Some implementations involve receiving a content stream that includes audio data, determining a content type corresponding to the content stream and determining, based at least in part on the Receiving, by a control system and via an interface system, a content stream that includes audio data content type, a noise compensation method. Some examples involve performing the noise compensation method on the audio data to produce noise-compensated audio data, rendering the noise-compensated audio data for reproduction via a set of audio reproduction transducers of the audio environment, to produce rendered audio signals, and providing the rendered audio signals to at least some audio reproduction transducers of the audio environment.

An example computing device is provided. The computing device includes an interface to connect to a headphone and a processor communicatively coupled to the interface. The processor is to execute an application to hos an audio call, determine a headphone-only audio option is enabled for the application, detect that the headphone is connected to the interface, and allow a participant to join the audio call based on detection of the headphone connected to the interface.

A method performed by an audio source device that is communicatively coupled with an audio output device, the method includes obtaining an audio signal; receiving a volume adjustment; applying the volume adjustment to the audio signal; applying dynamic range compression on the volume adjusted audio signal; and applying an inverse volume adjustment to the compressed audio signal, where the inverse volume adjusted audio signal is to be transmitted to the audio output device.

A method can include identifying an audio output device having a first audio status. In the first audio status, the audio output device can be configured to receive first audio data of at least one software application of a set of software applications of a computing device. In the first audio status, the audio output device can be configured to emit, based on the first audio data, first audio content corresponding to the at least one software application. The method can include identifying a priority software application of the computing device. The method can include assigning, in response to the identifying the priority software application, a second audio status to the audio output device. The assigning can include preventing the audio output device from emitting the first audio content. The assigning can further include configuring the audio output device to emit second audio content of the priority software application.

Disclosed is a wireless audio device, which includes at least one microphone, at least one speaker, at least one sensor, a processor, and a memory storing instructions, and the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless audio device, while the wireless audio device outputs a sound for reducing an outside sound acquired through the at least one microphone through the at least one speaker, to identify a specified outside sound of the outside sound acquired through the at least one microphone, to output a notification sound for indicating that the specified outside sound is identified through the at least one speaker, to identify a motion of a user of the wireless audio device through the at least one sensor, in response to outputting the notification sound, and to stop the output of the sound for reducing the outside sound based on the identified motion.

An electronic device is disclosed which may collect inertia information and ambient sound, determine whether a user is in danger by monitoring impact sound and a mismatch between a head orientation and a moving direction of a user, and provide the ambient sound collected when it is determined that the user is in danger.

Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a voice control device including a microphone, a mute control, and a push-to-talk (PTT) control. An example embodiment operates by: entering a mute state from an always-listening state when the device receives a mute control signal; entering a PTT state from the mute state when the device is in the mute state and receives a first PTT control signal; activating the microphone when the device is in the PTT state; and entering the mute state from the PTT state when the device is in the PTT state and receives a second PTT control signal.

A system and method for differentially locating and modifying audio sources that includes receiving multiple audio inputs from a set of distinct locations; determining a multi-dimensional audio map from the audio inputs; acquiring a set of positional audio control inputs applied to the audio map, each audio control input comprising a location and audio processing property; and generating an audio output according to the audio control inputs and the audio inputs. The audio control inputs capable of configuration through manual, automatic, computer vision analysis, and other configuration modes.

An example speaker for providing alerts includes: a housing and a cover forming an integrated unit; a microphone configured to sense an ambient noise level; and a processor configured to adjust a volume of the speaker based upon the ambient noise level. A hinge can be positioned between the housing and the cover to allow the cover to be pivoted relative to the housing from a close position to an open position.

An audio accessory having a locally stored and executed policy. The policy includes a rule related to audio output generation. The audio accessory can be a peripheral audio accessory, and the policy can be stored on the peripheral audio accessory so that the policy can be applied to communications from any source.