CEVA supports Bluetooth Low Energy audio to accelerate product development of truly wireless stereo earbuds

     CEVA, the world's leading licensed manufacturer of wireless connectivity and smart devices, announced that with the general release of RivieraWaves Bluetooth Low Energy and dual-mode IP supporting low power Audio (LE Audio), the company has enhanced its offerings for developers of true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds and other wireless audio devices.

     Low Power Audio is the next generation of Bluetooth audio technology, bringing new capabilities to enhance audio quality and connectivity robustness, and enabling new audio sharing use cases. The improved audio quality is thanks to a new codec called LC3 or Low Complexity Communications Codec, which also reduces operating power consumption, resulting in longer battery life for TWS earbuds and other audio streaming devices. It has been optimized for LC3 on CEVA's audio DSP.

     Mark Powell, CEO of the Bluetooth Technology Alliance (SIG), said: "The Bluetooth community will continue to drive technology to meet changing market needs and create new opportunities. Low-power audio is a good example. These new audio use cases not only enhance the performance of existing Bluetooth audio products, but also introduce audio sharing capabilities that promise to change the way we experience audio and connect with the world around us."

     Low-power audio is one of the most important recent Bluetooth innovations, and CEVA, with its unique Bluetooth dual-mode and low-power IP portfolio and DSP, audio/voice software and sensor fusion technology, is the industry's leading one-stop provider of advanced wireless audio solutions.

     Ange Aznar, Vice President and General Manager of the Wireless iot Business Unit at CEVA, said: "We warmly congratulate the Bluetooth Technology Alliance (SIG) on the launch of low power audio. We have a large customer base for both Bluetooth Low Energy and Bluetooth dual-mode IP, and we are already seeing strong customer demand for low power audio to bring new wireless audio products to market."