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upHear Live Dialog Boost enables Real-Time AI Speech Enhancement at the Edge

Fraunhofer IIS is expanding its upHear portfolio with a new technology designed to improve speech intelligibility in real‑time: upHear Live Dialog Boost. The module uses AI‑based dialogue separation to enhance spoken content for applications where latency is critical and footprint requirements are tight.

October 28, 2026
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Netflix Now Streaming xHE-AAC Audio on Android Mobile

Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, today announced that Netflix is now using the xHE-AAC audio codec. Netflix has licensed Fraunhofer’s high-quality xHE-AAC software and is using it to encode its entire catalog of TV series, documentaries and feature films across a variety of genres and languages.

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Fraunhofer IIS introduces new test service and trademark program for xHE-AAC audio codec

Fraunhofer IIS, an institute of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Germany, has announced a new web-based test service that developers and manufacturers can use to validate their implementations of the xHE-AAC® audio codec for compliance with MPEG standards. The service, which is available exclusively at , is free to use upon registration with Fraunhofer IIS and will test both encoders and decoders.