Frontier adds support for Apple AirPlay, Google Assistant to its SmartSDK
Thursday 11 January, 2018
The company will be previewing the implementation at this year's CES.
The Frontier SmartSDK is a flexible multi-ecosystem software solution,
which supports the latest audio technologies, including AirPlay 2 and
Google Assistant.
Together with Frontier's Minuet hardware platform, AirPlay 2 enables
third party brands and manufacturers to develop smart audio products
quickly and cost-effectively.
AirPlay 2 introduces multi-room audio playback from iOS devices to
enabled speakers with a simple tap or by asking Siri. AirPlay 2 also
offers a superior user experience with latency reductions and
responsiveness improvements; it also provides a higher level of
buffering, which allows audio to keep playing if users temporarily move
out of Wi-Fi range.
Frontier's SmartSDK with Google Assistant will be available to customers
in the first half of 2018 and is previewed at CES on a number of new
audio products from major brands including Klipsch.
*Anthony Sethill, CEO, Frontier Smart Technologies, *said:
/"We are excited to bring AirPlay 2 support to Frontier's SmartSDK. For
third party brands, this functionality will allow speakers to be
seamlessly controlled from an iPhone or iPad using the Apple Music or
Podcasts apps, by asking Siri, and in third party apps which support
AirPlay. This will be an important differentiator in the increasingly
competitive Smart Audio space./
//
/"The addition of the Google Assistant to Frontier's SmartSDK is an
important step forward for our business and our customers. "/
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