WiSA SoundSend Receives 2022 Smart Home Division Mark of Excellence Award, Presented by the Consumer Technology Association

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The universal WiSA wireless audio transmitter is recognized as Audio Component Product of the Year

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WiSA® LLC, founded by Summit Wireless Technologies (NASDAQ: WISA), today announced that the WiSA SoundSend wireless audio transmitter was named a 2022 Mark of Excellence award winner and identified as the Audio Component Product of the Year by the Smart Home Division of the Consumer Technology Association® (CTA). The WiSA SoundSend, which has won numerous awards since its launch, was chosen by a panel of industry expert judges to receive the coveted recognition.

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The WiSA SoundSend was named a 2022 Mark of Excellence award winner and identified as the Audio Component Product of the Year by CTA. (Photo: Business Wire)

The WiSA SoundSend was named a 2022 Mark of Excellence award winner and identified as the Audio Component Product of the Year by CTA. (Photo: Business Wire)

“WiSA’s rapid expansion in the consumer electronics industry has been made evident with the success of the WiSA SoundSend and the Association’s mission to continue to provide high-quality, immersive sound to consumers worldwide,” said Tony Ostrom, WiSA President. “On behalf of the WiSA Association, we are excited that the WiSA SoundSend is proving to be a game-changing component for home cinema and that its award-winning technology has, and will continue to, positively impact the category as well as user experiences.”

The WiSA SoundSend is designed to provide wireless, high-res audio of up to 24bit/96kHz and can connect to any of the 100s of million smart TVs in minutes with HDMI ARC/eARC or optical connections. It can also transmit up to eight channels of high fidelity audio to WiSA Certified™ speakers with no WiFi required and can decode Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital + and Dolby Atmos. With an increase of consumers investing in a home cinema experience, the WiSA SoundSend is ideal with its wireless connectivity and seamless installation, creating the perfect environment for home theater entertainment. The WiSA SoundSend also connects with high-performing products from leading CE brands and manufacturers like Klipsch, Harman, Savant, Dynaudio, Bang and Olufsen, Lithe Audio, Enclave Audio and more. The WiSA SoundSend is distributed throughout North America and the EU and is bundled with solutions from Platin Audio including the Monaco 5.1.

The Consumer Technology Association represents the over $400 billion US consumer technology industry, consisting of varying company sizes and specialties. Its annual Mark of Excellence Awards, which CTA owns and produces, welcomes new product and project submissions fit for residential spaces.

The WiSA SoundSend wireless audio transmitter has earned an impressive roster of award recognitions in the last year, including:

  • 2022 CTA Smart Home Division Mark of Excellence Award Winner
  • TWICE Picks CES 2021 Winner
  • Dealerscope 2021 IMPACT Award Winner
  • Bronze Stevie Award Winner
  • CES® 2021 Innovation Awards Honoree

For more information about the award-winning WiSA SoundSend and the WiSA Association, visit www.wisatechnologies.com/soundsend. And for more information about the Consumer Technology Association, visit www.cta.tech.

About WiSA, LLC

WiSA®, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association, is a consumer electronics consortium dedicated to creating an interoperability standard utilized by leading brands and manufacturers to deliver immersive sound via intelligent devices. WiSA Certified™ components from any member brand can be combined to dramatically increase the enjoyment of movies and video, music, sports, gaming/esports, and more. WiSA also combines robust, high definition, multi-channel, low latency surround sound with the simple setup of a soundbar. For more information about WiSA, please visit:www.wisatechnologies.com.

© 2022 Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Summit Wireless Technologies and the Summit Wireless logo are trademarks of Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. The WiSA logo, WiSA, WiSA Ready, and WiSA Certified are trademarks, or certification marks of WiSA LLC.

About Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc.

Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WISA) is a leading provider of immersive, wireless sound technology for intelligent devices and next-generation home entertainment systems. Working with leading CE brands and manufacturers such as Harman International, a division of Samsung, LG Electronics, Hisense, Toshiba, Klipsch, Bang & Olufsen, Onkyo, and others. Summit Wireless delivers seamless, dynamic audio experiences for high-definition content, including movies and video, music, sports, gaming/esports, and more. Summit Wireless is a founding member of WiSA, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association and works in joint partnership to champion the most reliable interoperability standard across the audio industry. Summit Wireless is headquartered in San Jose, CA with sales teams in Taiwan, China, Japan, and Korea. For more information, please visit: www.summitwireless.com.

* WiSA Ready TVs, gaming PCs and console systems are “ready” to transmit audio to WiSA Certified™ speakers when a WiSA USB Transmitter is plugged in and a user interface is activated through an APP or product design like LG TVs.

© 2022 Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Summit Wireless Technologies and the Summit Wireless logo are trademarks of Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. The WiSA logo, WiSA®, WiSA Ready™, and WiSA Certified™ are trademarks and certification marks of WiSA, LLC. Third-party trade names, trademarks and product names are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

Sarah Cox, Dittoe PR for WiSA, 765.546.1036, sarah@dittoepr.com
Keith Washo, WiSA Association, 984.349.2727, kwasho@wisaassociation.org

Source: Summit Wireless Technologies

Released January 6, 2022