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Athom to Showcase Homey Pro Matter-Ready Smart Home Hub at CES 2023
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Athom to Showcase Homey Pro Matter-Ready Smart Home Hub at CES 2023

Athom, a smart home solutions startup, will showcase the all new Homey Pro smart home hub at CES 2023, before introducing it in worldwide retail in 2023. Embedded with eight smart home technologies including Matter, Homey Pro offers a privacy-aware alternative for a better smart home. Now available for pre-order worldwide, the solution combines wireless and smart home devices from over 1000 brands in a unified home network with enhanced speed, privacy and ease of use.
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Jensen Loudspeaker Presents New Vintage-Voiced 10” Blackbird 40 Guitar Speaker
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Jensen Loudspeaker Presents New Vintage-Voiced 10” Blackbird 40 Guitar Speaker

Jensen Speakers introduced the Jensen Blackbird 10-40, a new 10" guitar speaker in its Blackbird family. A powerful, paper-cone, vintage-voiced 10”, the Blackbird 10-40 is a completely new 40W speaker, with a 1.25” copper-wound voice coil and the exclusive “Reinforced AlNiCo” magnet design that Jensen developed for the highly successful Blackbird 12-40. This new 10" guitar speaker is the smaller sibling of the 12" Blackbird 40, and mirrors the tonal qualities of the larger model at 40W, with a very similar efficiency.
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Knowles Teams With Trillbit to Simplify Setup of Voice-Integrated Smart Devices for OEMs and Consumers
by Joao Martins

Knowles Teams With Trillbit to Simplify Setup of Voice-Integrated Smart Devices for OEMs and Consumers

OEMs can now pair low-power Knowles IA61x SmartMics with wake-on-voice capabilities with Trillbit’s ‘Data Over Sound’ for frictionless smart device setup of connected devices and appliances. Knowles announced a collaboration with Trillbit, the Boston-based data-over-sound company that offers next-generation software solutions to authenticate people and things without the use of passwords.
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Femtosense Brings Affordable First Silicon for Audio Applications to CES 2023
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Femtosense Brings Affordable First Silicon for Audio Applications to CES 2023

Femtosense announced the arrival and successful testing of its first silicon, substantiating the startup’s assertions that it will deliver significantly more efficient, lower cost and real-time AI processing for valuable and affordable consumer electronics. At CES 2023, the Edge AI company will demonstrate compelling audio applications with highly efficient, real-time artificial intelligence (AI) processing with low power, low cost requirements.
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Knowles Releases New Balanced Armatures and MEMS Microphones for OTC Hearing Aids
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Knowles Releases New Balanced Armatures and MEMS Microphones for OTC Hearing Aids

Knowles Corporation is showcasing its latest solutions optimized for over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids at the CES 2023 show in Las Vegas. The new product releases unveiled ahead of the show offer performance and design flexibility to accelerate the production of hearing health products. Three full-range balanced armature receivers and two updated MEMS microphones will fulfill the rigorous demands of hearing aid design and acoustic performance.
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Exeger and E-Peas Partner to Create Energy Harvesting Solutions for Connected Devices
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Exeger and E-Peas Partner to Create Energy Harvesting Solutions for Connected Devices

Exeger, the Swedish company behind the revolutionary solar cell technology Powerfoyle, announced a partnership with Belgium-based Ultra Low Power Management semiconductor company e-peas. Experts in ultra-low power, high efficiency Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs) for energy harvesting, e-peas' Ambient Energy Manager (AEM) products portfolio, combined with the complete Energy Harvesting ecosystem provide clear benefits to many industry segments such as consumer electronics.
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Bose Supplies Bose Premium Sound Systems for New, All-Electric Volvo EX90
by Joao Martins

Bose Supplies Bose Premium Sound Systems for New, All-Electric Volvo EX90

Bose announced its first-ever sound system for Volvo Cars, bringing the power of Bose sound to the all-new, all-electric, and recently unveiled Volvo EX90. Available by early 2024, the Volvo EX90 represents the launch of a new collaboration between Bose and Volvo Cars that will extend to additional models in the coming years. The 14-speaker Bose sound system is designed to enhance the premium in-cabin experience for Volvo EX90 drivers and passengers.
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StreamUnlimited Showcases Matter Functionality at CES 2023
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StreamUnlimited Showcases Matter Functionality at CES 2023

StreamUnlimited will attend CES 2023, promoting itself as the Matter System Integrator. With the strong momentum in the industry about the evolution of smart home solutions benefiting from Matter functionality, at CES 2023 the company will demonstrate the latest systems integrations as part of its StreamThings software stack. Matter, the highly anticipated standard for interoperable connectivity within the IoT space, has been a popular request from StreamUnlimited partners.
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Native Voice Announces Hands-Free Access to iHeartMedia Audio Content
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Native Voice Announces Hands-Free Access to iHeartMedia Audio Content

Native Voice, an on-demand voice assistant platform that enables users to communicate directly by voice with their favorite brands, announced today a product collaboration with iHeartMedia to offer direct access to the nation’s largest library of live and on-demand music, radio and podcast content via voice. Early in 2023, anyone with a Skull-iQ enabled Skullcandy device (Grind, Grind Fuel, Push Active) can simply say “Hey iHeart” for immediate, hands-free access to iHeartRadio’s expansive world of content without having to download the iHeart app.
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Integrated Systems Europe, ISE 2023, Returns to Barcelona, January 31 to February 3, 2023
by Joao Martins

Integrated Systems Europe, ISE 2023, Returns to Barcelona, January 31 to February 3, 2023

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the world’s leading professional systems integration show will return to its traditional calendar in 2023. The annual event provides a unique showcase of technologies and solutions for commercial and residential applications. The extensive show floor is complemented by a five-day professional development program curated by the show’s co-owners, AVIXA and CEDIA. ISE also showcases a range of conferences, keynotes and events that take place before and during the show.
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