In 2024, over 455 million smart personal audio devices were shipped, including 331.6 million true wireless earbuds. AI-enhanced adaptive ANC uses multimodal sensors to adjust noise cancellation and EQ in real time, including Conversation Detection (Google) and Speak-to-Chat (Sony) examples. Lossless wireless audio is advancing via Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound with aptX Lossless, and Sennheiser Momentum…
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In May 2025, Salesforce announced a definitive agreement to acquire data management firm Informatica for $8 billion. In May 2025, Microsoft announced a partnership with xAI to host Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini on Azure via the Azure AI Foundry service. On May 22, 2025, Red Hat and AMD announced an expanded collaboration to…
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Generative AI integration is a unifying theme across wearables, smart home devices, AR/VR headsets, AI-powered assistants, personal audio, and home robotics in 2025. Apple’s Series 10 Watch (launched late 2024) features ECG-based atrial fibrillation detection and can turn AirPods Pro into hearing-assist devices via a software update. Circular Ring 2 from CES 2025 offers an…
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