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JBL Everest™ ELITE 700 OTA & Award-Winning SDK Features Deliver Meaningful Upgrades Throughout the Lifecycle of the ProductHARMAN International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE:HAR), the premier connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced the release of a new, industry-first OTA (over-the-air) update for the JBL Everest™ ELITE 700. Owners of the JBL Everest ELITE 700 headphone can make significant improvements to the active noise cancelling performance, now over-the-air. Users will be notified of available updates through the My JBL Headphones app and once they are connected, will easily be able to select their upgrade. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170104005649/en/ JBL Everest Elite 700 with SDK (Photo: Business Wire) The JBL Everest ELITE 700 is the company's first SoC (System on a Chip) powered headphone that paves the way for HARMAN's Smart Headphone platforms. Any software no matter the OS, chipset or resources available, can be securely updated and managed using our over-the-air technology. With OTA capabilities, for the first time ever HARMAN is able to offer new technology upgrades to its loyal communities, starting with a new ANC algorithm developed from the ground up for the JBL Everest ELITE 700. This update will dramatically enhance the noise cancelling performance, upgrading the headphone from a feed-back to a Hybrid feed-back/feed-forward solution. This software driven technology update is unique in the industry. The JBL Everest ELITE 700 also features an award-winning SDK (software development kit) that enables the headphone to engage with hackathons. The CES (News - Alert) Award winning JBL Everest ELITE SDK is currently available on the HARMAN Developer Community website. As such, HARMAN is the first brand to connect multiple services and open APIs to headphones -- releasing software updates that enable new use cases with nine axis motion sensor and headphone button control. This will change how the listening experiences can be customized beyond music. The SDK will enable consumers to enjoy legendary audio as well as stay connected to the world around them when interacting with other smart devices. Developers are encouraged to create new use cases and applications for the JBL Everest ELITE 700, as well as the JBL Everest ELITE 300. "The JBL brand continues to ush boundaries in the consumer technology and audio industries and the award-winning JBL Everest ELITE SDK is no different bringing forth industry-leading technology to developers to offer a truly innovative experience," said Michael Mauser, President, Lifestyle Audio Division, HARMAN. "In addition to delivering JBL's newest over-the-air updates to improve active noise cancellation performance, these headphones give users the ability to be both completely immersed in the virtual world and instantly connected to their surroundings."
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JBL Everest ELITE and Virtual Reality "Total immersion is key to the virtual reality experience that Vive delivers," said Daniel O'Brien, VP Virtual Reality, HTC VIVE. "HARMAN's technology is an innovative solution to making the Chaperone system even more impactful due to the audio cues it provides, which creates a seamless VR experience in and outside of room-scale borders."
Availability: For more information about HARMAN's Developer Community and to download the JBL Everest ELITE SDK, please visit www.developer.harman.com.
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