Chirp (company)
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Chirp (also known as Asio Limited) was a technology company based in the UK.[1] Chirp was originally a research project from UCL and was incorporated as a UK limited company in 2012.[2] Chirp specialised in data-over-sound software development kits,[3] which converted data into audio signals, which could be transmitted to other devices within hearing range[4]
Chirp had been involved in projects with EDF Energy,[5] Activision Blizzard, for the Skylanders: Imaginators game[6] and Creata, in toys for the Netflix Original, Beat Bugs[7]
On 13 February 2020, Chirp announced its IP and assets had been acquired by Sonos for an undisclosed amount,[8] and that Chirp's SDKs will no longer accessible to the public from 1 March 2020.[9]
Chirp was a new way to share stuff – using sound. Chirp would sing information from one phone to another. Anything that carries sound could carry data according to them.[10]