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Rest of the Hearables Market to Follow now That Apple has Caught On

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Scott Haylock

Recently Apple introduced a new second-generation version of their popular AirPods wireless headphones. These headphones not only deliver a great audio experience, but they now offer enhanced hands-free voice-controlled features. Specifically, a new chip design dramatically improves talk time through lower power consumption leading to longer battery life. It also gives users the ability to invoke Siri to choose different songs, initiate phone calls, ask for directions or control the volume. Clearly, Apple has seen the value of integrating always-on voice interactivity and making that feature as power efficient and user friendly as possible.

Sound familiar? It should, as delivering enhanced voice capabilities has been a mantra here at QuickLogic for a couple of years now. Our EOS™ S3 voice and sensor processing platform and its associated development environment have been enabling developers all over the world to add voice interactivity to their products without the need to create a new piece of silicon as Apple did. Companies of all sizes are now delivering voice-enabled products thanks to our platform and its amazing capabilities. Examples include tablets, wi-fi modules, and Bluetooth®-connected headsets and earbuds, but there are really almost no limitations.

If you’ve been considering integrating always-on, always-listening voice capabilities for your product – let us show you how easy it is to do with our complete EOS S3 voice integration platform. Check out our EOS S3 page, or contact your local QuickLogic salesperson, rep or distributor to learn more.

Posted in EOS S3, Sensor Processing PlatformTagged Always on voice, Hands free voice

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4 thoughts on “Rest of the Hearables Market to Follow now That Apple has Caught On”

  1. Luca says:
    April 9, 2019 at 4:11 pm

    Too bad they didn’t work with Quicklogic…

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  2. Mean Gene says:
    April 9, 2019 at 7:31 pm

    Are you implying that you are enabling Apple? Which is a platform that has been in the past, not on the radar for Quik?

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    1. Scott Haylock says:
      April 15, 2019 at 2:57 pm

      Hi Gene,

      No, just saying the new Airpod always-on voice features are common to those already made possible by the QuickLogic EOS S3.

      Reply
  3. Raj says:
    April 14, 2019 at 8:59 am

    “without the need to create a new piece of silicon as Apple did”

    I think the post meant to say rest of the market will follow Apple to create their own silicons, because other solutions have not proved anything.

    Clearly Apple would have picked the solution if it meets the standards. These are simple tricks to get the company floating. I have been following the company since 2005 so there you go..

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