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Ceva Brings Bluetooth Audio to Sunplus airlyra SoC Family
by audioXpress Staff

Ceva Brings Bluetooth Audio to Sunplus airlyra SoC Family

Ceva and Sunplus Technology, a leading chip provider for multimedia and automotive applications, have expanded their collaboration to integrate Ceva's latest generation RivieraWaves Bluetooth audio solution into the Sunplus airlyra family of HD audio processors targeting wireless speakers, soundbars and other premium wireless audio devices. The first wireless airlyra processors are already shipping with some of the world's premium audio brands.
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    JBL Unveils Live 3 Earbuds Series with Smart Charging Cases and Bluetooth LE Audio
    by Joao Martins

    JBL Unveils Live 3 Earbuds Series with Smart Charging Cases and Bluetooth LE Audio

    Harman presented a complete expansion of its headphone and true wireless earbuds range at CES 2024, under the JBL brand. The 2024 offerings will include the expansion of the innovative Smart Charging Case - a connected case featuring a color screen - to the three models in the new JBL Live 3 Earbuds series. The well-rounded JBL Live 3 Earbuds series, includes the Buds, Beam and Flex models, covering the most popular form-factors, all using Bluetooth 5.3, with a promised LE Audio update.
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    AAC Technologies Showcases Latest Sensory and Interactive Solutions at CES 2024
    by Joao Martins

    AAC Technologies Showcases Latest Sensory and Interactive Solutions at CES 2024

    At CES 2024, AAC Technologies unveiled a series of integrated solutions for consumer electronics across seven domains – automotive, acoustics, haptic feedback, XR, optics, precision manufacturing, and sensors & semiconductors. Among the demonstrations, AAC showcased an interesting new coaxial acoustics solution, a new haptics driver, and the new ultra-compact, high-frequency MEMS speaker, the Soprano.
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    Frontier Unveils Partnership with Realtek for New AURIA Connected Audio Module
    by audioXpress Staff

    Frontier Unveils Partnership with Realtek for New AURIA Connected Audio Module

    Frontier Smart Technologies unveiled a collaboration with Realtek for its AURIA Bluetooth LE Audio and Wi-Fi module, which features Auracast support. The audio module has been designed and engineered for simple integration into various audio products, and comes with a customizable SDK, rich I/O, comprehensive documentation and technical support. The latest Realtek Ameba chips ensure support for the latest technologies.
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    Selecting Electrolytic Capacitors for Lowest Distortion
    by Douglas Self

    Selecting Electrolytic Capacitors for Lowest Distortion

    Douglas Self shares real experiments when selecting electrolytic capacitors to achieve the lowest distortion. An experiment inspired by his recent audioXpress article, "Optimizing Variable-Frequency Tone Controls," available online. This short piece is an interesting closer examination on the subject for audio circuit designers. Originally published in The Audio Voice newsletter, #453, January 11, 2024.
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    Wi-Fi Alliance Introduces Wi-Fi Certified 7
    by Joao Martins

    Wi-Fi Alliance Introduces Wi-Fi Certified 7

    To complicate an extremely busy week in technology news, the Wi-Fi Alliance decided to announce the release of its certification for Wi-Fi 7, which is the closest thing the organization offers as its official release. Although already implemented in a large number of products by many manufacturers, Wi-Fi 7 - or IEEE 802.11be - didn't exactly exist until this announcement. And this is a big one for wireless audio, bringing greater capacity, and less latency.
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    Jabra Updates Elite 8 Active and Elite 10 TWS Earbuds at CES 2024
    by Joao Martins

    Jabra Updates Elite 8 Active and Elite 10 TWS Earbuds at CES 2024

    Short after being unveiled at IFA 2023 and launched in the market, at CES 2024 Jabra unveiled a suite of experience-enhancing updates to its latest Elite wireless earbuds, the Elite 8 Active and Elite 10. The updates introduce new noise suppression algorithms for more powerful ANC, clearer calls and better awareness of the user's surroundings with HearThrough to provide a more natural audio experience. Bluetooth LE Audio maybe in a future update.
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    Ceva and THX Partner to Bring Premium Spatial Audio to Hearables, Consumer and Mobile Products
    by Joao Martins

    Ceva and THX Partner to Bring Premium Spatial Audio to Hearables, Consumer and Mobile Products

    Ceva and THX announced RealSpace Tuned by THX, a premium software offering for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to add support for immersive spatial audio customized to any consumer or prosumer audio device including true wireless earbuds, wireless headphones, smartphones, speakers and soundbars. Ceva RealSpace Tuned by THX delivers was demonstrated at CES 2024.
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