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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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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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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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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You know the moment. The shot is set, the phone is mounted, you tap record, and the bud in your ear goes a half-beat behind your own mouth. Now you’re acting at your own audio, and the take is dead before you even hit the punchline. This is the part of the creator stack nobody
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Some weeks the gadget cycle is all incremental upgrades and color refreshes. This wasn’t one of them. The past few days brought a wide-foldable phone that breaks a six-year design pattern, Dyson’s first product cheap enough to call an impulse buy, a pool robot that empties its own filter, and a retro handheld that looks
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EarFun is about to launch the most affordable earbuds with translation on the market. The Clip 2 arrives April 27, 2026, and at $79.99, it’s the first pair of clip on earbuds to combine Hi-Res Audio with built-in AI translation, targeting a gap in the open ear headphones category that nobody else has filled yet.
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Amazon’s Big Spring Sale officially wrapped on March 31, but Samsung shoppers still have reasons to check back. Several discounts on Galaxy watches, phones, earbuds, monitors, and home audio remain active at the time of writing, and every one of them lands under the $250 mark. A few deals didn’t survive the post-sale window, including
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Bowers & Wilkins just dropped three new colors across its Pi8 true wireless earbuds ($499) and Px7 S3 over-ear headphones ($479). Dark Burgundy and Pale Mauve join the Pi8 lineup, while the Px7 S3 picks up a Vintage Maroon finish. No new internals, no firmware overhaul, no feature additions. Same sound, same price points, wrapped
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The first quarter of 2026 has been relentless. CES set the tone in January with transparent displays, tri-fold phones, and AI-powered everything, and the momentum hasn’t slowed. MWC added fuel in March, Samsung dropped its next flagship, and a handful of smaller companies showed up with products that have no business being this interesting at
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Two of the most recognizable logos in sports and audio have finally landed on the same product. Nike and Beats just announced the Powerbeats Pro 2 Nike Special Edition, marking the first hardware collaboration in the shared history of both brands. It’s a pairing that honestly felt inevitable, but the execution still managed to surprise
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Open-ear earbuds have spent the last two years proving you don’t need to seal your ear canal for good sound. The pitch has always been comfort and awareness over isolation and bass. It’s worked well enough to turn the category from a niche curiosity into a real segment with picks at every price. Cleer Audio
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Huawei has been quietly stacking wins in the audio space for a few generations now, but the FreeBuds Pro 5 feel like the moment the rest of the industry should start paying closer attention. Unveiled at MWC Barcelona 2026 and now shipping globally, these earbuds pack a dual-drive acoustic system, lossless wireless audio at 2.3
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MWC usually belongs to phones. Bigger screens, faster chips, foldable everything. So when a Kansas City company called EAR Micro showed up in Barcelona with a pair of handcrafted earbuds that start at $3,000 and top out past $115,000, it felt like someone had wandered into the wrong convention. They hadn’t. The T10 Bespoke landed
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The wireless earbuds market doesn’t take breaks. Over the past seven months, a fresh wave of releases has landed from brands that clearly weren’t content to coast on last year’s lineup. From Apple’s latest Pro revision to a sub-$100 pair that punches absurdly above its price, there’s something here for just about every kind of
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Last September, I reviewed the Soundpeats H3 hybrid earbuds. What I said at the beginning of the review bears repeating: Reviewing earbuds (earphones, in-ear monitors, etc.) today is both good and bad news. The good news is that it’s almost impossible to buy a terrible pair of earbuds. Unless you bought a $15 pair at
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ARTICLE – Open ear earbuds are having a moment, but the design language still hasn’t caught up. Too many models still look like gym kit, and that’s a tough sell if you’re trying to wear them on a random Tuesday. Price: $229.99 Where to buy: Sony Sony’s LinkBuds Clip is the company’s attempt to make
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REVIEW – The Huawei FreeClip 2 enters a category that usually asks for forgiveness. Most open ear buds feel like a tradeoff between comfort and clarity which is why I treated this pair with some suspicion at first. That changed within a few hours of wearing them around the house, through errands, and even while
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REVIEW – I seem to spend as lot of time with earbuds in – from running, riding bikes, walking the dog, and of course, meetings at work. For all but cycling and flying, I prefer open-air earbuds which let you hear ambient sounds. But I’ve been frustrated with most sets – they are either very