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Bluetooth Mesh Makes Its Official Debut
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that the Bluetooth LE spec now supports mesh networking, making the wireless technology an option for large-scale...
Audio
Amazon Adds Bluetooth Speaker Pairing To Echo
Amazon made no formal announcement, but after two years on the market the Amazon Echo can now stream audio to external Bluetooth speakers. Amazon...
Distributors
D&H Sees High-Margin Opportunities In Bluetooth Audio
D&H Distributing, the North American IT and CE distributor, is encouraging its retail and e-tail customers to climb aboard the Bluetooth gravy train. According...
Accessories
JVC Adds Bluetooth To Gumy Headphone Line
JVC’s popular Gumy headphone line now has a wireless option with today’s announcement of a new Bluetooth model. The JVC Gumy HA-F250BT, available next...
Research
Sales Of Bluetooth Headphones Surpass Wired For First Time
The rumored drop of the headphone port on the iPhone may not be as painful as some feared. According to The NPD Group, Bluetooth...
Products
Bluetooth 5 Will Be Faster, Have Longer Range & Be Better For IoT
A new Bluetooth specification due late this year or early next will boost range, speed, and broadcast-message capacity to enhance Bluetooth’s capabilities in home-...
Audio
New Bluetooth Models Take Diverse Shapes
The latest round of Bluetooth speakers include a Fluance model that could double as a home’s main stereo system, while iHome plans a model...
Audio
Qualcomm’s aptX Codec For Bluetooth Gets Upgrade To Higher Resolution
Qualcomm’s aptX codec, designed to deliver CD-quality stereo over Bluetooth, is getting a resolution upgrade to 24 bits from 16 bits in a nod...
Audio
Audio On Key For CES
Audio retailers will head for CES with the wind behind their backs, though the wind might not be as gusty as it was last...
Accessories
Cleer Readies Two-Way Bluetooth Headphones
Cleer will go to next month’s CES to introduce what it calls the industry’s first Bluetooth headphone with two-way driver design. The dual-driver design...
Products
Bluetooth Smart To Get Smarter In 2016
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) will increase the Internet of Things (IoT) functionality of its Bluetooth Smart standard in 2016 with longer range,...
Audio
Kicker Kicks Up Bluetooth Presence
Kicker hopes to kick up some dust in the portable audio and headphone markets. The company unveiled two portable Bluetooth speakers, expanding its selection...
Car Electronics
MB Quart Revs Up Power Sports Marketing
Lake Zurich, Ill. – MB Quartexpanded its selection of mobile-audio products for the power-sports market with the launch of speakers designed specifically for Polaris-brand all-terrain...
news
Bluetooth Prepares For Sparring Match With ZigBee, Z-Wave
KIRKLAND, WASH. – Hub-less home-automation systems incorporating standardized Bluetooth mesh technology could hit the market sometime next year, thanks to a Bluetooth Special Interest...
Audio
Yamaha HTiBs Get New Technologies
Buena Park, Calif. – Yamaha is bringing new technologies to its 2015 lineup of home-theater-in-a-box (HTiB) systems, including built-in Bluetooth, HDMI 2.0, HDCP 2.2...
Products
DTS Headphone:X Appears In Samsung TVs
Calabasas, Calif. – Samsung is incorporating DTS Headphone:X technology in about 40 TVs to deliver surround sound to any pair of Bluetooth headphones. “It...
Accessories
SOL Unveils Shadow Wireless Headphones
San Francisco — SOL Republic introduced its Shadow Wireless in-ear headphones on Tuesday. The flexible Bluetooth headphones feature AptX, in-line mic and remote, multi-device...
Accessories
Sony Beefs Up Bluetooth Headphones
San Diego — Sony Electronics took the wraps off four Bluetooth headphones, including a model with a whopping 30-hour battery life. The top-of-the-line over-ear...
Audio
BenQ Ships TreVolo Bluetooth Speaker
Costa Mesa, Calif. — BenQ America has begun shipping its TreVolo portable Bluetooth speaker with electrostatic speaker technology for a $299 suggested retail. The...
Products
Crestron Adds Bluetooth Proximity Sensor
Rockleigh, N.J. – Crestron shipped its first Bluetooth proximity-detection beacon for installed home-automation systems, enabling Apple smartphones and tablets to automatically display controls for...
Industry
Group Ratifies Bluetooth v4.2 Spec
Kirkland, Wash. – The Bluetooth SIG adopted the 4.2 version of the core Bluetooth spec to increase speed, security and data-transfer reliability and set...
Accessories
Logitech Extends Keyboard Line To iPad Air 2
Newark, Calif. — Logitech has welcomed the iPad Air 2 into its flagship Apple accessories line by unveiling the new Logitech Keys-To-Go, a slender...
Audio
Mass Fidelity Wireless Audio Uses Bluetooth Sources
Toronto – Canadian startup Mass Fidelity plans December availability of a wireless multiroom-audio system that uses a Bluetooth device as a source, eliminates the...
Products
Casio G-Shock Watch Gets Smarts
Dover, N.J. – Casio America is adding Bluetooth Smart to a G-Shock watch to control a smartphone’s song selection and volume, adjust music equalization,...
Audio
Yamaha Reenters Computer-Speaker Market
Buena Park, Calif. — Yamaha reentered the computer-speaker market after an absence of about five years with the launch of the $219-suggested NX-B55 with...
Accessories
Bose Grows SoundLink Line
Framingham, Mass. — Bose expanded its SoundLink line with the addition of a portable Bluetooth speaker and its first on-ear Bluetooth headphones. The SoundLink...
Accessories
iDevices, Thermos Ink Distribution Deal
Avon, Conn. — Internet of Things developer iDevices announced today a partnership with the Thermos brand to expand retail distribution across the United States...
Accessories
Satechi Bluetooth Keyboard Offers User Versatility
San Diego — Satechi recently introduced a Bluetooth keyboard that can be used both wired and wirelessly. The BT Wireless Smart keyboard can switch...
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