All items tagged with Qualcomm (195)

Bose Redefines Air Conduction with Ultra Open Earbuds

February 16, 2024 by Joao Martins

Bose Redefines Air Conduction with Ultra Open Earbuds

The result of an intense research effort to achieve the most effective approach for an open ear design, Bose just introduced the all-new Ultra Open Earbuds, a completely new form-factor. Described as "a breakthrough audio wearable" the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds are designed to let users hear the world while still enjoying music. The approach is to use air conduction to feed audio to the inside of the ear, while resting on the lower ear. OpenAudio delivers the air conduction, while signal processing adds Bose Immersive Audio to enhance the experience.

January 11, 2024 by Joao Martins

Wi-Fi Alliance Introduces Wi-Fi Certified 7

To complicate an extremely busy week in technology news, the Wi-Fi Alliance decided to announce the release of its certification for Wi-Fi 7, which is the closest thing the organization offers as its official release. Although already implemented in a large number of products by many manufacturers, Wi-Fi 7 - or IEEE 802.11be - didn't exactly exist until this announcement. And this is a big one for wireless audio, bringing greater capacity, and less latency.

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 Are First TWS Earbuds To Support Dual-Mode Bluetooth Classic and LE Audio

January 10, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 Are First TWS Earbuds To Support Dual-Mode Bluetooth Classic and LE Audio

The all-new Momentum True Wireless 4 earbuds are an important highlight from Sennheiser at CES 2024, ushering in a new generation of feature-packed devices. The Sennheiser consumer division, or better said, Sennheiser Hearing, the consumer division of Sonova, showcased these new premium Bluetooth 5.4 earbuds based on the Qualcomm S5 Gen 2 Sound Platform and Snapdragon Sound, featuring over a dozen improvements.

Creative Unveils Aurvana Ace Series True Wireless Earbuds Powered by xMEMS Drivers

November 9, 2023 by Joao Martins

Creative Unveils Aurvana Ace Series True Wireless Earbuds Powered by xMEMS Drivers

Creative Technology announced the release of its latest Creative Aurvana Ace and Creative Aurvana Ace 2 true wireless earbuds featuring solid-state MEMS-based drivers from xMEMS. The Creative Aurvana Ace series has been expertly tuned to deliver a wider frequency response ranging from 5Hz to 40KHz for high resolution audio sources, benefiting from the unique characteristics of MEMS drivers. The new Bluetooth 5.3 earbuds also feature LE Audio with LC3 codec, and Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation (ANC).

DALI Introduces IO-12 Refined Headphones Design for a Superior Listening Experience

October 25, 2023 by Joao Martins

DALI Introduces IO-12 Refined Headphones Design for a Superior Listening Experience

At the Munich High End Show in May 2023, Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries (DALI) celebrated its 40th anniversary and unveiled two ground-breaking additions to its product portfolio: the EPIKORE 11 loudspeaker and the IO-12 headphones. Both products incorporate DALI's patented Soft Magnetic Compound (SMC) technology. Five months later, the IO-12 wireless headphones with its 50mm custom dynamic drivers are available to consumers offering Active Noise Cancellation, 35-hour battery, aptX Adaptive Bluetooth and USB-C/3.5mm wired connections.

Qualcomm Unveils S7 Pro Snapdragon Sound Platform With Micro-Power Wi-Fi and 24-bit/192kHz Lossless Streaming

October 24, 2023 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Unveils S7 Pro Snapdragon Sound Platform With Micro-Power Wi-Fi and 24-bit/192kHz Lossless Streaming

During its Snapdragon Summit event Qualcomm unveiled the latest S7 and S7 Pro Gen1 Sound platforms, which will soon power a new generation of advanced audio products. The new platforms offer five times the compute power, three times the DSP processing power, and almost 100 times on-device AI processing power compared to the previous generation. A real differentiator is the use of micro-power Wi-Fi to extend wireless audio range and support for up to 192kHz lossless music quality in the S7 Pro.

Qualcomm to Bring RISC-V Based Wearable Platform to Google's Wear OS

October 17, 2023 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm to Bring RISC-V Based Wearable Platform to Google's Wear OS

Qualcomm and Google are extending their collaboration on wearables by developing a RISC-V Snapdragon Wear platform that will power next-generation Wear OS solutions. According to the announcement, this is an important first milestone to bring RISC-V compatible CPUs to the Android ecosystem, while Google pursues is strategy of continuously copy everything that Apple does, and help others do the same.

Qualcomm State of Sound 2023 Report Shows New Consumer Priorities

October 3, 2023 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm State of Sound 2023 Report Shows New Consumer Priorities

Qualcomm just published its 2023 State of Sound report. The focus for this year's survey is on evolving consumer uses of wireless audio devices, from traditional use cases like music listening, voice calls and watching video, to the more complex use of devices in the workplace, for gaming and hearing enhancement. As usage increases, highlights indicate new consumer priorities from their audio devices.

Facebook Threatens Civilization with Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

September 28, 2023 by Joao Martins

Facebook Threatens Civilization with Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

Facebook/Meta believes that adding features to glasses without improving its primary feature of augmenting/protecting eyesight is the "next big thing" - after the metaverse (which is not to be mentioned). In partnership with EssilorLuxottica, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new generation of Ray-Ban Meta "smart glasses" that have speakers on the side, and cameras and microphones in the front. Apparently they are better than the others launched before, that no one bought.

Bose Updates All QuietComfort ANC Headphones and Earbuds

September 19, 2023 by Joao Martins

Bose Updates All QuietComfort ANC Headphones and Earbuds

In a subdued and terribly timed announcement - more than one week after the closing of the largest consumer electronics show, and hitting right on Apple iPhone launch week - Bose unveiled a complete refresh of its iconic QuietComfort active noise cancellation headphones and earbuds. The new QuietComfort Ultra Headphones, QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds, and the QuietComfort Headphones, are three completely updated iterations of the brand's leading products.

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