All items tagged with wearables (174)

May 28, 2025 by Joao Martins

Sonical Expands Initiatives to Accelerate Adoption of Advanced Hearing Enhancement Technologies

Sonical, the creators of CosmOS, the world’s first operating system for hearables, is expanding industry collaborations and initiatives to strengthen its position in the health and wellness market. The company also announced the strategic acquisition of key assets from Hue Hearing, a direct-to-consumer hearing solutions company with a deep understanding of individuals with hearing difficulties. The intention is to leverage that company's knowledge to create a new reference platform for the industry.

Innatera Unveils Pulsar Neuromorphic Processor at Computex 2025

May 27, 2025 by Kirsten Campbell

Innatera Unveils Pulsar Neuromorphic Processor at Computex 2025

Following earlier demonstrations at multiple industry trade shows, including Mobile World Congress and electronica Munich, Innatera has now launched its first mass-produced neuromorphic processor at Computex 2025 in Taiwan. Powered by spiking neural networks and designed to deliver real-time intelligence at ultra-low power, on-device, the Innatera Pulsar processor unlocks a new era of real-time processing of sensor data, including microphones, exactly where it’s generated.

xMEMS Designs Thinner Microspeaker Engineered for Smart Watches and Fitness Bands

May 13, 2025 by Joao Martins

xMEMS Designs Thinner Microspeaker Engineered for Smart Watches and Fitness Bands

Following the debut of the original Sycamore microspeaker in late 2024, xMEMS Labs is already working on expanding the technology to even thinner form factors with the Sycamore-W. This new full-range driver is an evolution of the company's Cypress "sound from ultrasound" MEMS platform introduced in 2023, and currently waiting for the results of safety reports on long-term ultrasound exposure for humans. xMEMS is confident in those reports and is doubling down with the even thinner, Sycamore-W.

Silicon Labs Unveils BG29 Bluetooth LE Wireless SoC for Miniature Devices

March 12, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Silicon Labs Unveils BG29 Bluetooth LE Wireless SoC for Miniature Devices

Silicon Labs announced its new Series 2 BG29 family of wireless SoCs, designed to bring high compute and connectivity to the smallest form factor Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) devices without compromising performance. A highly efficient, high memory, low-power, and ultra compact SoC designed for secure and high performance wireless networking applications, this new BG29 SoC is ideal for today's most intensive Bluetooth LE applications in wearables, health and medical devices, asset trackers, and battery-powered sensors.

STMicroelectronics Reveals New STM32 Ultra-Low Power MCUs and Wireless Microcontrollers

March 5, 2025 by Joao Martins

STMicroelectronics Reveals New STM32 Ultra-Low Power MCUs and Wireless Microcontrollers

STMicroelectronics has introduced new STM32U3 microcontrollers (MCUs) with power-saving innovations that ease deployment of smart connected devices, especially in remote locations. The company has also unveiled the next generation of its STM32 power-efficient short-range wireless microcontrollers that simplify connecting consumer and industrial devices. The two new MCUs leverage near-threshold chip design to set a record performance-per-watt efficiency benchmark.

China Audio Industry Association Promotes Global Audio Summit 2025

January 27, 2025 by Joao Martins

China Audio Industry Association Promotes Global Audio Summit 2025

The annual Global Audio Summit promoted by the China Audio Industry Association (CAIA) will be held at the Zhangjiang Science Hall in Shanghai, March 26-27, 2025. Promoting unique business opportunities for all, and a deeper understanding of the audio industry in China, the 2025 CAIA Global Audio Summit will be once again the most valuable knowledge and networking event for companies from all over the world.

Sonde Health Integrates Voice-Based Health Monitoring Technology Into Qualcomm's Snapdragon S7+ Gen 1 Sound Platform

January 10, 2025 by Cristina Costa

Sonde Health Integrates Voice-Based Health Monitoring Technology Into Qualcomm's Snapdragon S7+ Gen 1 Sound Platform

A pioneer in voice-based health tracking, Sonde Health demonstrated the integration of vocal biomarker health tracking in small-footprint chipsets for hearing aids, earbuds, headphones, and other wearables. The solution, presented at CES 2025, delivers on the promise for voice-based health monitoring technology, benefiting from the convergence of voice artificial intelligence (AI) integrated into consumer earbuds.

PIMIC and ZillTek Launch Integrated Edge AI and Microphone Noise Cancellation Solution

December 23, 2024 by Joao Martins

PIMIC and ZillTek Launch Integrated Edge AI and Microphone Noise Cancellation Solution

PIMIC, a new company working on ultra-low-power AI technology, unveiled the Clarity NC100, a Deep Neural Network (DNN)-based Environmental Noise Cancellation (ENC) chip that sets a new benchmark for performance and edge AI compute efficiency. Working in partnership with Taiwan-based MEMS microphone developer ZillTek, at CES 2025 the Californian company will present an integrated edge AI chip and digital microphone designed to address noise cancellation challenges in a single package.

AAVAA Improves Hands-Free Accessibility on Apple Devices

November 18, 2024 by Joao Martins

AAVAA Improves Hands-Free Accessibility on Apple Devices

AAVAA, the Canadian company developing technology solutions to improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities, as well as enabling hands-free command and control in a variety of consumer and professional applications, has announced that its line of control devices is now compatible with macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. With this announcement, AAVAA expands on Apple’s own accessibility features with a hands-free control interface that requires minimal setup.

Nordic Semiconductor Launches Next-Generation nRF54L Series Wireless SoCs

November 12, 2024 by Joao Martins

Nordic Semiconductor Launches Next-Generation nRF54L Series Wireless SoCs

The nRF54L wireless SoCs are one of the biggest product launches of the electronica 2024 show in Munich, and they redefine once again Nordic Semiconductor’s lead in ultra-low power wireless for connected devices. The new nRF54L Series includes the previously announced nRF54L15, and the new nRF54L10 and nRF54L05 wireless SoCs. This advanced product series offers significantly enhanced efficiency, exceptional processing power, and versatile design options to meet a growing range of Bluetooth LE applications, including LE Audio and Auracast products.

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