Tulsa – October 06, 2026 -- Soaak Technologies has launched Find My Frequency (FMF), an app that reads biometric data from wearables like Apple Watch, Garmin, Google/Fitbit, ŌURA and WHOOP and turns it into personalized sound-frequency sessions aimed at improving sleep, stress and recovery. The platform is available now through the Soaak app on iOS and Android, with a free trial offered at soaak.com.
Eden Prairie, Minn. – October 01, 2026 -- Starkey has launched Omega AI+, a new hearing aid family built around a chip the company says processes sound up to 2.7 times faster than rival devices that advertise deep neural network processing.
Omega AI+ is powered by Starkey's G4 Gen AI Neuro Processor, which embeds neural network intelligence directly into the chip's silicon. The device relies on what Starkey calls Quad DNN Architecture, four specialized deep neural networks that work together in real time to handle speech understanding, environmental awareness, sound quality, and listening comfort.
Shenzhen – – October 01, 2026 -- Huawei has launched its HUAWEI Mate 90 Series, with prices starting at CNY5,999 (roughly $840) for the base model and climbing to CNY12,999 (about $1,820) for the RS ULTIMATE DESIGN variant.
The Mate 90 Pro Max runs on the new LogicFolding Tau Chip, which Huawei says enables 5 million signal transmission bonds and 125 TB/s of inter-die bandwidth. The Pro Max Premium Edition and RS ULTIMATE DESIGN use the Kirin 9050 Pro, delivering a 31% performance jump over prior chips, while the Pro model's Kirin 9035 adds a 20% boost and the standard edition's Kirin 9030 gains 27%.
Richard Yu, Chairman of Huawei's Consumer Business Group, said the series marks "a comprehensive evolution in design, performance, imaging, reliability, and smart user experience" through tight integration of hardware, software, chips, and cloud.
Oceanside, Calif. – September 30, 2026 -- GUNNAR Optiks has launched the Ojai Vision Recovery System, a $99 wearable designed to help screen-heavy users decompress in a single 10-minute session, available now at GUNNAR.com and select retail partners.
Ojai delivers rhythmic air compression around the eyes, gentle heat at approximately 43°C (109°F), and vibration across five customizable recovery modes. It includes built-in Bluetooth audio for music, podcasts or guided relaxation, and a full-blackout design meant to block ambient light entirely. The unit folds for storage and recharges for repeat use at home, in the office or while traveling.
New York – September 29, 2026 -- EssilorLuxottica has launched Nuance Audio Plus, an upgraded version of its invisible hearing glasses, now available in the United States with a recommended retail price starting at $829 depending on lens configuration.
Nuance Audio Plus is cleared for adults with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss and builds on the original Nuance Audio Glasses, which debuted a year ago. The device combines vision correction and hearing support in a single frame, using open-ear speakers built into the temples so ears stay uncovered.
New York – September 28, 2026 -- Owners of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are reporting unexpected shutdowns and restarts during everyday use, including instances involving Face ID, according to Tenorshare Co. Ltd. Apple has confirmed a software update is in the works to address the issue, but affected users may face repeated crashes in the meantime.
Some devices have generated 'panic-full' reports within the iPhone's Analytics Data, which can help users confirm whether a system-level crash occurred at the time of a restart.
New York – September 28, 2026 -- BOOX has opened preorders for the Picco, a 3.97-inch monochrome ePaper eReader priced at $99.99, with shipping expected by November.
Weighing approximately 58 grams and sized roughly like a playing card, the Picco is BOOX's smallest eReader to date. It's built to slip into a pocket or bag for reading during commutes, lines or short breaks, offering an alternative to pulling out a smartphone.
Picco marks the launch of BOOX Tiles, a lineup that extends the company's ePaper ecosystem beyond traditional eReaders and tablets into new everyday form factors.
Users can navigate via touchscreen or physical page-turn buttons, and the display supports four-way rotation to accommodate different reading grips.
Hong Kong – September 24, 2026 -- Infinix has unveiled the GT NX Series, a two-piece gaming peripheral lineup pairing a split controller with a multi-port docking station designed to turn a smartphone into a console-style rig.
The controller features what Infinix calls the world's first Pixel-Level FPS Precision Touchpad on a mobile controller, aimed at closing the accuracy gap between touchscreen aiming and mouse-like precision. It uses a three-chip low-latency architecture, with dual chips in the left handle and one in the right, to enable millisecond-level response for flick shots and team fights. Battery life is rated for more than 22 hours of continuous play.
Los Angeles – September 23, 2026 -- Speediance is moving beyond its original smart home gym, unveiling a four-product hardware lineup paired with a new AI experience app now in public beta across 105 markets.
The flagship Gym Monster Ultra offers up to 260 pounds of digital resistance across 33 cable positions, with a vertical high-lat pulldown and adjustable thigh restraint for advanced strength work. The freestanding Gym Monster 3 provides up to 220 pounds of resistance through 19 cable positions without wall mounting, while the portable, 8.2-kilogram Gym Nano delivers up to 220 pounds of resistance along with real-time velocity, power and asymmetry data. The Speediance Strap, a screen-free wearable using greenteg Calera technology, tracks wrist-based core-body-temperature trends to add context on training, recovery, sleep and heat exposure.
Berlin – September 23, 2026 -- RingConn's Gen 3 smart ring picked up seven awards at IFA 2026 in Berlin, including the IFA Innovation Award in the Beauty Tech & Well-being category, as the wearable maker showcased the device at multiple booths near the show's north entrance.