Every year, our “must-have” lists fill up with the obvious headliners: the new iPhone, another foldable, a flagship pair of earbuds. The launches are loud, the unboxings rack up millions of views, and three months later most of us go right back to using the same handful of tools we already trusted. The gadgets that […]
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The Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro and Liberty 5 Pro Max have only been on sale for a couple of weeks, but they already look like the most interesting earbuds Anker has shipped in years. The Liberty 5 Pro carries a Guinness World Record for call clarity. The Pro Max bolts a 1.78-inch AMOLED touchscreen onto
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The biggest news about Sony’s WF-1000XM6 isn’t the new driver or the extra mics. It’s the chip. Sony built a new noise-canceling processor for these earbuds called the QN3e. It’s a different chip from the QN3 inside Sony’s WH-1000XM6 over-ear headphones. That one decision is what powers most of the upgrades in this generation. Price:
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The over-ear ANC market has settled into a familiar shape: Sony’s WH-1000XM6 owns the top of the pile, Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra owns the noise floor, and AirPods Max (refreshed as the H2-powered AirPods Max 2, introduced in March 2026) owns the “if you live in the Apple ecosystem” slot starting at $549. Everything else has
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Open-ear earbuds used to be a workout-only category. In 2026 they’re the default pair a lot of people reach for first, because hearing the world around you isn’t a compromise anymore. CES this past January was an open-ear arms race, with Shokz, Sony, JBL, and Soundcore all unveiling new pairs within days of each other.
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Bone conduction headphones don’t plug your ear canal. Instead, they transmit vibration through your cheekbones, which means you can keep more awareness of traffic, coworkers, or trail chatter while still getting your playlist. That trade-off is exactly why searches spike as summer training ramps up, but it also explains why these won’t satisfy anyone chasing
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The best new gadgets of May 2026 don’t share a category, just a release date. There’s a pet air purifier that catches fur before it ever reaches the HEPA filter, the first Garmin built around wellness over training, a Snapdragon X2 Elite Copilot+ laptop that clears a full workday on battery, and a $599 launch
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Memorial Day weekend is here, and the speaker you bought three summers ago probably won’t make it through another season. IP67 is now standard at the $50-and-up tier, newer Bluetooth speakers hold connections past 100 feet outdoors (premium picks like the Bose Flex still cap around 30 feet), and the under-$100 tier finally sounds good
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IFA is back on the calendar for fall 2026, and the dates are locked. Berlin’s Messe halls open September 4 to 8 for IFA Berlin 2026, the biggest consumer tech trade show of fall 2026, with CES in Las Vegas as its January counterpart. If you watch the show for laptop reveals, smart home debuts,
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Soundcore today announced the Liberty 5 Pro and Liberty 5 Pro Max at Anker Day in New York, and they’re the first two products built around Anker’s new co-developed THUS AI chip. The headline trick is on the Pro Max: a 1.78-inch AMOLED touchscreen baked into the charging case that records meetings directly to the
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Spring 2026 brought two true flagship launches, Sony’s WF-1000XM6 in February and Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 4 Pro in March, into a market where three strong 2025 holdovers (Apple’s AirPods Pro 3, Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen), and EarFun’s Air Pro 4+) are still the picks to beat in their respective lanes. Whether you need
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The jump from built-in TV speakers to a real soundbar is bigger than the jump from a $500 soundbar to a $1,500 one. The first upgrade fixes everything that was broken. The second upgrade chases marginal gains most living rooms can’t even reveal. The change shows up inside five minutes of plugging one in. Dialogue
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Sony’s WH-1000XM5 just hit $278 on Amazon, its lowest tracked price since launch, as Memorial Day deals go live across the audio category. Bose is also shaving $120 off its mainline QuietComfort, and Nothing’s first KEF-tuned over-ears are matching their all-time low. We’ve pulled eight picks that we’d actually spend on, across over-ears, true wireless
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The first thing you carry that doesn’t need a charger feels strange in 2026. We’re so used to plugging in earbuds, smartwatches, even the toothbrush, that the idea of a speaker pulling sound out of thin air sounds like a gimmick. Price: $179 Where to Buy: Yanko Design Select These Battery-free Amplifying iSpeakers aren’t a
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A decade ago, anything under a hundred bucks sounded like a tin can with a Bluetooth chip. That isn’t true in 2026. Some of the best-sounding wireless earbuds shipping this year cost less than a dinner for two, and a few cost less than a single concert ticket. The shift didn’t happen overnight. Chinese audio
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Most teacher gift guides treat the classroom as a backdrop, not the actual problem. They cycle through mugs, chocolates, candles, and novelty desk toys that end up in a drawer by June. The smarter move is to think about what teachers do all day, then pick the piece of tech that takes friction out of
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Lenovo’s gaming arm in China just dropped a teaser for a new headset that’s clearly meant to sit at the top of its Legion audio lineup. It’s called the Legion Y960, and Lenovo says it’ll launch on May 19, 2026, alongside a refresh of the Legion phone, two Legion Y900 gaming tablets, and a new
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Ask audiophiles to name the best HiFi audio brands, and the same names keep coming up. You’ll see them in forums, Reddit threads, and community polls. They aren’t always the brands with the biggest ad budgets. The ones that earn real trust tend to share a few traits most casual listeners don’t notice. What makes
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Bowers & Wilkins has expanded its flagship Px8 S2 wireless over-ear headphones with two additional color options, taking the lineup to five finishes in total. The new Midnight Blue and Pearl Blue variants go on sale today, April 22, priced at US$799, CDN $999, £629 in the UK, and €729 in the European Union. Price:
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Most wireless speakers are built to blend in. Black, white, gray, maybe a safe navy blue if the brand is feeling bold. Audio Pro just went the other way with its C5 MkII W Classic. The new limited edition comes in bright yellow, and it practically dares you to hide it behind a bookshelf. Price:
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