Recognizing this, DTS began developing Play - Fi, a wireless music streaming standard that it aimed to shop out to
speaker manufacturers which might be reluctant to invest the capital necessary to develop their own proprietary wireless network streaming system, or buy an off - the - shelf product from a third party.
Not exact matches
Three smaller companies in Forager's $ 90 million global vehicle are B&C
Speakers, a manufacturer of industrial speakers; Kapsch, which makes electronic toll systems; and Rosenbauer, a manufacturer of fire
Speakers, a
manufacturer of industrial
speakers; Kapsch, which makes electronic toll systems; and Rosenbauer, a manufacturer of fire
speakers; Kapsch,
which makes electronic toll systems; and Rosenbauer, a
manufacturer of fire engines.
She is a frequent
speaker at conferences and symposia and a consultant for
manufacturers and distributors of products
which may be used by fine artists.
«I passionately believe that there is big potential for fracking and unconventional gas in Britain,
which has some shale reserves that could make a real difference,» said Cameron, the keynote
speaker at the American Fuel and Petrochemicals
Manufacturers annual conference in San Antonio.
Too many
manufacturers bolt the
speaker (s) to the back of the device,
which reduces power and stereo sound reproduction when you're staring at the screen.
Be prepared for plenty more smart
speakers to come though: technology company Qualcomm has unveiled something called a «Smart Audio Platform»,
which it hopes will give consumer - tech
manufacturers a running start making these kinds of devices.
In a blog post, Alexa Business Development Principal Mariel van Tatenhove announced that Amazon has partnered with various Original Design
Manufacturers (ODMs) to create «white - box solutions», or design templates from which manufacturers can create their own Alexa - enab
Manufacturers (ODMs) to create «white - box solutions», or design templates from
which manufacturers can create their own Alexa - enab
manufacturers can create their own Alexa - enabled
speakers.
Microsoft has announced it is making its Cortana voice assistant AI available to third - party device makers, with third - party developers also set to get access to the platform for integrating into their services on Cortana - powered devices.The company's approach is based on two software kits currently available for preview: A Skills Kit that allows developers to build apps that can be called up and controlled via Cortana using voice commands, and a Cortana Devices SDK,
which enables third - party hardware
manufacturers to bake in the voice - activated AI to new devices.Premium audio company Harman Kardon is set to become one of the first device makers to make use of the SDK in a new wireless
speaker, set to debut early next year.
Yes, Amazon has recently announced the Echo Plus
which aims to combat the not - so - powerful
speaker in the regular Echo, but fortunately, several
speaker manufacturers have embraced Alexa and installed her in their own devices.
Amazon struck the jackpot with record sales of its Echo Dot mass market smart
speaker —
which sold better than any other product on offer from all
manufacturers and across all categories — after it slashed its already low price from $ 49.99 to $ 34.99.
Additionally, Apple has also advised that if the marks don't disappear by themselves, then the device owner should «try cleaning the surface with the
manufacturer's suggested oiling method»
which, once again, will feel like a little bit of an insult to those who spend hundreds of dollars on a premium
speaker.
Nubia N1's
speakers can be called anything but loud,
which is another miss from the smartphone
manufacturer.
But unlike Sonos, Play - Fi works with a variety of
speaker manufacturers, including Polk, Wren, Paradigm, Martin Logan, Harman Kardon, and others, all of
which can work together, or separately, to source music from smartphones, storage devices, and tablets throughout the home over a single app.
Both these devices feature front - facing
speakers which are very cool since receding bezels have made
manufacturers look for other positions.
But unlike many other smart
speakers, the Hogar Milo Smart attempts to stand apart from the crowd by adopting the Google Assistant as well as doubling as a smart home hub
which can control other connected home automation devices through the Zigbee standard and the Z - Wave Plus wireless protocol, the latter of
which is arguably becoming increasingly popular among smart home device
manufacturers.
The core concept behind smart
speakers is for there to be gateway through
which users can communicate with, control, and operate their smart home devices, including those from third - party
manufacturers.
The latest report is in line with recent predictions that IoT devices such as smart
speakers are likely to become significantly more expensive in the coming years as their growing power requirements push
manufacturers into equipping them with more capable hardware, thus making them less reliant on cloud processing but also increasing their production costs
which will be passed on to consumers.
Joe Branca, a senior analyst at Strategy Analytics, recently commented, «
Manufacturers are clearly very much still in experimentation mode with regards to finding out
which combination of feature set, size and price will trigger mass market adoption of smart
speakers.
Notably, most TV
manufacturers also have their own audio systems
which will augment the sound quality of the TV,
which is probably why they are skimping on the
speakers in the TVs themselves to make you buy their audio systems.
While the
manufacturers of any devices, from smart
speakers to phones to cars, are all quite willing to natively host the Spotify service, it's notably absent from Apple's Watches and its new HomePod — something
which many consider a drawback with the new
speaker.