xMEMS brings speakers plus programmable vent to production

​The SAR audio team visited xMEMS during our recent short tour of the Bay Area. During this time we were treated to a demo from the xMEMS team of its most recent products. SAR has been covering MEMS speakers for a few years now and are well versed on xMEMS products and their competitors (see MEMS Speakers).

What was of particular interest this time was the Skyline DynamicVent which is a novel idea that enables automatic or manual opening of a vent to enable ambient noise to pass through. This enables occluded/closed ear bud designs to also be unocluded/open when desired, such as when a user wants to hear external noise. Similar to “transparency mode” enabled on various TWS devices but with a much more natural sound.

Peter Cooney Founder, Research Director

Peter is the founder of SAR Insight & Consulting. Peter has been tracking, analyzing and commenting on technology markets for almost 20 years. In that time he has headed practices at a number of leading analyst firms, managing teams of analysts across the world.

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