Enlarge / Sony’s latest true wireless earbuds, the LinkBuds. Their drivers are shaped like rings in order to allow ambient sound in naturally, the idea being to let you stay persistently aware of your surroundings. They look like donut holes, so here’s an actual doughnut for scale. (credit: Jeff Dunn) On Tuesday, Sony announced its […]
Enlarge / A handful of the wireless noise-canceling headphones we’ve tested in recent months. (credit: Jeff Dunn) Black Friday has started its attack run, which means it’s a good time to be in the market for a new pair of headphones. More specifically, a good set of noise-canceling headphones always seems in order to be […]
Enlarge / The third-generation Apple AirPods. (credit: Apple) Today, Apple announced an update to its AirPods true wireless earbuds. The new third-generation model features a slightly revamped design that veers closer to the higher-end AirPods Pro , with shorter stems and a similar touch-based “Force sensor” control scheme built-in. Their charging case takes after the […]
Enlarge / Sony’s WH-1000XM4 noise-canceling headphones. (credit: Jeff Dunn) Today is the start of Amazon’s Prime Day sales event, which means a ton of gadgets that may or may not be worth buying are currently on sale. We have a big curated roundup of the best deals we can find, but I wanted to give […]
Sony’s latest noise-canceling wireless earbuds, the WF-1000XM4. [credit: Jeff Dunn ] Sony on Tuesday announced its latest pair of noise-canceling wireless earbuds, the WF-1000XM4. This is the follow-up to the also-awkwardly-named WF-1000XM3 earbuds that Sony launched in 2019. Like that pair, the XM4 is aimed squarely at the premium end of the burgeoning true wireless […]
The Xbox Wireless Headset, available for Xbox consoles and Windows 10 PCs starting this week for $99. [credit: Sam Machkovech ] Tomorrow, March 16, Microsoft will launch its first official, Xbox-branded pair of headphones—a far leap beyond the cheapo, one-ear headsets packed into original Xbox 360 consoles. Headphone expectations have changed a lot since those […]
The Beats Flex, Beats’ newest wireless headset. [charge: Beats ] It is not only Apple that’s announcing new goods on Tuesday: that the organization’s Beats subsidiary has introduced its most recent pair of wireless headphones, the Beats Flex, too. The newest version is around for preorder now for about $50 on Apple.com and will start shipping […]