Consumers can now access and enjoy improvements to the Amazon Music
app experience in multiple rooms via their DTS Play-Fi system
CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
DTS,
a global leader in high-definition audio solutions and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Xperi
Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER) ("Xperi"), is pleased to announce Amazon
Music support via DTS Play-Fi has expanded beyond the US and into the
UK, Germany and Japan. Additionally, DTS Play-Fi users will be able to
enjoy their "My Music" libraries via the Amazon Music app across their
DTS Play-Fi wireless multi-room music systems, regardless of brand. DTS
Play-Fi support for "My Music" will be effective on the same date as the
rollout of Amazon Music via DTS Play-Fi in additional countries
throughout 2017 and 2018.
"Amazon Music has quickly become one of the most listened to services
across our customer base," said Dannie Lau, general manager, DTS Play-Fi
at Xperi. "We are pleased to announce new DTS Play-Fi enhancements for
Amazon Music and expanded regional coverage. By building beyond our
previously available Prime Music and Amazon Music Unlimited support, we
seek to provide Amazon Music listeners everywhere with the best
multi-room entertainment experience possible."
DTS Play-Fi audio system owners can access Amazon Music Unlimited and
Prime Music via their DTS Play-Fi wireless multi-room music systems'
companion apps. By adding "My Music" browsing capabilities, customers
will be able to stream their personal playlists and recommendations on
the Amazon Music app. Amazon Music Unlimited, the full catalog on-demand
streaming service, provides access to tens of millions of songs and
thousands of hand curated playlists and personalized stations, in
addition to natural language voice controls powered by Alexa in the US,
UK, Germany and Austria. Amazon Music Unlimited is available for Prime
members at a breakthrough price of $7.99/month or $79/year ($9.99/month
for non-Prime customers); $3.99/month on a single Echo, Echo Dot, or
Amazon Tap; or the Family Plan for $149/year or $14.99/month for Prime
members, and $14.99/month for non-Prime members. Prime members in the
US, UK, Germany, Austria and Japan receive ad-free access to more than
two million songs and thousands of playlists and stations, as well as
natural language voice controls via Alexa at no additional cost to their
membership.
DTS Play-Fi is the most advanced connected audio platform on the market,
providing listeners the freedom and flexibility to stream their music
wirelessly in lossless 24-bit/192kHz high resolution audio from
smartphones, tablets, laptops or desktop PCs over an existing home Wi-Fi
network to any number of speakers throughout the home for multi-room and
multi-zone music playback. The DTS Play-Fi platform allows products from
different brands and manufacturers to seamlessly connect, giving
consumers an optimized, whole-home listening experience without the
constraints of a single brand system. The ecosystem also features
synchronization of streaming audio to video and support for wireless
surround sound.
The DTS Play-Fi ecosystem features the largest collection of products in
the whole-home wireless audio space, with dozens of interoperable
speakers, sound bars, set-top boxes, and receivers from the top names in
premium audio beside Onkyo, Pioneer and Elite, including Aerix, Anthem,
Arcam, Autonomic, Definitive Technology, DISH TV, Integra, Fusion
Research, Klipsch, MartinLogan, McIntosh, Paradigm, Phorus, Polk Audio,
Rotel, Sonus faber, Soundcast, SVS Sound, THIEL Audio and Wren Sound.
DTS Play-Fi technology enables lossless multi-room wireless audio
streaming from the world's most popular music services including Amazon
Music, Deezer, iHeartRadio, Juke, 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.
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, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Corporation, 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.
About Xperi Corporation
Xperi Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER) and its brands, DTS, FotoNation, HD
Radio, Invensas and Tessera, are dedicated to creating innovative
technology solutions that enable extraordinary experiences for people
around the world. Xperi's solutions are licensed by hundreds of leading
global partners and have shipped in billions of products in areas
including premium audio, automotive, broadcast, computational imaging,
computer vision, mobile computing and communications, memory, data
storage, and 3D semiconductor interconnect and packaging. For more
information, please call 408-321-6000 or visit www.xperi.com.
DTS, Xperi and their respective logos are trademarks or registered
trademarks of affiliated companies of Xperi Corporation in the United
States and other countries. All other company, brand and product names
may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
About Amazon Music
Amazon Music is the destination for customers to have the most choice in
how to access and listen to all their favorite music. In addition to
streaming with Amazon Music Unlimited and Amazon Prime, Amazon Music
offers the world's largest selection of CD and Vinyl, including AutoRip
on more than a hundred thousand albums, and tens of millions of MP3
songs to purchase and own. For more information on Amazon Music visit www.amazon.com/amazonmusic.
SOURCE: XPERI CORPORATION
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