Frontier Smart Technologies, a pioneer in technologies for digital audio, continues to support the audio industry with simple, turnkey connected audio solutions, allowing brands to build high quality audio products with minimal risk and cost.
Connected Audio SDK v1.2 (CA1.2) release will expand Frontier’s latest connected audio module, AURIA, adding new features and allowing brands to create a wider range of products.
AURIA is a pre-certified, production-ready module that enables manufacturers and brands to reliably integrate advanced audio features into speakers, soundbars, micro systems, and adapters with minimal engineering overhead and expense.
New features are built on existing Wi-Fi 6 dual band, Bluetooth LE Audio, Bluetooth Classic, Spotify Connect, AirPlay and AuracastTM.
- Fast four-touch Bluetooth® LE based network setup
- Large 4.3 to 5 inch TFT display for high-res album art graphics, with quick and responsive user interface
- Support for DAB+ and FM radio, to build Smart Radio products
- Internet Radio and Podcast support to allow thousands of global radio stations and podcasts to be streamed
- Clock, dual alarms, and sleep functionality
- Innovative shared preset menu that allows users to select favourite audio source with one touch
- OKTIV app update for easier setup and faster navigation
- Customisation toolkit
DAB Automatic Safety Alert (ASA) builds on top of the DAB+ standard and enables safety alerts to be automatically broadcast to listeners. Frontier will show a demo running on their flagship Kino 4 chip / Siena module that includes support for multiple colour TFT user interfaces with DAB slideshow images that may be broadcast as part of the ASA service.
All Frontier’s latest software SDK releases are fully compliant with EU RED and UK PSTI cyber security and upcoming EU Data Act 2023/2854. Secure Internet Software Updates allow for firmware to be automatically updated in the field.