http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/12/14/inventor-predicts-year-of-the-hearables/
Q: What predictions and expectations do you have for wearables in 2016 and beyond?
Dr. LeBoeuf: 2016-2017 will be the “year of the hearables.” You’ll see more biometric earbuds launch in the next year and the introduction of new use cases in 2017. As for wearables on the wrist, it’s important to remember that the global watch industry shipped over 1 billion watches in 2014. Smart watch shipments were a small fraction of that total, so there is a lot of room for growth.
http://www.moweble.com/watchables-please-give-a-way-to-hearables-the-new-wearables.html
Analyst Nick Hunn has predicted that it would be a major factor in the wearables’ market while saying that ‘hearable’ industry would touch $5 billion by 2018. Surprisingly, Crunchbase data has confirmed that nine “hearables” manufacturers have already accumulated almost $52 million through crowdfunding since 2009. The recent development in‘hearables’ sector also points out that we are going to have interesting things in the future.
