Qualcomm helps enable wireless whole home audio for mass market

LAS VEGAS, USA: Qualcomm announced the commercial availability of the AllPlay smart media platform, a wireless whole-home audio solution developed by Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc., incorporating Qualcomm Atheros wireless technologies.

The AllPlay smart audio module makes it easy to develop and offer consumers products with seamless streaming of high-quality local and cloud-based content - with high performance Wi-Fi connectivity - across multiple brands and platforms. A broad array of audio equipment manufacturers and streaming music services - including Altec Lansing, iHeartRadio, Panasonic and Rhapsody - have committed to the commercial release of AllPlay-powered products this year.

Initially focused on delivering high-quality multi-room audio, AllPlay is built upon the AllJoyn framework developed as an open source project by Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc.

AllJoyn helps developers address the need for secure, universal interoperability among devices and apps in support of the ever-developing Internet of Everything. The AllPlay platform is designed for use by audio equipment and accessories manufacturers, cloud music services and app developers. The AllPlay smart audio module offers industry-leading Wi-Fi solutions for superior connectivity, important for delivering multiple streams of high-resolution audio wirelessly around the home.

"Consumers don't just buy one brand of audio equipment and in the past have had to swap components from various brands in and out of their stereo systems using wires and standard hardware connectors to achieve interoperability. But we live in a mobile and wireless world - AllPlay brings interoperability and freedom of component choice into the 21st Century," said Rob Chandhok, president of Qualcomm Interactive Platforms.