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CANVAS HiFi Dominates at IFA 2025 and Announces Collaborative Project with Samsung

September 5, 2025 by Joao Martins

CANVAS HiFi Dominates at IFA 2025 and Announces Collaborative Project with Samsung

Once again, Danish brand sensation CANVAS HiFi absolutely dominated IFA 2025, repeating its outstanding location at the Berlin Messe and showcasing continuously its products to industry professionals, distributors, retailers, press, and the general attendance during the weekend. For this year, Laust Nielsen, the company’s co-founder and CEO, introduced a new project in collaboration with Samsung, the world’s largest TV manufacturer, and launched a signature project with Danish artist Carsten Beck.

Industry Begins Qi 2.2 Wireless Charging Deployment

July 17, 2025 by Joao Martins

Industry Begins Qi 2.2 Wireless Charging Deployment

Announced and available to members of the Wireless Power Consortium since April 2025, the Qi 2.2 specification is now being implemented, and the first certified devices have been confirmed. Aiming to deliver even faster speeds and wider compatibility, the update to Qi2 results from industry requirements, largely inspired by Apple's MagSafe efficiency. It adds broad support for 25W and up to 50W power transfer and optimizes to the capabilities of modern USB-C power adapters.

August 15, 2024 by Joao Martins

EISA 2024-2025 Awards in Audio Categories Announced

The Expert Imaging & Sound Association (EISA) revealed the winners of its 2024-2025 Awards. Technical experts from over 56 leading specialist magazines and websites in 27 countries across the world have recognized and awarded the best products in their categories. The 42nd year of the awards recognizes stand-out products in hifi, home theater, mobile and car audio. This year there are again surprises and predictable winners, but also the unexplainable absence of leading products in home audio, personal audio, and particularly in the true wireless category.

Samsung Unveils New Galaxy Buds 3 and Galaxy Buds 3 Pro

July 16, 2024 by Joao Martins

Samsung Unveils New Galaxy Buds 3 and Galaxy Buds 3 Pro

Samsung promoted its Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris to unveil its latest range of folding smartphones, Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, two new smart watches, and a smart ring. Included in the series of announcements was the unveiling of Samsung's latest Galaxy Buds 3 Series true wireless earbuds, which surprised everyone for the radical departure from its original design in the previous generations. The new Galaxy Buds 3 and Galaxy Buds 3 Pro now look exactly like the earbud shapes of the AirPods.

Patent Review: Acoustic Filter for Omnidirectional Loudspeaker

June 5, 2024 by James Croft

Patent Review: Acoustic Filter for Omnidirectional Loudspeaker

This is an interesting patent awarded to Lakshmikanth Tipparaju, Allan Devantier, William Decanio, and Andri Bezzola, on behalf of Samsung Electronics - effectively the audio research team that Samsung created in Valencia, CA. The industry has attempted to achieve a successful implementation of acoustic radiation closely coupled to a boundary surface for omnidirectional and subwoofer applications - unfortunately, mostly plagued by resonances generated by the waveguide or reflector surface. This new approach appears to be an effective solution.

Renault Scenic E-Tech Electric Features Harman Kardon Premium Sound System

May 20, 2024 by Joao Martins

Renault Scenic E-Tech Electric Features Harman Kardon Premium Sound System

Harman International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced the continuation of its close and successful partnership with French carmaker Renault in celebrating the launch of the all new Scenic E-Tech electric, equipped with a Harman Kardon premium sound system. Harman also tuned the sound system to expand on Renault’s collaboration with Jean-Michel Jarre, the creator of the model's sound design.

Flip Phones, AI, Naturally Dumb Glasses, and Enhanced Audio: MWC 2024 Major Impressions

March 13, 2024 by Joao Martins

Flip Phones, AI, Naturally Dumb Glasses, and Enhanced Audio: MWC 2024 Major Impressions

What is like to explore audio technologies in the massive show that is Mobile World Congress. A report from MWC 2024 in Barcelona from an audio product development perspective. Audio for mobile platforms, wireless technologies, wearables and true wireless earbuds and hearables. And lot's of AI! MWC 2024 has nearly returned to pre-pandemic size levels, closing with 101,000 attendees from 205 countries.

Niron Magnetics Secures Funding to Accelerate Production of Rare Earth-Free Magnets

February 20, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Niron Magnetics Secures Funding to Accelerate Production of Rare Earth-Free Magnets

Niron Magnetics, the company pioneering the world's first high-performance, rare earth-free permanent magnets, announced it has received $25 million in new strategic funding from Samsung Ventures, Allison Transmission, and Magna. This investment will strengthen Niron's ability to expand its production facilities, scale manufacturing capacity for exclusive customer programs, and accelerate the commercialization of Niron's Clean Earth Magnet technology.

JBL Authentics Wi-Fi Speaker Range - Retro Design Meets Voice Smarts

September 4, 2023 by Joao Martins

JBL Authentics Wi-Fi Speaker Range - Retro Design Meets Voice Smarts

Using the opportunity of IFA week, JBL introduced the new JBL Authentics speaker series, expanding on the retro design of the classic JBL L100 speaker and foam grills. Following previous "retro" models introduced by Harman's luxury division, the JBL Authentics bring the concept to the affordable level of home audio with three compact active speakers, integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth streaming, and simultaneous support for Alexa and Google voice assistants.

Second-Generation AirPods Pro Launch Expands Apple Market Share in the Global TWS Market

December 5, 2022 by Joao Martins

Second-Generation AirPods Pro Launch Expands Apple Market Share in the Global TWS Market

As overall sales of headphones have decreased 4% in the third quarter of 2022, according to market research firm Canalys, the true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds category continues to lead in the personal audio space. Among the winners in this extremely competitive, low margin environment, Apple stands out with the second-generation AirPods Pro generating an important boost in sales in that quarter - and most likely all through the holidays.

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