On April 22, 2025 (the 56th Earth Day), the international smart acoustics brand Cleer held a product launch event at the Shenzhen International Low Carbon City Air Dome, themed "Put on Cleer AI and Hear the New World." During the event, they unveiled their flagship product—the next-generation Cleer ARC 5 open-ear AI headphones.
The Cleer ARC 5 Open-Ear AI Headphones deliver a groundbreaking AI listening experience with their exceptional performance and innovative design. The newly upgraded "AMOLED High-Definition Vibrant Touchscreen" takes the integration of technology and user-friendliness to a whole new level, making it an indispensable smart companion for daily use.
The Cleer ARC 5 Sound Arc charging case features an intelligent interactive interface that achieves a significant breakthrough in product interaction dimensions through multi-dimensional information visualization capabilities. The "AMOLED HD vibrant touch screen" not only clearly displays basic information such as the charging status, remaining battery life, and connection status of the earbuds, but also highlights personalized settings and interactive experiences. Users can customize the theme and interface layout of the display screen according to their preferences, making it a stylish accessory that showcases personal style. Additionally, the touch-enabled screen allows users to easily adjust the volume, switch sound effect modes, enable or disable noise cancellation, and more, greatly enhancing convenience and interactivity during use.
The Cleer ARC 5 Sound Arc charging case features an 'AMOLED HD vibrant touch screen' powered by the Actions Technology ATS3089 series smart wearable chip. Leveraging Actions Technology's expertise in low-power consumption technology, it enhances smart wearable products with smooth display performance and extended standby time. This enables the product to deliver clear and detailed visuals, seamless and fluid operation, and a variety of intelligent features.
The Actions Technology ATS3089 smart wearable SoC chip, as an industry-leading dual-mode Bluetooth single-chip solution, is the first to achieve single-chip integration of display driver. Combining a 2D/2.5D GPU with an AI dynamic rendering engine, it enables optimized intelligent graphic rendering and adaptive interface complexity adjustment. Its unique low-power architecture design ensures efficient system operation while significantly enhancing the battery life of smart wearable products. This provides robust technical support for terminal devices to achieve a balance between aesthetic design and functional performance. Currently, Actions Technology's applications have been widely adopted across multiple differentiated markets, offering customized solutions for smart wearable devices to its customers.
In the context of smart wearable devices continuously pursuing high performance and low power consumption, Actions Technology has strategically positioned itself to occupy the high ground of edge-side AI technology. As artificial intelligence technology extends from the cloud to the edge, edge-side AI applications are experiencing explosive growth. Leveraging its deep technical expertise, Actions Technology has innovatively adopted mixed-signal SRAM in-memory computing (CIM) technology to address the core demands of edge-side AI for low power consumption and high computational power. The company successfully launched a new generation of edge-side AI chip series featuring a tri-core heterogeneous architecture of CPU+DSP+NPU, which has been implemented in terminal brands. This solution significantly enhances computational power while optimizing power consumption, providing exceptional energy efficiency for battery-powered AIoT devices.
The AI strategy of Actions Technology aligns closely with Cleer's open AI headphone design philosophy. Peng Jiugao, R&D Director at Cleer, stated: "By using Actions Technology's ATS3089 chip, we have brought a smooth visual experience to the dynamic interface of the headphone charging case. This deep integration of technology not only enhances the product's market competitiveness but also provides users with a better experience. We look forward to deepening our collaboration with Actions Technology to jointly define the next generation of smart wearable audio devices. As an outstanding representative in the smart audio field, Cleer's pursuit of excellence in product design and user experience is truly admirable." Zhang Tianyi, General Manager of the Smart Wearable and Perception Division at Actions Technology, commented: "In the future, Actions Technology will launch the next-generation ATW6095 chip, dedicated to providing an AI computing platform with exceptional energy efficiency for battery-powered AIoT applications. By leveraging Actions Technology's efficient and convenient edge AI ecosystem strategy, we aim to drive smart wearable devices toward deeper AI applications. This will enable our partners to create chip platforms that balance ultimate energy efficiency with immersive interactions, exploring more possibilities for smart wearable devices."
About Cleer
The Cleer brand was established in 2012, adhering to the brand philosophy of "Quality That Inspires." It is dedicated to delivering sound that is as pure, clear, and natural as the vastness of space. Cleer focuses on acoustic development and product design, boasting unique patented features in areas such as sound drivers, audio tuning, noise-canceling technology, wireless connectivity, and ergonomics. The brand places great emphasis on the user experience, paying meticulous attention to every detail—from packaging to product appearance, from comfort to storage convenience, from sound style tuning to product usability—striving for excellence in every aspect.
About Actions Technology
A leading low-power AIoT chip design company in China, specializing in providing high-quality audio and low-latency wireless audio experiences under low-power conditions. The company focuses on high-performance audio ADC/DAC, voice pre-processing, audio codec, and audio post-processing technologies to deliver a complete high-quality audio signal chain. Additionally, it excels in low-latency wireless connectivity technologies centered around Bluetooth RF, baseband, and protocol stack technologies.
In the era of artificial intelligence, Actions Technology has taken the first step in creating high computational power for edge-side AI by adopting a Computing-in-Memory (CIM) technology path based on SRAM. They have launched an edge-side AI audio chip platform featuring a CPU + DSP + NPU tri-core AI heterogeneous architecture. This platform provides low power consumption, high computational power, high energy efficiency, high integration, and high security for edge-side AIoT chip products. It promotes the integration and application of AI technology in edge-side devices and supports the healthy and rapid development of the edge-side AI ecosystem.