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Audioscenic Amphi High-Dimensional Sound with BeClear Technology Licensed from Philips
by Joao Martins

Audioscenic Amphi High-Dimensional Sound with BeClear Technology Licensed from Philips

Audioscenic announced a technology collaboration with Philips and NXP Semiconductors to demonstrate the world’s first reference design for gaming soundbars. This breakthrough combines Audioscenic Amphi Hi-D spatial audio featuring AI position sensing with Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) from Philips BeClear. Product designers, product managers, and engineers can experience the reference design in person at Computex Taipei 2025.
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Pascal Returns to OEM/ODM Amplifier Technology Business
by Joao Martins

Pascal Returns to OEM/ODM Amplifier Technology Business

Pascal has announced the strategic divestiture from its Blaze Audio finished products business, and a return to its core position as a designer and manufacturer of audio amplifier modules, which it used to supply to multiple manufacturers in the audio industry. With the strategic sale of Blaze Audio to Sonance, headquartered in San Clemente, California, effective July 1st, 2025, Pascal hopes to rebuild the company’s reputation that once made it one of the most successful professional audio amplifier companies.
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Cirrus Logic and Compal Electronics Join Forces to Pioneer AI-Powered Audio Enhancement for Laptops
by audioXpress Staff

Cirrus Logic and Compal Electronics Join Forces to Pioneer AI-Powered Audio Enhancement for Laptops

Cirrus Logic announced a strategic collaboration with Compal Electronics from Taiwan to develop AI technology aimed at solving persistent audio quality challenges in laptop computers. The partnership will leverage Cirrus Logic's expertise in audio processing and Compal's design and manufacturing experience to address mechanical rattle and audio distortion issues that have long plagued the PC industry. This initiative represents Cirrus Logic's first AI audio technology designed specifically for the PC market.
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Qobuz Launches Qobuz Connect at High End 2025
by Joao Martins

Qobuz Launches Qobuz Connect at High End 2025

Qobuz, the French high-quality music streaming and download platform, is the latest to launch a direct streaming feature that offers simplified control and seamless continuity between devices. Qobuz Connect enables users to stream music directly using Qobuz to control their compatible hifi devices without the need for third-party applications, while benefiting from the best possible sound quality.
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Dirac AudioIQ Now Supported by Asahi Kasei Microdevices’ Automotive DSPs
by Joao Martins

Dirac AudioIQ Now Supported by Asahi Kasei Microdevices’ Automotive DSPs

Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) and Swedish digital audio processing pioneer Dirac have announced a partnership to integrate Dirac’s suite of software-defined smart acoustics solutions, AudioIQ, into AKM’s line of automotive audio digital signal processors (DSPs), including the flagship AK7709. The partnership provides OEMs and Tier 1 partners with a scalable suite of advanced algorithms as an embedded turnkey solution, significantly reducing tuning time while enhancing sound quality within vehicle interiors.
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ESS Technology Announces New Flagship SMART High-Resolution Analog-to-Digital Converters
by audioXpress Staff

ESS Technology Announces New Flagship SMART High-Resolution Analog-to-Digital Converters

ESS Technology has announced three new flagship Sabre Pro Smart Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) based on the company’s patented Hyperstream IV ADC architecture. The new devices target both professional and consumer audio applications and include the ES9823MPRO and ES9823PRO 2-channel ADCs and the 4-channel ES9843PRO ADC. The Sabre ES9823MPRO is the first ADC to incorporate the new FOQUS by MQA Labs architecture, eliminating unnatural pre-ringing and post-ringing of impulse responses.
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Apple CarPlay Ultra Showcases New Approach in Automotive Software Integration
by Joao Martins

Apple CarPlay Ultra Showcases New Approach in Automotive Software Integration

Many automakers still struggle with dashboard software and user interfaces for the car, leading drivers to mostly ignore the features that were painstakingly implemented at enormous cost. This also encourages the use of CarPlay or Android Auto display and controller solutions. Apple designed CarPlay Ultra to offer a deeper level of software integration with the car’s systems, with a unique look and feel for each automaker. The first CarPlay Ultra integration is now available from luxury brand Aston Martin.
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Sonos Introduces AI-Powered Speech Enhancement App
by Joao Martins

Sonos Introduces AI-Powered Speech Enhancement App

Designed in collaboration with the UK’s Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), addressing the needs of people with hearing loss, but not only, the new Sonos speech enhancement solution is now available on the Sonos Arc Ultra soundbar. Supported by an AI-Powered app, the speech enhancement processing clarifies dialogue for all those struggling to catch what a character just said on TV, movies, or shows.
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STMicroelectronics Announces Industry-First High Performance 6-Axis IMU with Dual MEMS Accelerometer and Embedded AI
by Cristina Costa

STMicroelectronics Announces Industry-First High Performance 6-Axis IMU with Dual MEMS Accelerometer and Embedded AI

STMicroelectronics has revealed an inertial measurement unit (IMU) that combines sensors tuned for activity tracking and high-g impact measurement in a single, space-saving package. The new LSM6DSV320X device is an industry-first IMU with dual MEMS accelerometer and embedded AI that is able to combine activity tracking and high-impact sensing in a miniature sensor for personal electronics.
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Kardome and LG Electronics Partner to Transform Voice User Interfaces
by Joao Martins

Kardome and LG Electronics Partner to Transform Voice User Interfaces

Kardome, the voice recognition and voice control specialist company, announced a strategic collaboration with LG Electronics to integrate its multiuser Spatial Hearing AI solution into LG's next-generation smart devices. Kardome is confident that it can surpass recognized challenges for relatively far-field voice interactions with TVs and other devices, even in noisy environments, with its technology's ability to isolate each user's voice from background noise.
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