xMEMS has a secret weapon that makes thinner smart glasses with better audio a reality

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• xMEMS designs and manufactures tiny audio and cooling chips.
• The company's audio chips can replace entire dynamic drivers.
• Despite the innovation, manufacturer adoption is still a work in progress.

Consumer technology continues to advance every year. Smartphones debut with on-device, AI-powered features, smart glasses project displays of your daily tasks, and smartwatches can help you treat a cold before you feel its wrath. However, dynamic drivers, which are inside all of these products, have remained largely unchanged over the last 100 years.

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Dynamic drivers are the small transducers inside your earbuds, headphones, smartphones, smartwatches, and smart glasses, and they use the fundamental laws of physics to deliver sound to your ears. Yet, as your devices become smarter and ...