All items tagged with wearables (168)
Bluetooth 5 Confirmed to Quadruple Range, Double in Speed, and Increase Data Broadcasting Capacity by 800%
June 17, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Bluetooth 5 Confirmed to Quadruple Range, Double in Speed, and Increase Data Broadcasting Capacity by 800%

As previously anticipated, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that its next release, coming late 2016 to early 2017, will be called Bluetooth 5 and will include significantly increased range, speed, and broadcast messaging capacity. The new version of Bluetooth technology will deliver “connectionless” IoT, advancing beacon and location-based capabilities in home, enterprise, and industrial applications. Implications for audio streaming and wearable applications are huge.
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Worldwide Headphones Market Worth $11.2 Billion as Prices Accelerated by 11% in 2015
May 5, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Worldwide Headphones Market Worth $11.2 Billion as Prices Accelerated by 11% in 2015

Futuresource Consulting has just completed their latest round of research into the worldwide headphones market. The key findings reveal that the global headphones market enjoyed another year of robust volume and price growth in 2015. Shipments grew 7% to reach 331.3 million units, while retail value surged by an impressive 19% to $11.2 billion. The average price paid for a pair of headphones rose by 11% in 2015, to $34.
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Logitech to Acquire Jaybird, Expanding Into the Fast-Growing Wireless Audio Wearables Market
April 13, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Logitech to Acquire Jaybird, Expanding Into the Fast-Growing Wireless Audio Wearables Market

Logitech International, also the owner of Ultimate Ears, announced it will acquire Jaybird, the wireless and active lifestyle consumer electronics specialists. With this strategic acquisition, Logitech will leverage its worldwide distribution network to bring Jaybird range of premium Bluetooth headphones and earbuds, sport wearables and wireless software solutions to the global market.
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Why You Need to Look at Apple Watch ... and Wear It!
March 12, 2015 by Joao Martins

Why You Need to Look at Apple Watch ... and Wear It!

The evidence about how important the Apple Watch is comes from many other recent announcements, including some made at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona. Security, IoT interoperability, wearables, computer vision, communications infrastructure, and ultra-low power connectivity were some of the trends at MWC 2015. It's not by chance that, all those things are effectively combined on the Apple Watch and Apple's current roadmap.
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Conexant Systems Debuts new I2S audio Codec and AudioSmart Software Technologies
January 9, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Conexant Systems Debuts new I2S audio Codec and AudioSmart Software Technologies

Conexant’s new I2S audio Codec and AudioSmart software offers noise cancellation and full-duplex acoustic echo cancellation for tablets, allowing better voice quality even in noisy environments. Conexant also introduced a Linux software solution for voice control and communication in smart home products and unveiled its new Smart Voice Pickup (SVP) technology for headsets, based on its proprietary SSP noise suppression algorithm.
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NUU Riptide Bluetooth Speakers are Portable, Waterproof and… Wearable
December 4, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

NUU Riptide Bluetooth Speakers are Portable, Waterproof and… Wearable

Portable Bluetooth speakers are getting so small we could say they are bringing the category into the wearable segment of the market. A good example is NUU’s latest Riptide 2.7” cube speakers. Designed to be robust and waterproof, they still deliver impressive sound using a 3W neodymium driver combined with a passive bass radiator.
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Consumers Are Increasingly Aware of Wearable Technology
November 19, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Consumers Are Increasingly Aware of Wearable Technology

Between May and October this year, Futuresource Consulting interviewed more than 8,000 people about their intent to buy wearable technology and saw a significant increase in the intent to purchase. There was a 50% increase in intention to buy fitness trackers and a 125% increase in intention to buy smartwatches.
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Harman International acquires manufacturer of fitness headphones Yurbuds
June 18, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Harman International acquires manufacturer of fitness headphones Yurbuds

Harman International Industries has acquired Yurbuds, a manufacturer of fitness headphones. Yurbuds will join Harman’s lifestyle division, helping the company to gain foot on the fast-growing niche of sports headphones and wearables, and develop the next generation of headphones designed specifically for athletes.
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