This Friday, I will be presenting a 60 minute webinar titled, "The Technological Evolution of Today's Hearing Aids," on the continuing education site, AudiologyOnline. While it's a presentation intended for hearing care professionals, it's free to sign up for and can be attended by anyone. This presentation will ultimately be a culmination of everything I've… Continue reading Upcoming Webinar On AudiologyOnline (Future Ear Daily Update 10-30-19)
Category: Hearables
Amazon Care + Health Navigator (Future Ear Daily Update 10-24-19)
Yesterday, CNBC reporter, Christina Farr, reported that Amazon has purchased digital health startup, Health Navigator. As Christina notes, this group will be joining the Amazon Care group that Amazon formed and launched last month. For today's update, I thought it would make sense to write about this acquisition and how it relates to the broader… Continue reading Amazon Care + Health Navigator (Future Ear Daily Update 10-24-19)
Guest Appearance: Beetle Moment Podcast with Emily Binder & Katherine Prescott (Future Ear Daily Update 10-17-19)
I recently joined Emily Binder and Katherine Prescott on Emily's Beetle Moment Marketing podcast where we discussed a few different topics pertaining to voice assistants. Katherine and Emily quickly became two of my favorite people to follow in the voice space after I had the chance to meet them both at the Voice Summit and… Continue reading Guest Appearance: Beetle Moment Podcast with Emily Binder & Katherine Prescott (Future Ear Daily Update 10-17-19)
Google Pixel Buds 2.0 (Future Ear Daily Update 10-16-19)
Yesterday, Google revealed an overhauled, version 2 of Pixel Buds at its Pixel event. The new Pixel Buds are small, circle-shaped, truly wireless earbuds with silicon tips designed with a fin-like extension to help secure the buds into the ear and help seal out sound. While there will be some occlusion from the outside sound,… Continue reading Google Pixel Buds 2.0 (Future Ear Daily Update 10-16-19)
The Many Hearable Form Factors (Future Ear Daily Update 10-9-19)
One of the reoccurring thoughts that's been running through my head these past few years is that we'll eventually have a wide variety of form factors when it comes to hearables. I believe there will be a large range of hearables-based applications spanning consumer, business, medical and industrial-focused verticals, and some of those applications might… Continue reading The Many Hearable Form Factors (Future Ear Daily Update 10-9-19)
The Android Ecosystem’s “AirPods” (Future Ear Daily Update 10-4-19)
Two of the sharpest writers that I follow, Bret Kinsella and Nick Hunn, each published an article yesterday pertaining to the recent flurry of news surrounding the hearables market (Link to Nick's; Link to Bret's (you'll need to subscribe)). As a refresher, Amazon introduced Echo Buds last week at its hardware event, Microsoft revealed Surface… Continue reading The Android Ecosystem’s “AirPods” (Future Ear Daily Update 10-4-19)
New Nick Hunn Article (Future Ear Daily Update 10-3-19)
Today, Nick Hunn, the analyst who coined the term "hearable" five years ago, has released a new article on the significance of Echo Buds to the hearables market. Nick doesn't publish new articles very often, and when he does, they tend to be packed with a ton of insight and knowledge, so this is once… Continue reading New Nick Hunn Article (Future Ear Daily Update 10-3-19)
Weekly Rundown 9/23 – 9/27 (Future Ear Daily Update 9-27-19)
For last Friday's update, I published an audio-only update mentioning that I have quite a bit of work travel coming up on the calendar and the introduction of the weekly rundown. So, for the time being, I'm going to use Friday's as a way to share some of the best stuff I came across for… Continue reading Weekly Rundown 9/23 – 9/27 (Future Ear Daily Update 9-27-19)
Three Reasons to be Excited about Echo Buds (Future Ear Daily Update 9-26-19)
The bomb finally dropped yesterday: Amazon has thrown down the gauntlet and entered into the hearables arena with Echo Buds. Announced at the end of yesterday's Amazon product event, Amazon's first foray into the hearables space represents the most important development in the world of hearables, since the launch of AirPods in December, 2016. For… Continue reading Three Reasons to be Excited about Echo Buds (Future Ear Daily Update 9-26-19)
Alexa Hearables (Future Ear Daily Update 9-24-19)
Back in December of 2017, I wrote a long piece titled, "A Journey to the Center of the Ear." This was back before I started the daily update, when I would write 1,500 word essays that included original artwork that my coworker would help create with me (she's fantastic, not on social media, and the… Continue reading Alexa Hearables (Future Ear Daily Update 9-24-19)