AirPods Max 2 Finally Get Custom EQ in iOS 27 Beta
Apple has a playbook for innovation that often involves letting a feature mature elsewhere before adopting it, gift-wrapped, as a profound breakthrough. Widgets appeared on…
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Sennheiser’s $200 Clip-On Buds Defeat Bose Ultra Open on Battery — And Skip the US
Clip-on earbuds were always going to go mainstream; the category just got there in the east first. Huawei’s FreeClip became roughly as ubiquitous as AirPods…
At $230, This Gaming Headset Keeps Playing While You Swap Its Battery
Wireless gaming headsets have carried a quiet contradiction since they first appeared. Cutting the cable was supposed to mean more freedom, but the moment the…
Health Apps Know You’re Stressed, HealingFit TWS Helps You Act on It
Health apps and wearables have become remarkably precise at reading the human body. They can tell you how restorative last night’s sleep was, how stressed…
See-Through Speaker with a 21.5-inch Transparent Display Turns Your Songs Into Lyric Videos
Bang & Olufsen perfected the idea of audio equipment as art, creating speakers so sculptural and beautiful they demand to be looked at long before…
Huawei’s $229 FreeClip 2 S Earbuds Pack Spatial Audio In an Open-Ear Design, Case Doubles as a Jewelry Box
Pop open the case of the FreeClip 2 S and the first thing you notice has nothing to do with earbuds. There is room in…
Tiny Vinyl’s $50 record player makes collecting mini vinyl more accessible
Tiny Vinyl is the industry leader when it comes to, well, you guessed it right, tiny vinyl records. These records can be played on most…
These $69 ANC Headphones for kids are so good, I might use them myself: iClever Q950 Hands-on
Designing for children is a unique challenge. Kids are clumsy, impatient, and have a remarkable talent for forgetting to charge their devices. This reality often…
Google, Amazon, and Sonos All Redesigned Their Smart Speakers, Except Apple
Between 2017 and 2021, Amazon’s devices division burned through over $25 billion, with Alexa and Echo hardware at the center of almost every bad quarter….
Nothing Ear (3a) boasts built-in audio recording, smarter ANC, and 42-hour battery life for just $99
Most wireless earbuds are designed to disappear into your daily routine. The Nothing Ear (3a) does the opposite. While the pair of buds brings the…
Alien-like Earphones Play Music On Your Face When Ears Can’t Hear It
Noise-canceling headphones have become the default answer to the mismatch between music and the world around you. The premise baked into every iteration of that…
The $99 Gadget That Clears 3 Devices Off Your Nightstand
The nightstand has become a staging ground for technology. Between a phone, a white noise machine, a lamp, and whatever book you’re pretending to read…