Consumer Electronics In the Press Category

Health and sports dominate future Wearables market

NewsDome

In a session during the 2021 Wearables Tech Show, Stephen Mears of Futuresource Consulting looked at the wearables market through to 2024, breaking down the market by its incumbent vendors and forecasting the opportunities in the health and sports verticals.

Date Published: 12 Mar 2021

Consumer Electronics

Crestron and Origin Acoustics introduced the Residential Speakers line of embedded speakers and the DM Nax series of AoIP components

Hi Fi Next

Created in collaboration with Origin Acoustics, Crestron has divided the installation speakers into two sub-series: Reference and Ultimate. The first included ceiling, in-wall and landscape speakers. They all received Origin branded silk tweeters.

Date Published: 11 Mar 2021

Consumer Electronics

Sonos Touts Smart Features in Bowing Its First 'Ultra-Portable' Speaker

Consumer Electronics Daily

Sonos waded into a new category Tuesday, taking the wraps off a voice-controllable hybrid "ultra-portable" speaker called Roam. Casey Clemens, director-Americas commercial sales, told Consumer Electronics Daily the Bluetooth/Wi-Fi device is the company's “smartest and most versatile” speaker -- at the lowest price Sonos has ever set for a speaker. The Roam, similar in form factor to a JBL Flip or an Ultimate Ears Boom, went on preorder at Sonos.com Tuesday for $169; it’s to ship April 20.

Date Published: 10 Mar 2021

Consumer Electronics

Sonos Needed to Crank It Up

The Wall Street Journal

The pandemic was a mixed blessing for Sonos, but at least the global health crisis helped convince investors that the premium speaker maker has staying power.

Date Published: 10 Mar 2021

Consumer Electronics

Apple joins Smartphone Tech Giants to Overturn the Big Headphones Market

TechnoSports

The Cupertino, California-based tech giant debuted its latest upscale gadget into a market that is increasingly depleting established audio specialists to accommodate mobile tech brands. Family-run German audio company, Sennheiser electronic GmbH, which popularized headphones with its bright-yellow HD 414 in 1968, aims to reposition its business units independently of each other and is preparing to offload its consumer business to a partner with more marketing power.

Date Published: 10 Mar 2021

Consumer Electronics