Audioscenic, the UK-based audio technology innovator, has announced a technology collaboration with Philips and semiconductor solutions leader NXP Semiconductors, to demonstrate the world’s first reference design for gaming soundbars. The Amphi Hi-D gaming soundbar combines Audioscenic Amphi Hi-D spatial audio featuring AI position sensing with Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) from Philips BeClear.
Powered by the NXP i.MX 8M Mini applications processor, Audioscenic says it enables soundbar manufacturers to deliver fully immersive, location-accurate game audio simultaneously with crystal-clear voice chat. The technology was on display at Computex Taipei 2025, May 19-May 23.
Erik van der Tol, business developer licensing at Philips said: “We’re excited that gamers can enjoy rich, immersive sound and clear voice communication with teammates at the same time thanks to Philips BeClear technology, which delivers the powerful tech required to prevent speaker sound from being picked up and relayed through the microphones.”
Mario Centeno, general manager, IoT Edge, at NXP Semiconductors, added: “This collaboration perfectly showcases the capabilities of our i.MX 8M family of SoCs. The i.MX 8M Mini delivers the power and speed needed to simultaneously process this first-to-market combination of Audioscenic’s AI-driven spatial audio and Philips BeClear AEC in a compact soundbar.”
Marcos Simon, CTO and co-founder of Audioscenic, concluded: “Now is the time for the game voice chat experience to advance, and Audioscenic is proud to work in partnership with global tech leaders Philips and NXP on this innovative Hi-D proof-of-concept. Philips BeClear running on the NXP chipset with position-adaptive multichannel Hi-D sound unpacks the cluster of game audio and voice, providing remarkable immersive sound and voice clarity without the disruption of noise and echoes.”
