• PineVox: BL606P-based smart speaker, developer seeds released, firmware in progress. • Hardware mic kill switch ensures privacy, requires physical button to unmute. • Bone conduction headphones using BES2300 chipset, expanding OpenPineBuds project in development. • Focus on voice applications, not music playback, ensuring clear voice audio. • Ongoing licensing work for BES2300 codebase to minimize impact on code. • Pine64 continues to push open-hardware innovations, with new products in pipeline.
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- March Update: Making waves
PINE64 announced several new products in development. The PineVox, a BL606P‑based smart speaker, is in early developer testing and will feature a hardware mic‑kill switch and voice‑focused audio. A bone‑conduction headphone set, using the BES2300 chipset, is also under development, with community input sought for a product name. Additionally, PINE64 is partnering with YuzukiHD to bring Allwinner‑based single‑board computers to the Pine Store, including models with H618, V851S, and the new A527 SoC (Cortex‑A55, Mali‑G57, eDisplayPort, PCIe 2.1). These releases aim to expand PINE64’s hardware portfolio and community engagement.
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