All items tagged with wireless earbuds (480)
Poly Voyager Free 60 Enterprise-Grade TWS ANC Earbuds with Three Models Now Available
April 3, 2023 by Joao Martins

Poly Voyager Free 60 Enterprise-Grade TWS ANC Earbuds with Three Models Now Available

Poly, the company that resulted from the merger of Plantronics and Polycom and is now part of HP, launched a range of three true wireless earbuds designed for work-from-anywhere, all with active noise cancellation, top notch features, and a unique design. Following the unveiling of two models earlier in 2023, Poly now also introduced an entry-level version Voyager Free 60. All are Bluetooth 5.3 Class 1 designs with innovative features.
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Nothing Launches Hi-Res Audio Certified True Wireless Earbuds with Mimi Sound Personalization
March 22, 2023 by Joao Martins

Nothing Launches Hi-Res Audio Certified True Wireless Earbuds with Mimi Sound Personalization

Nothing, the Android-Centric hardware company that's full of itself, launched a second true wireless design, improving on its first attempt. This time, Nothing joined forces with leading Chinese iPhone-clone maker companies to design Hi-Res Wireless Audio certified earbuds with LHDC, ANC and updated Bluetooth specifications including multipoint. Interestingly, the company is the latest brand to partner with Mimi Hearing Technologies to adopt Mimi Sound Personalization.
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Jabra Releases Affordable Elite 4 ANC True Wireless Earbuds with Bluetooth Multipoint
March 21, 2023 by Joao Martins

Jabra Releases Affordable Elite 4 ANC True Wireless Earbuds with Bluetooth Multipoint

Jabra, the personal sound and hybrid work solutions brand from GN Group, launched the Elite 4, the latest addition to its successful true wireless earbuds Elite lineup. The new design maintains the already familiar form-facto and basically updates the Bluetooth platform to support 5.2 and gain Bluetooth Multipoint connectivity and easy pairing with Fast Pair and Swift Pair. It also adds 4-mic call technology.
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USound Launches Kore 4.0 Integrated MEMS Speaker Module for TWS and OTC Hearing Aids
March 17, 2023 by Joao Martins

USound Launches Kore 4.0 Integrated MEMS Speaker Module for TWS and OTC Hearing Aids

USound has launched Kore 4.0, a fully integrated audio module that incorporates Usound’s Tarvos, a brand new ultra-low power audio amplifier, and Conamara, its latest generation of MEMS drivers. According to the MEMS-based audio technology specialist, with its compact form factor, superior audio performance, and low power consumption, Kore 4.0 is an ideal match for hearables and Over-The-Counter (OTC) hearing aids.
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Realtek Semiconductor and Alango Technologies Partner to Offer Joint Solution for Hearables
March 13, 2023 by Joao Martins

Realtek Semiconductor and Alango Technologies Partner to Offer Joint Solution for Hearables

Realtek Semiconductor (Taiwan) and Alango Technologies (Israel) have announced a collaboration to provide a joint solution that delivers the Alango PersonaSound suite of software technologies, ported and optimized for the latest Realtek Bluetooth SoCs. This collaboration aims to address the global problem of hearing loss, which affects 1.5 billion people worldwide.
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GreenWaves Ramps Up Production of GAP9 Hearables Platform
March 9, 2023 by Joao Martins

GreenWaves Ramps Up Production of GAP9 Hearables Platform

GreenWaves Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company based in Grenoble, France, has received the funding needed to support the production of its second-generation GAP9 processor. As demonstrated at CES 2023, this advanced AI processor revolutionizes the next generation of true wireless earbuds, hearables, and connected devices with ultra-low latency noise cancellation, neural network-based background elimination and 3D sound.
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STMicroelectronics Announces All-in-One Motion and Bone-Conduction Sensor for Hearables
March 7, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

STMicroelectronics Announces All-in-One Motion and Bone-Conduction Sensor for Hearables

STMicroelectronics has announced the LSM6DSV16BX, a unique highly integrated sensor that delivers important space savings inside hearable devices or general-purpose TWS earbuds, including for sports. The new device delivers longer listening experiences and superior hearing by combining a 6-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) for head tracking and activity detection with an audio accelerometer for detecting voice through bone conduction in a frequency range that exceeds 1KHz.
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Digital Signal Processing for Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids
March 2, 2023 by Alexander Goldin

Digital Signal Processing for Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids

I wrote a whitepaper looking at the principles of digital signal processing, algorithms,and software that improve hearing for people with hearing loss. This article is intended as an introduction. The complete whitepaper is available for download. The inspiration for this whitepaper comes from the World Health Organization's recent World Report on Hearing (WHO), which shows that 1.5 billion people worldwide have some degree of hearing loss and 430 million people need rehabilitation services. Shockingly, less than 3% (on average worldwide) use hearing aids.
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Bluetooth SIG Promotes First Ever Auracast Experience at MWC 2023 in Barcelona
March 2, 2023 by Joao Martins

Bluetooth SIG Promotes First Ever Auracast Experience at MWC 2023 in Barcelona

In 2022, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the Auracast extension of the Bluetooth LE Audio specifications, combining audio sharing and broadcast audio into a new term that would make it easier to promote. The audio innovation promises to propel audio streaming forward by letting users share their audio or select from publicly available Auracast wireless audio streams. At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona the technology was demonstrated in a practical manner for the very first time.
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EarFun Claims World's 1st Bluetooth LE-Audio ANC True Wireless Earbuds
February 27, 2023 by Joao Martins

EarFun Claims World's 1st Bluetooth LE-Audio ANC True Wireless Earbuds

EarFun has launched the new Air Pro 3 true wireless earbuds that are said to be LE Audio-ready. audioXpress has waited until the start of MWC 2023 in Barcelona to see if anyone would dispute or make a similar claim. Since no one did, we can reliably publish the story now. Earfun is now selling the World's 1st LE-audio ANC true wireless earbuds, the brand's new TWS earbud flagship, which uses the Qualcomm QCC 3071 chip, and also supports Bluetooth 5.3, and aptX Adaptive.
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