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Hybrid Audio Driver Designs, Knowles Secures Balanced Armature Design Win in JLab Epic Sport ANC 3

By Peter Cooney / September 6, 2024
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Hybrid audio driver designs are increasingly being used to enhance the audio performance of true wireless earbuds, improving the treble response and helping brands to achieve the rigorous standards for Japan Audio Society Hi-Res Audio certification. In most cases the improved audio performance is achieved by adding one (or more) balanced armature (BA) drivers, alongside […]

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Smart Rings – The Wearables on the Rise

By Lachlan Cooney / August 16, 2024
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Smart rings have been surging in popularity over recent years, a rise in people taking an interest in tracking their health is a major factor in the current market growth. We’ve recently seen major consumer brands such as Samsung enter the market releasing their Galaxy Ring, as discussed in my previous article, as well as […]

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Oura Ring 4 – Next Gen Smart Ring Leaked

By Lachlan Cooney / August 2, 2024
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Last week, Samsung released the Galaxy Ring, Oura’s first major competitor in the smart rings market. Thanks to Android Authority, we now know that Oura has put forward two new models of smart rings for certification, titled “OA11” and “OA12”, which are likely prototypes for the Oura Ring 4. Whilst the specifications of each ring […]

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Samsung Releases the Galaxy Smart Ring

By Lachlan Cooney / July 26, 2024
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On the 24th of July, Samsung released its latest wearable product, the Galaxy Ring. Retailing for $399, the Galaxy Ring provides 24/7 insight to your health, monitoring your heart rate, sleep patterns, body activity, and more. Its discreet design is ideal for those who would like to track their health, but don’t want to wear […]

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New boat Nirvana Eutopia headphones enabled by Ceva

By Peter Cooney / April 8, 2024
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It seems that the strategic partnership announced by IP vendor Ceva and Headphone brand boAt back at CES 2024 is coming to fruition with boAt’s latest Nirvana Eutopia headphones entering the markets. These headphones boast a lot of interesting technology including: 3D Spatial audio with headtracking ENx™ for improved conversions BEASTTM mode enabling low latency audio streaming Up […]

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Qualcomm preparing for the rise of multi-use case earbuds

By Joe Murray / April 2, 2024
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Qualcomm’s introduction of the S3 and S5 Gen 3 Sound Platforms marks a significant leap forward in the audio device sector, especially with regards to the development of multi-use case TWS headphones. The new additions to the snapdragon sound platform aim to meet rising consumer expectations for superior audio quality mixed with low latency for […]

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Headphones State of the Industry 2024, Updated Forecasts

By Peter Cooney / March 21, 2024
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SAR Insight & Consulting have recently published updated forecasts for all headphone markets, the latest data is now available on the platform. We’ve been tracking the headphone market since the company was founded over 10 years ago and it has been very interesting to see how this market has transformed in that time. The latest […]

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Open-Ear Headphones on the Rise

By Lachlan Cooney / March 10, 2024
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Over the past few years, we’ve seen an increase in open-ear wireless earbuds on the market. In 2021, we saw the release of the Purpods from Mpow and more recently the release of the Ultra Open Earbuds from Bose. Some other notable releases include: Soundgear Sense from JBL in 2023 Open Sport from JLab in 2022 Open EarBuds S50 from 1More in […]

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Bose enters open-ear headphone market

By Joe Murray / March 8, 2024
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November 27, 2023, Harman announced the acquisition of Roon, a music software company most well-known for its Roon app. Roon Labs was founded in 2015, but its journey in music technology began much earlier, in 2004. The founders were involved in developing music software for companies like Sooloos, Meridian Audio, and HP before establishing Roon […]

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Amazon’s Echo Hub is launched

By Peter Cooney / February 24, 2024
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Smart home hubs and gateways are used to tie together and control a whole plethora of smart home devices (thermostats, plugs, lighting, sensors, etc.) in a user-friendly way. Most of these hubs have been used for professionally fitted smart home systems. Many consumer-built systems have tended to rely on smartphone (or similar) apps to control the […]

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