Category: headphones

JLab’s new sports earbuds have ANC and Find My Device support so you can’t lose them

Audio brand JLab has launched a new pair of budget-friendly, wireless athletic earbuds called the Sport ANC 4. Most importantly, these next-gen earbuds introduce features not seen on other JLab models.  Chief among them is Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation, which allows the earbuds to listen to the surrounding environment and…

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iFi’s new DAC is lossless and wireless –and there’s a high-powered headphone amp too

iFi has launched two brand new products for people who are serious about sound: the new Zen Blue 3 DAC, and the Zen Can 3 headphone amp. And the DAC is a world first: iFi says it’s the world’s first wireless DAC to both receive and transmit lossless audio – which…

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Report: Samsung’s next Galaxy Buds might be the most useful model yet

Information continues to leak about Samsung’s upcoming wearables, namely the Galaxy Buds 3 and the next-gen Galaxy Watch. Beginning with the former, a marketing image for the earbuds was posted on the official Samsung forums of all places by user AffinityNexa.  The post is still on the website now and…

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These transparent noise-cancelling over-ear headphones are exactly what Nothing should have released, but didn’t

In a parallel universe, these headphones are the latest product from Nothing. Because like the Nothing Ear (a) earbuds, they’re considerably more affordable than their direct rivals, they have an unusual design that exposes their innards, and they have all the tech you’d want (apart from Nothing earbuds’ ChatGPT integration,…

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10 AirPods upgrades we want to see in iOS 18 at WWDC – including audio AI features

When Apple unveils its latest fancy video presentation at WWDC 2024 next week, we’ll get our first good look at what iOS 18 will deliver – and that could include some useful AirPods enhancements too.  Apple’s apparent new focus on AI-enhanced everything has the potential to deliver some useful improvements to…

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Shokz’ OpenFit Air earbuds are my favorite sports-focused open-ear buds yet

Yogis, runners, swimmers, assemble! Shokz has just launched two new sets of headphones and you need to know about them. Why? Well, I attended the launch event and the Shokz OpenFit Air are my favorite open-ear earbuds yet.  So let’s kick off with those – although if you want to…

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