Frontier Silicon inside Philips Spotify multi-room speakers

Oxfordshire’s Frontier Silicon is providing the Wi-Fi hardware within Philips latest wireless speakers.

SW700M and SW750M are designed for Spotify Connect users and offer multi-room synchronised audio.

Inside, communication is courtesy of Frontier’s Venice 6.5 dual band 802.11n module and software stack.

“The latest iteration of Venice 6.5 firmware offers multi-room capability using a range of audio sources, including Spotify Connect, local network content, Internet radio, and analogue inputs, with Bluetooth coming soon,” said Frontier. “In addition, Venice 6.5 supports Apple AirPlay, USB playback, and DAB+ and FM broadcast radio.”

The speakers are created by Hong Kong-based Woox Innovations, brand licensee of Philips. SW700M will retail for €99, and the larger more powerful SW750M at €149.

Venice 6.5 and its companion speaker control mobile apps and APIs will be demonstrated in Frontier’s demo room at IFA 2014.

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