Andrea Electronics Spins Off Its Headset Line To Focus On ‘Core Audio Input Technologies’

Andrea Electronics spun off its headset product line to a group of private investors that will operate as Andrea Communications, the company said in a Thursday announcement. Doing so will enable Andrea to focus on developing its digital array microphones and noise reduction software for use with new mobile device chip platforms and operating systems such as Linux and Android, it said. Terms of the spinoff weren’t disclosed. “Spinning off our headset business will allow us to focus on our core audio input technologies, which are used and incorporated into a variety of consumer products, including, tablets, laptops and desktop computers,” the company said. Andrea expects to pursue “a number of markets,” including tablets, IoT devices, connected home and connected car, it said.