NXP Development Tools Support New Ultra-Wideband Applications With iPhone and Apple Watch

NXP Semiconductors has announced that it now offers beta Ultra-Wideband (UWB) development tools from its NXP Trimension portfolio that interoperate with the U1 chip in supported Apple products. The beta development tools will allow developers to kick-start the design of innovative applications that interact with UWB enabled Apple products including iPhone and Apple Watch, unleashing the ability to create more precise, directionally aware app experiences.

Every day at audioXpress we look carefully at market intelligence updates from the leading research firms, and we normally look at data-based reports from multiple sources, trying to get a clear vision of what is happening in the markets, and how forecasts look for the audio industry. audioXpress is focused on serving the audio industry, and we are more interested in providing market intelligence than publishing subjective opinions about the measurement systems used by YouTube headphone reviewers - which seems to be the latest focus even for many competent audio publications these days.

For this edition of The Audio Voice, I intended to focus a bit more on the latest developments in the fascinating world of sensors and how it impacts product development and design in all applications areas, particularly in consumer electronics, automotive, and health applications. After writing previously about Apple - the sensors on the Apple Watch and the surprising firmware updates for the AirPod Pro earbuds - I really didn't want to go back to Apple. But as always, Apple has a way of surprising us exactly when we least expected, and the company made another important audio announcement.