Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, is pleased to announce that Audible, a leading producer and providers of premium audio storytelling, is now delivering an elevated experience to its listeners by streaming with Fraunhofer’s xHE-AAC audio codec.
Audible’s premium audio titles, including audiobooks, podcasts and Audible Originals, now benefit from improved audio streaming quality and increased bitrate efficiency. This performance enhancement is based on xHE-AAC’s top-notch encoding performance and seamless bitrate switching capabilities. In the xHE-AAC bitstream, the audio levels are automatically adapted to a device’s playback capabilities. This can, for example, significantly improve the intelligibility of narrators, dialog, and other voices especially for highly dynamic content.
Audible has launched xHE-AAC on Apple-based surfaces (iOS, watchOS, macOS), Android-based surfaces (Android, Android Automotive), and Web surfaces.
“We are delighted by Audible’s use of the xHE-AAC format,” says Marc Gayer, Head of the Business Department Audio & Media at Fraunhofer IIS. “Adding an audio service with a global reach to the long list of video services that have successfully deployed xHE-AAC is great proof of our codec’s versatility.”
xHE-AAC playback is natively supported in billions of consumer playback platforms including Microsoft Windows 11 as well as in the operating systems of Amazon, Apple, and Google. Audible and other service providers are delivering billions of hours of xHE-AAC content each month.
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*xHE-AAC is a registered trademark of Fraunhofer in Germany, the United States, and other countries.
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