Harman Releases Android SDK in Effort To Build Ecosystem for Omni Wireless HD Audio System

Harman released an Android SDK (software development kit) for the Harman Kardon Omni Wireless HD home audio system to enable third-party developers to create audio, text-to-speech and IoT experiences, it said Thursday. The SDK, licensed from Blackfire Research, makes it easier for developers to participate in Harman’s network of connected audio and IoT experiences by accessing tools, downloads and community forums that they can use to create and test a new generation of apps, said Harman. “Building audio features into connected apps represents the next wave of user experience,” said Chief Technology Officer IP Park. The software detects, controls and sends audio to speakers over Wi-Fi and can identify the status of speakers, determine the strength of the Wi-Fi-signal and receive “events” from the speaker, such as the volume level, via Harman’s abstraction helper library, documentation and example apps built for the Android OS, it said.