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Harman Enters the Truly Wireless Earbuds Segment with JBL Free

September 1, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Harman Enters the Truly Wireless Earbuds Segment with JBL Free

JBL cut the cord with its new truly wireless earbuds for the everyday active lifestyle, called simply JBL Free. The new product unveiled by Harman as part of his massive new products announcement at IFA 2017, allows users to take calls, listen to music, and exercise. It's not exactly a cutting edge product, there are no smart features, the battery lasts for 4 hours, and they are available for a very affordable price. Samsung also announced the second-generation Gear IconX at IFA 2017.

Amazon Implements Multi-Room Music with Alexa Control and Announces New Alexa Developer Tools for Third-Party Alexa-Enabled Systems

August 30, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Amazon Implements Multi-Room Music with Alexa Control and Announces New Alexa Developer Tools for Third-Party Alexa-Enabled Systems

Amazon announced an all-new Alexa feature that allows users to control and synchronize music streaming across multiple Amazon Echo devices in the home. Not only target music to a specific Amazon device or a group of devices - such as the Dot, Echo Show, and regular Echo speaker - but also reach third-party AVS devices. New Alexa Developer Tools to extend the ability to control multi-room music on other connected audio systems using voice commands will be available in 2018.

Samsung-Owned Harman International Industries Acquires Arcam

July 19, 2017 by Joao Martins

Samsung-Owned Harman International Industries Acquires Arcam

The news was out in the British press and there's been a message sent by Arcam to its own distribution network, shared on social media. Apparently, Harman has decided to acquire the famous British audio brand Arcam for reasons unknown. No details are available about the transaction. On Arcam's twitter account the company confirmed the news, by stating "the current team carries on and joining Harman opens the door to major R&D and manufacturing resources for our future."

JBL Announces new Wireless Everest 2.0 Headphones and new Everest Elite 750NC Flasghip Model

June 16, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

JBL Announces new Wireless Everest 2.0 Headphones and new Everest Elite 750NC Flasghip Model

Harman International, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced the second generation JBL Everest series, a line of four wireless, state-of-the-art in-ear, on-ear and around-ear Bluetooth headphones. According to Harman, the new line features a freshly updated comfort-driven smart design, with the flagship model Elite 750NC combining Adaptive Noise-Cancelling and the freedom of wireless connectivity in a supposedly programable platform.

Samsung Electronics to Acquire Harman International Industries

November 14, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Samsung Electronics to Acquire Harman International Industries

Harman’s current management was looking for an exit, getting richer while doing it. The detachment between Harman International Industries’ recent strategies and asian manufacturing focus with the company’s brands and market foundation in the United States and Europe was becoming increasingly visible. The acquisition by Samsung confirms the perspective. Follows the source statement without further comment.

Mobile Audio: High-Performance Audio from Smartphones?

January 27, 2016 by Mike Klasco and Steve Tatarunis

Mobile Audio: High-Performance Audio from Smartphones?

In November 2015, audioXpress published a unique group testing on smartphone audio playback, focused on audio circuit quality and the performance of the playback DAC, as intended for wired headphone listening. The products under review included the iconic iPod classic, the iPhone 5s, the iPhone 6, Vivo Xplay 3S, Vivo X5 Max, HTC One M8, Samsung Galaxy S5, and Sony Xperia Z2.

Bluetooth Headset Sales to Grow 12% Over Next Five Years

July 9, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Bluetooth Headset Sales to Grow 12% Over Next Five Years

Strategy Analytics reports that global Bluetooth headset revenue growth will improve modestly in 2016, even as mono headset sales volumes continue steady declines. Still, global Bluetooth headset sales will grow 12% during the next five years with the stereo category rising steadily.

Samsung New Wireless Speaker Emits Sound In All Directions

April 7, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Samsung New Wireless Speaker Emits Sound In All Directions

Following the preview at the CES 2015, Samsung Electronics launched its Radiant360 R7 Wireless Speaker. No doubt, Samsung’s first omnidirectional speaker offers a sleek, unique design. The sleek oval-shaped R7 uses a “Ring Radiator” technology to deliver 360 degrees of sound and was developed in Samsung’s new state-of-the-art Audio Lab in Valencia, CA.

Samsung Rounds out the Home Theater Experience with Curved Soundbars

April 6, 2015 by Cristina Costa

Samsung Rounds out the Home Theater Experience with Curved Soundbars

The market leader by volume in LCD, LED and more recently in UHD TV’s continues to push the boundaries of TV innovation. In 2015, Samsung introduced its line of premium Curved SUHD TVs. And what could be better to complement curved TV’s? Well... matching curved soundbars of course!

IK Multimedia Shipping iRig 2 Mobile Guitar Interface

March 23, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

IK Multimedia Shipping iRig 2 Mobile Guitar Interface

It may sound unbelievable that the power of a smartphone we carry in our pocket is able to process sound and actually replace a rack full of equipment. One of the solutions that triggered that phenomenon was the iRig interface by IK Multimedia and sold already one million units. Now they have introduced a successor, the iRig 2, a more universal, flexible and great sounding unit.

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