Hearables Market Size, Share, Growth Analysis, By Type(In-Ear, On-Ear, Over-Ear), By Product(Headsets, Earbuds, Hearing Aids), By End - Use(Consumer, Industrial, Construction, Manufacturing), By Region - Industry Forecast 2024-2031

In January 2024, Bosch announced the release of two new MEMS accelerometers—devices it claimed are the world’s smallest for hearable and wearable applications. The new MEMS devices have a 76% smaller footprint than Bosch’s current generation of acceleration sensors.

In January 2024, Ceva, a licensor of silicon and software IP, and THX, the audio and video technology company, are to bring spatial audio to hearables, consumer and mobile devices. The two companies announced that RealSpace Tuned by THX, a premium software offering for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), will now add support for immersive spatial audio customised to any consumer or prosumer audio device including TWS earbuds, wireless headphones, smartphones, speakers and soundbars.

In October 2023, Google researchers showcased how headphones with active noise cancellation (ANC) capability can be used to track the heart rate of the wearer without using any extra hardware. In a paper titled “APG: Audioplethysmography for cardiac monitoring with hearable devices” presented at Mobicom 2023, the researchers introduced a new active in-ear health sensing modality that enabled ANC headphones to monitor various physiological signals like heart rate without adding extra sensors.