All items tagged with Huawei (12)

Hear the Future. Global Audio Summit 2025, Shanghai, China

April 3, 2025 by Joao Martins

Hear the Future. Global Audio Summit 2025, Shanghai, China

Over a period of 10 days, at the end of March 2025, I have visited the vibrant Shanghai region of China following an invitation by the China Audio Industry Association (CAIA) to attend the organization's Global Audio Summit 2025. I have often participated in events promoted by national and international audio industry associations, mostly oriented by scientific, academic, engineering, or trading charters. But this one was one of the most vibrant product development conferences I have ever attended. Here is my report.

Honor Unveils AI-Powered Earbuds Open Advanced Design at MWC 2025

March 3, 2025 by Joao Martins

Honor Unveils AI-Powered Earbuds Open Advanced Design at MWC 2025

Honor introduced the Honor Earbuds Open – a unique open-ear design that rests directly on the ear and is able to cancel the outside world thanks to advanced AI audio processing capabilities. In fact, Honor calls this design the “industry's first open-ear 3-mic hybrid active noise cancellation system.” And the Honor Earbuds Open not only block external noise, but allow users to make calls privately thanks to its reverse acoustic system that reduces audio leakage. The user’s voice is perfectly captured even in noisy environments with a combination of a voice accelerometer, 3-mic array, and bone conduction sensor technology.

Going Big in Gothenburg: AES 2024 Automotive Audio Conference

July 11, 2024 by Roger Shively

Going Big in Gothenburg: AES 2024 Automotive Audio Conference

Immersed in Audio Innovations. More than 20 demonstration cars. Record number of sponsors. Sold-out registrations for the 5th Audio Engineering Society (AES) Automotive Audio Conference at the spectacular Geely Uni3 Center, in the historic town of Gothenburg, Sweden. Roger Shively explains why the 5th International AES Conference on Automotive Audio, in Gothenburg, Sweden will be one to remember.

Open Ears and the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds in Review

March 21, 2024 by Joao Martins

Open Ears and the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds in Review

I tested the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds and I'm Keeping Them. They sound great and allow listening at safe levels while being aware of what other people say. These make a great case for Open Ears and that's the topic of this article where I have inserted my review of the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds and I provide examples of how the industry has been exploring alternative designs that avoid in-ear occlusion, from loose-fit earbud shapes to the recent air conduction craze.

Flip Phones, AI, Naturally Dumb Glasses, and Enhanced Audio: MWC 2024 Major Impressions

March 13, 2024 by Joao Martins

Flip Phones, AI, Naturally Dumb Glasses, and Enhanced Audio: MWC 2024 Major Impressions

What is like to explore audio technologies in the massive show that is Mobile World Congress. A report from MWC 2024 in Barcelona from an audio product development perspective. Audio for mobile platforms, wireless technologies, wearables and true wireless earbuds and hearables. And lot's of AI! MWC 2024 has nearly returned to pre-pandemic size levels, closing with 101,000 attendees from 205 countries.

R&D Stories: The Evolution of True Wireless Stereo

May 6, 2021 by Jean-Marc Luneau

R&D Stories: The Evolution of True Wireless Stereo

Adding a valuable perspective to the topic of True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds and hearables development, Jean-Marc Luneau (7 Sensing Software) details meaningful new features and improvements for brands to differentiate their products and make them stand out in today’s crowded market. This article was originally published in audioXpress April 2021.

Delightfully Disruptive Huawei Sound X Wireless Speaker Co-Designed with Devialet

March 27, 2020 by Joao Martins

Delightfully Disruptive Huawei Sound X Wireless Speaker Co-Designed with Devialet

With China resuming production capabilities and companies back to work, the barrage of products that had been scheduled to be unveiled or launched at MWC Barcelona 2020 are now being announced. Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei unveiled its latest smartphone together with a new wireless speaker, co-designed with French audio company Devialet. Announced to the world during an "online product release event," the all-new Huawei-Devialet joint wireless speaker stands-out for the electro-acoustic design and the patently intent to copy the Apple HomePod.

Global Headphone Market Revenue Growth Exceeds 40% in Q2 2019

September 10, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Global Headphone Market Revenue Growth Exceeds 40% in Q2 2019

Futuresource Consulting just released the latest market update on its dedicated global headphone market research. According to the latest quarterly tracker report from Futuresource, premium headphones continue to capture the imagination of consumers, with global revenues in Q2 2019 growing nearly four times faster than shipments, at 44% year-on-year.

True Wireless Headphone Bandwagon gets More Crowded, as Brands vie to Challenge Apple

July 1, 2019 by Futuresource Consulting

True Wireless Headphone Bandwagon gets More Crowded, as Brands vie to Challenge Apple

True wireless headphones sales have enjoyed extraordinary growth in the past year. After a very successful Q4 2018, which saw shipments reach a total equal to the previous three quarters combined, Q1 2019 witnessed year-on-year growth of 223% in units and 188% in revenue. Consumers appear to enjoy the freedom that truly wireless products bring. Although, the continued domination by AirPods does still mean that the market remains a largely Apple phenomenon.

Dialog Semiconductor Provides Audio and Configurable Mixed Signal Chipset for Huawei Honor FlyPods

March 12, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Dialog Semiconductor Provides Audio and Configurable Mixed Signal Chipset for Huawei Honor FlyPods

Dialog Semiconductor announced that its audio and Configurable Mixed Signal ICs (CMICs) have been adopted by Huawei for their Honor FlyPods, the company’s latest True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds. Five Dialog ICs provide voice control and power to Huawei’s recently announced TWS earbuds. A Dialog’s SmartBeat DA14195 System-on-Chip (SoC) is integrated into each FlyPod earbud and is connected to a pair of Voice Pick Up (VPU) sensors.

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