Sennheiser Adds Personalization Options in Latest Smart Control App and Firmware Updates

Sennheiser introduced an update to its latest Momentum true wireless earbuds and headphones and the companion Smart Control App, which adds more ways to personalize the listening experience. The app is available on iOS and Android, with additional features coming to Momentum True Wireless 3 earphones and Momentum 4 Wireless headphones via firmware updates.

Creative Technology announced the launch of the Creative Zen Air, sporting a familiar but refined earbud design with a pocket-friendly, lightweight, Qi wireless charging case. For a record-low price of US $44.99, these true wireless earbuds come with Active Noise Cancellation and Ambient Mode, offer great audio quality with large dynamic drivers, and decent battery life. They also support Creative's Super X-Fi for binaural enhancement, providing an overall great true wireless experience.

Making Audio Augmentation useful for everyone, or pursue the regulatory requirements of OTC hearing aids. This article offers a useful perspective regarding the guidance documents published by the US Food and Drug Administration regarding improved access to hearing aid technology. The agency proposes a rule to establish a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids - to be sold directly to consumers in stores or online without a medical exam or a fitting by an audiologist. But most audio manufacturers are better off by not pursuing this FDA-approved OTC market. Doing so will simply hinder critical experimentation and innovation.

The enterprise market, led by the government, military, and retail verticals, is also beginning to turn to hearables to foster better communication, collaboration, and workforce productivity. Market research from ABI Research forecasts enterprise hearable shipments will top one million in 2021, increasing from just 30,000 in 2016, at a CAGR of more than 108%.