All items tagged with wireless earbuds and hearables (96)

Fluent.ai and Knowles Partner to Deliver True Wireless Stereo Voice Control

January 6, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Fluent.ai and Knowles Partner to Deliver True Wireless Stereo Voice Control

Fluent.ai announced its collaboration with Knowles Corporation to deliver AI-powered voice control for True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds and other hearable products, fully on-device. Running on Knowles' AISonic processors, providing a small footprint embedded technology for edge AI, the solution allows developers to implement noise robust voice commands to trigger TWS actions in any language or accent, without the need for an Internet connection or accompanying smartphone app.

Reading Glasses and Hearing Aids. Smart or FDA-Approved. Pick One.

November 11, 2021 by Joao Martins

Reading Glasses and Hearing Aids. Smart or FDA-Approved. Pick One.

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.

Synaptics Announces AudioSmart AS33970 Edge AI Headset Platform

October 18, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Synaptics Announces AudioSmart AS33970 Edge AI Headset Platform

Synaptics announced its newest AudioSmart AS33970 headset platform SoC, directly targeting the fastest growing product categories, from work-from-anywhere TWS earbuds to hearables. As the San Jose, California-based company details, the new SoC offers the world’s first highly integrated AI-enabled ENC (Environmental Noise Cancellation) and hybrid ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) single-chip solution integrating neural and voice processing engines for optimal audio performance.

xMEMS Confirms Montara MEMS Microspeakers Are Now in Production

October 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

xMEMS Confirms Montara MEMS Microspeakers Are Now in Production

xMEMS Labs confirmed that its first monolithic MEMS µspeaker, Montara, is now in production. Working closely with TSMC as its semiconductor foundry partner, the Montara design has passed all required performance and reliability qualifications and has already been selected by manufacturers for future products. The Santa Clara, California-based company confirms that the Montara was already selected for an upcoming true wireless earbuds design.

September 29, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Vesper Completes $16M Financing to Accelerate Growth

Vesper, the pioneer in piezoelectric MEMS microphones and sensors that is now empowering edge-AI applications in consumer devices, closed a $18M financing round led by Accomplice. Vesper also received investments from Applied Materials Ventures, Sands Capital, Bose, Amazon Alexa Fund, Gopher Asset Management, ITIC, World Peace Group, Unitrontech, and MegaChips. The round brings Vesper's total funding to date to $73M.

GN Introduces Jabra Enhance Plus True Wireless Earbuds for Discreet Hearing Enhancement

August 19, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

GN Introduces Jabra Enhance Plus True Wireless Earbuds for Discreet Hearing Enhancement

Building on years of research and engineering in sound and hearing, GN extended its Jabra Enhance line of discreet hearing enhancement solutions with a new design that draws directly from the experience of standard true wireless earbuds. The new Jabra Enhance Plus combine hearing enhancement, music streaming and calls in state-of-the-art miniaturized earbuds with a signature design, to help millions of users meet the challenges of daily life.

Market Update 2021: True Wireless Earbuds Evolving Toward Hearables

August 5, 2021 by Joao Martins

Market Update 2021: True Wireless Earbuds Evolving Toward Hearables

There’s a lot happening in the true wireless stereo (TWS) category and this market update article intends to provide a quick overview of the state-of the-art technologies and platforms in the space, as well as some reference approaches in product design. This audioXpress Market Update addresses what is happening in this vibrant product category in 2021.

Fresh From the Bench: Nuheara IQbuds2 MAX Hearing-Assist Earphones

July 14, 2021 by Brent Butterworth

Fresh From the Bench: Nuheara IQbuds2 MAX Hearing-Assist Earphones

More than five years in development and after multiple iterations, Australian startup Nuheara achieved its goal with the Nuheara IQbuds2 MAX, a bridge toward truly smart hearables. This advanced design uses digital technology to bring hearing aid functionality into true wireless earbuds. audioXpress asked Brent Butterworth to try them and share his experience and evaluation. This article was originally published in audioXpress, July 2021.

Explore Audio Amplifier Technology and Design in audioXpress July 2021

June 11, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Explore Audio Amplifier Technology and Design in audioXpress July 2021

One of the strongest issues ever in terms of audio electronics and market insights, audioXpress July 2021 is now available. This edition includes a complete overview of Audio Amplifier Technology and Design and its many application segments. Start with a review of the NAD Electronics M33 Masters streaming amplifier, followed by a great new upgrade design for the legendary Hafler DH-220 lateral MOSFET power amplifier, and then dive into a new hybrid voltage source and current source amplifier design for loudspeakers.

Jacoti Announces OTC Ready Technologies for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Development Using Qualcomm 51XX SoCs

June 2, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Jacoti Announces OTC Ready Technologies for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Development Using Qualcomm 51XX SoCs

Following the announcement of collaboration with Qualcomm, in October 2020, Jacoti BV, the Belgium-based medical technology company, now announced the immediate licensing availability of OTC Ready, Jacoti’s hearing software platform. OTC Ready enables headphone/earbud manufacturers using Qualcomm 51XX SoCs to address the likely requirements of the upcoming US over-the-counter hearing aid market.

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