“Alexa has delighted customers with its ease-of-use, depth of skills, and broad support of connected consumer devices,“ said Dannie Lau, Play-Fi division general manager for DTS. ”Adding the Alexa service to the Play-Fi ecosystem delivers a new level of functionality and convenience for DTS Play-Fi users. This collaboration further demonstrates our continual commitment to delivering next-level entertainment experiences with DTS Play-Fi technology.”
In addition to bringing Play-Fi functionality to Amazon hardware, DTS is working on another way of Alexa and Play-Fi working together as well. The company and its Play-Fi partners are working to bring
As with the Amazon Echo and Dot, noise-reduction will be built in, allowing voice commands to be heard and understood even in noisy rooms. DTS hasn’t said which companies will be releasing this hardware, but partners include Aerix, Anthem, Arcam, Definitive Technology, Integra, Klipsch, Martin-Logan, McIntosh, Onkyo, Paradigm, Phorus, Pioneer, Polk, Rotel, Sonus Faber, and Wren Sound Systems.
“Music is one of the most popular features on Alexa-enabled devices, so it’s very important that we’re able to offer multiple high-quality home audio choices for our Alexa customers,” said Amazon
There are currently no specific dates for when the new functionality will come to Amazon’s products or when new Play-Fi products featuring Alexa will be released, but the former is expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2017.
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