Bragi just announced that it will issue a new software update for the Dash wireless earbuds later this month, the flagship feature of which is something called “MyTap.” The idea is that, instead of tapping the touch-sensitive spot on the earbuds, you’ll now be able to tap your cheek to activate your phone’s digital assistant. […]

One of the many benefits that hearables and AR will bring is to break down language barriers. Pilot promises to do it this year, while Doppler recently showed me a real-time translation demo on its Here Ones, and tells me it plans to have a version of it later this year. Bragi is first to […]

There’s a huge opportunity for hearable makers to go beyond augmented sound and tricks like real-time translation, and actually improve the quality of life for people with hearing difficulties. It’s what Doppler was trying to do before it came apart, and now Bragi is doing it with Project Ears. Project Ears, which it announced at […]

Tucked away in a small meeting room away from the hulking, brightly lit booths of Samsung, Huawei and LG sits little old Bragi. But the startup that arguably gave birth to the smart wireless earbud, spawning others like Apple’s AirPods, has big news to share. It’s not a new Dash, but this news does have […]

Context-aware earbuds – Welcome back to And Finally, our look at all of the odds and ends that happened in the past week. And, well, actually, not a lot happened this past week. Clearly everyone’s still recovering from pushing out new devices before the Black Friday shopping extravaganza. That, and we’re in the quiet before the […]