Bose CEO Lila Snyder discusses the company's transformation into a software and licensing business, acquiring luxury audio brands while licensing core technology to competitors.
DeepMind's Lyria 3.5 model adds improved musicality, lyric quality, and vocal expression to Google Flow Music, alongside expanded creative control over tempo and duration.
Google's new Home Speaker excels at voice recognition and sound quality in early testing, though its minimalist design sacrifices tactile controls.
YouTube is rolling out podcast-specific tools to Premium subscribers, including on-the-go audio mode, adaptive playback speed, and AI-powered recommendations.
Spotify Labs releases an AI agent that generates personalized podcasts and briefings from your listening history, calendar, and email—joining a crowded field of AI-generated audio platforms.
Spotify launches Studio by Spotify Labs, a desktop app that generates personalized podcasts from email, calendar, and web data—competing directly with Google NotebookLM.
Amazon's Alexa+ now generates custom podcast episodes with AI voices, drawing on partnerships with 200+ news outlets to improve accuracy.