CALABASAS, Calif., Sept. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- DTS,
Inc. (NASDAQ: DTSI), a global leader in high-definition audio
solutions, is working with Amazon to bring the Alexa service to the
DTS Play-Fi® whole-home wireless
ecosystem. Beginning in early 2017, listeners will be able to
use an Alexa-enabled device, including the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot,
Amazon Tap and Amazon Fire TV, to play and control music on one or
more DTS Play-Fi-enabled speakers in the home, regardless of
brand.
Additionally, DTS is working with Play-Fi partners to bring
far-field Alexa capabilities to DTS Play-Fi speakers through the
Alexa Voice Service (AVS). These new devices include a set of
far-field microphones built seamlessly into the DTS Play-Fi speaker
system, enabling customers to use the Alexa voice service and
advanced far-field microphone technology to control a variety of
devices in their home with just their voice. Just like with the
Amazon Echo and Echo Dot, advance signal processing techniques
reliably capture spoken commands in noisy environments, even when
the speaker is playing music, from across the room. New far-field
microphone-equipped DTS Play-Fi products featuring the built-in
Alexa experience will launch from select partners in 2017.
The DTS Play-Fi ecosystem features the largest collection of
products in the whole-home wireless space, with more than 30
interoperable speakers, soundbars and receivers from the top names
in premium audio, including Aerix, Anthem, Arcam, Definitive
Technology, Integra, Klipsch, Martin-Logan, McIntosh, Onkyo,
Paradigm, Phorus, Pioneer, Polk, Rotel, Sonus Faber and Wren Sound
Systems. New products and firmware updates enabling the Alexa
service will roll out to DTS Play-Fi products starting in Q1
2017.
DTS Play-Fi technology enables lossless multi-room wireless
audio streaming from the world's most popular music services
including Amazon Prime Music, Deezer, iHeartRadio, KKBox, Napster,
Qobuz, QQ Music, Pandora, SiriusXM, Spotify and Tidal, thousands of
Internet radio stations, as well as personal music libraries on any
supported product.
"Alexa has delighted customers with its ease-of-use, depth of
skills, and broad support of connected consumer devices," said
Dannie Lau, Play-Fi division general
manager, DTS, Inc. "Adding the Alexa service to the Play-Fi
ecosystem delivers a new level of functionality and convenience for
DTS Play-Fi users. This collaboration further demonstrates our
continual commitment to delivering next-level entertainment
experiences with DTS Play-Fi technology."
"We're excited to bring Alexa to DTS Play-Fi customers next
year," said Steve Rabuchin, vice
president, Amazon Alexa. "Music is one of the most popular features
on Alexa-enabled devices, so it's very important that we're able to
offer multiple high-quality home audio choices for our Alexa
customers. Working with DTS Play-Fi technology to expand
Alexa-enabled home audio is doing just that—plus it's being done in
a unique, delightful way through a combination of far-field
hardware and Alexa software. We're thrilled to work with DTS
Play-Fi technology to bring these products to customers in
2017."
DTS Play-Fi technology provides listeners the freedom and
flexibility to stream their music wirelessly in high-quality
lossless audio from smartphones, tablets, laptops or desktop PCs
over an existing home Wi-Fi network to any number of speakers
throughout the home. The DTS Play-Fi platform allows products from
different brands and manufacturers to interoperate seamlessly,
giving listeners an optimized whole-home streaming experience
without the constraints of a single brand system.
Benefits of DTS Play-Fi Technology
- Multi-Room, Multi-Zone, Multi-User Listening Experience:
Connect multiple audio systems that incorporate Play-Fi technology
into a zone and enjoy music in every room of your home, perfectly
synchronized with no lag. Or create multiple zones and stream
different music to different rooms from the same device. Play-Fi
technology makes it possible for every user in the home to
simultaneously stream from different devices and PCs that
incorporate the Play-Fi software.
- Exceptional Sound Experience: Play-Fi technology
wirelessly transmits high-quality lossless audio.
- Whole-Home Range: Play-Fi technology works everywhere
your Wi-Fi does, even if range extenders are used. It also works
over Ethernet, Powerline, and other IP-based networking
technologies. There is no need for proprietary bridges or routers.
Most homes already have everything that is needed.
- Stream Anything. Control Everything: In addition to
streaming music services, users can download Play-Fi apps for
Android, iOS, and Kindle Fire to gain access to more than 20,000
radio stations, podcasts, local music, media servers, and select
cloud-based music services. Set-up, link and control all of the
speakers on the network from the same streamlined interfaces.
- Audio/Video Synchronization with Windows PCs: DTS
Play-Fi technology supports true audio/visual synchronization when
streaming audio from YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Video, or any
other video source to a DTS Play-Fi speaker from a Microsoft
Windows PC. DTS Play-Fi technology is the only multi-room streaming
platform to offer lip-sync accurate synchronization with a video
source, and the only whole-home platform with operating
system-level integration compatible with every application and
streaming service. The A/V sync feature is available for existing
and new purchasers of the premium DTS Play-Fi HD Driver
($14.95). Additionally, all DTS
Play-Fi Windows software supports Windows 10.
- Wireless Rear Surround: DTS Play-Fi technology continues
to revolutionize the industry with the introduction of wireless
surround technology to provide an immersive home theater
environment with discrete 5.1 surround sound, which will begin
rollout in Q4 2016.
For more information about DTS, please visit www.dts.com, or
connect with DTS on Facebook, Twitter (@DTS) and Instagram
(@DTS).
About DTS, Inc.
Since 1993, DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI)
has been dedicated to making the world sound better. Through its
pioneering audio solutions for mobile devices, home theater
systems, cinema, automotive and beyond, DTS provides incredibly
high-quality, immersive and engaging audio experiences to listeners
everywhere. DTS technology is integrated in more than two billion
devices globally, and the world's leading video and music streaming
services are increasingly choosing DTS to deliver premium sound to
their listeners' network-connected devices. For more information,
please visit www.dts.com.
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