USound, a fast-growing MEMS loudspeaker and AI-based acoustic solutions company, today announced a collaboration with WuQi Technologies to advance the deployment of its proprietary biosensing platform in next-generation wearable devices.
The solution is designed for wearable applications such as True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds, OTC hearing aids, and sleep earbuds, where compact form factor, battery efficiency, and integration simplicity are critical challenges. Potential applications include heart-rate monitoring, wellness tracking, respiratory monitoring, and biometric user identification.
As hearables increasingly evolve from pure audio devices into wellness and biometric platforms, OEMs face growing pressure around component count, battery life, BOM cost, and mechanical integration. USound’s approach addresses these challenges by transforming MEMS audio hardware into a multifunctional sensing platform capable of delivering both premium audio performance and advanced biometric functionality.
To support commercial deployment, USound is collaborating with WuQi Technologies, whose low-power TWS platform enables USound’s sensing algorithms to run directly on scalable commercial wearable architectures in real time. The collaboration combines USound’s MEMS audio and sensing technology with WuQi’s wireless connectivity, low-power processing, and edge AI capabilities to accelerate integration into next-generation wearable products.
“Hearables are evolving from pure audio devices into continuous sensing platforms,” said Ferruccio Bottoni, CEO of USound. “Our technology enables biometric sensing directly through existing MEMS audio hardware, reducing component count while opening entirely new categories of wearable functionality. Together with WuQi, we bring this capability into scalable, market-ready TWS solutions.”
“USound’s sensing technology introduces an innovative approach to expanding the role of audio systems in wearable devices,” said Rian Wei, Vice President & Bluetooth Product Leader. “WuQi’s low-power TWS platform enables this capability to be efficiently integrated into commercial products while supporting the real-time processing requirements of next-generation wearable applications.”
The collaboration represents another step in USound’s strategy to expand MEMS audio systems beyond sound reproduction into integrated hardware-and-software platforms for the next generation of hearables and wearable devices.
About USound
USound is a fast-growing MEMS loudspeaker and software & AI sensing company enabling customers to bring revolutionary hearable and wearable products to market. Its unique value proposition is based on radical miniaturization, power reduction, production efficiency, and software-driven functionality. USound’s technology portfolio is protected by more than 500 patents. Learn more: usound.com
About WuQi
WuQi is a leading designer of network communication and smart terminal chips, focusing on R&D and sales of connectivity SoC chips and software solutions. With core capabilities in high-bandwidth communication, low-power design, and on-device AI technology, we have established a complete independent R&D platform and built an internationally competitive product portfolio, delivering premium system-level chip solutions to numerous well-known brand clients. Learn more: Wuqi-micro.com
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