All items tagged with wireless earbuds and hearables (91)

Micro Loudspeaker Innovator Arioso Systems GmbH Ready To Enter the Market

April 2, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Micro Loudspeaker Innovator Arioso Systems GmbH Ready To Enter the Market

The Fraunhofer IPMS spin-off company Arioso Systems GmbH has successfully completed its first round of financing. The company is launching an innovative sound transducer principle for miniaturized headphones, in-ears and hearables to the market. The company's new micro loudspeaker technology made from 100% silicon, is based on the patented Nanoscopic Electrostatic Drive (NED) principle developed by Fraunhofer IPMS. The technology can considerably extend the functional scope for true wireless earbuds and revolutionize the industry, Arioso believes.

Qualcomm Offers New Ultra-Low Power Bluetooth Audio SoCs for Truly Wireless ANC Development

March 26, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Qualcomm Offers New Ultra-Low Power Bluetooth Audio SoCs for Truly Wireless ANC Development

With its previous generation of QCC SoCs for Bluetooth true wireless earbuds development, Qualcomm enabled virtually every single mobile and CE brand to finally create products able to compete with Apple's massively successful AirPods, still the market leader by a wide margin. Then Apple introduced its AirPods Pro with ANC and its market share expanded even more. Now Qualcomm launched a new generation of SoCs combining hybrid ANC and other technologies to enable brands to design new competitive TWS products.

Essential Updates on Headphones, TWS, Hearables, Voice and More in audioXpress April 2020

March 9, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Essential Updates on Headphones, TWS, Hearables, Voice and More in audioXpress April 2020

The April 2020 edition of audioXpress is now available and features two essential Market Updates, one focusing on the industry transition to active headphone and earphone designs, and another on how to leverage the latest voice capture and processing technologies. The issue also explains how to evaluate listening effort, and Stuart Yaniger puts the Linear Audio Autoranger Mk II Interface to the test, while Ed Simon writes about AC Power Rectification. Another issue to read and use as reference.

Phonak Unveils Virto Black Fully-Connected Hearing Aid Designed to Look Like a Hearable

January 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Phonak Unveils Virto Black Fully-Connected Hearing Aid Designed to Look Like a Hearable

Hearing health care brand Phonak is challenging perceptions of hearing aids at CES 2020 with the world premiere of the Phonak Virto Black, a fully-connected in-the-ear hearing aid that combines the brand's Marvel hearing technology with the style of a modern hearable. In practice, the Phonak Virto Black will be able to do everything that standard true wireless earbuds allow, just that it is also a tunable hearing-aid, using hearing-aid non-rechargeable batteries and it will also cost a whole lot more.

Nuheara Launches Next Generation IQbuds2 MAX Hearable Platform

January 8, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Nuheara Launches Next Generation IQbuds2 MAX Hearable Platform

At CES 2020, Nuheara announced its most advanced true wireless hearing buds, the IQbuds2 MAX. Building upon its successful IQBuds truly wireless platform launched in 2017, and leveraging Nuheara’s latest smart-hearing platform, the IQbuds2 MAX combine hybrid Active Noise Cancellation and unique features for personalizing and enhancing the wearer’s soundscape. The IQbuds2 MAX hearing buds are now available for pre-order and are planned to ship in March 2020 for USD $399.

CEVA Debuts SenslinQ Platform to Streamline Development of Contextually Aware Connected Devices

January 7, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

CEVA Debuts SenslinQ Platform to Streamline Development of Contextually Aware Connected Devices

At CES 2020 CEVA unveiled SenslinQ, its first integrated hardware IP and software platform that aggregates sensor fusion, sound and connectivity technologies to enable contextually aware connected devices. The CEVA SenslinQ integrated hardware IP and software platform collects, processes and links data from multiple sensors to enable intelligent devices to understand their surroundings - a key development for augmented hearing using wireless headphones and earbuds.

Audio Collaborative 2019: More Audio Market Facts, Trends and Predictions

December 13, 2019 by Joao Martins

Audio Collaborative 2019: More Audio Market Facts, Trends and Predictions

Promoted every year by the market research firm Futuresource Consulting, Audio Collaborative 2019 full-day conference on November 7 was invaluable, with Futuresource's leading market analysts and researchers sharing some of the latest stats and trends on the topics in the agenda, combined with great panels and in-between keynotes. This is the fourth - and last - of my reports, originally published in The Audio Voice newsletter.

Global True Wireless Hearables Market to Grow by 90% to 230 Million Units in 2020

December 6, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Global True Wireless Hearables Market to Grow by 90% to 230 Million Units in 2020

The size of the global market for true wireless earbuds and the emerging category of hearables is expected to reach 120 million units this year and 230 million units in 2020, growing 90% YoY, according to the findings of Counterpoint Research’s latest Hearables Market Forecast. The overall true wireless market is expected to grow at 80% CAGR from 2019 to 2022 with a similar growth momentum as the early smartphone market a decade ago.

Aipower Wearbuds Are True Wireless Earbuds Housed in a Fitness Tracking Wristband

November 27, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Aipower Wearbuds Are True Wireless Earbuds Housed in a Fitness Tracking Wristband

Why put your earbuds in the pocket when not in use, if they can be in your wrist, charging to be ready again when needed? And what if a wristband could also be a charger and a fitness tracking device at the same time? Wearables and Hearables combined, that is what Aipower proposes, with the Wearbuds, the world's first wristband-housed true wireless earbuds. Designed for ultra portability, and fitness tracking, Wearbuds are now available after a Kickstarter campaign.

Global True Wireless Earbuds Market Reaches 33 Million Units in Q3 2019

November 19, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Global True Wireless Earbuds Market Reaches 33 Million Units in Q3 2019

The true wireless earbuds market for 2019 is expected to reach 120 million units and global tech giants’ strategies focused on voice communication will help sustain the strong growth momentum. The size of the global market for true wireless earbuds reached 33 million units (USD 4.1 billion) in Q3 2019, growing 22% QoQ, according to the findings of Counterpoint Research’s Hearables Market Tracker (Counterpoint applies the term “hearables” loosely to describe TWS products, which the company’s report actually differentiates).

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