Eve introduced it’s releasing a $149.95 AirPlay 2 receiver referred to as the Eve Play — its first audio gadget — on November 14th. Although slightly expensive, the receiver appears to be like geared toward audiophiles: it’s received optical, coaxial, and RCA audio outputs, 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, a built-in DAC, and an ethernet port.
Eve says you may regulate latency between audio system mechanically or manually utilizing the Eve app’s Audio Sync characteristic should you’re discovering multiroom audio isn’t completely synchronized. Customers will want an iPhone or iPad to make use of it, in addition to a house community to attach it to both by way of Wi-Fi or ethernet.
Wi-fi receivers like this with AirPlay 2 assist are few and much between, and it’s a disgrace as a result of Apple Residence customers are in any other case restricted to no matter producers like Sonos and Apple itself suppose is nice sound. There are just a few choices, like shopping for a used second-generation AirPort Specific or Belkin’s SoundForm Join Audio, however the closest comparability might be LinkPlay Know-how’s WiiM Professional.
Just like the Eve Play, the WiiM Professional prices $149, affords many audio output choices, and contains an ethernet port. However the WiiM Professional additionally helps Chromecast Audio and native streaming over DLNA, and it has audio in ports, so you can too use it as a preamp for, say, a turntable. The Eve Play has no inputs and solely affords AirPlay 2 assist, making it much less versatile general.
Eve additionally introduced its new Matter-compliant Thermo Management wi-fi temperature sensor, a transportable thermostat for the EU-only Eve Thermo good radiator valve, letting the valve function based mostly on ambient room temperature, not the temperature on the valve itself. The Thermo Management sensor has an e-ink show and capacitive buttons for setting your goal temperature. It will likely be obtainable for €79.95 on November 14th.
The corporate has additionally introduced it’s releasing a Matter firmware improve for its Eve MotionBlinds, which is able to carry the corporate’s Adaptive Shading characteristic to the good shades. Eve says the improve will come on November 14th as effectively.
