Market Report: Earwear and Wristbands Lead Wearables

Market Report: Earwear and Wristbands Lead Wearables

by | July 15, 2020 | Health

Despite pandemic-related supply chain issues, wearables shipments worldwide grew 29.7% year over year during the first quarter of 2020 according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Smartwatch and regular watch numbers declined, but wristband...
Global Demand Growth for Wearables Continues

Global Demand Growth for Wearables Continues

by | June 20, 2019 | Health

Planet Earth is bullish on wearables. The latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker outlines a continued upward trend year-over-year. Total wearable shipments during 2019’s first quarter increased by 55.2% from Q1...
Consumers Gain Access to Hearing Health [video]

Consumers Gain Access to Hearing Health [video]

by | April 16, 2019 | Health

Nuheara continues its role as a leading force among hearables companies. We’ve seen several companies start and then back out of the hearables device space, including Doppler Labs and Bragi (although Bragi has shifted focus to software and hearables platform...
Bragi Shifts Focus to Hearable Reference Designs

Bragi Shifts Focus to Hearable Reference Designs

by | April 5, 2019 | Health

On June 2, 1897, The New York Journal published a response to a query from its English correspondent to Samuel Clemens about the writer’s health. Clemens, over the signature of his pen name Mark Twain, replied in part, “The report of my death was an...