Headphones and others news

Nothing is teasing the Ear 3 Pro as Kingdra

A Nothing support page archived in September ties Kingdra to the Ear 3 Pro. It would be the first Pro model in the Ear line.

Samsung's Galaxy Studio headphones clear Korea's radio certification

Bose buys Skullcandy and keeps it as a cheaper brand of its own

Skullcandy's Method 360 ANC and Crusher 1080 ANC already use Bose audio. Now Bose is buying the company, and Skullcandy stays the cheaper brand.

Samsung's Galaxy Studio headphones pass their first certification

Fairphone's Fairbuds 2 launch October 14 with seven replaceable parts

Fairbuds 2 cost $119 when they launch October 14, less than the first pair.

Bose's first new wired earbuds in 11 years cost $99 and ship October 15

Bose built ANC wired earbuds in under a year because corded sales came back, and $99 gets you lossless audio plus QuietControl.

Bose's new $199 Sport Open earbuds are built for workouts

Bose now sells two open-ear pairs: a $299 Ultra that gets 9 hours of battery and a $199 Sport model built for workouts.

Soundcore put a heart rate sensor inside sleep earbuds

Soundcore put a 100 Hz heart-rate sensor in a sleep earbud and a touchscreen on the case. $349.99, shipping in November.

Translation earbuds now come with a monthly subscription

Timekettle's W4 Plus translates 52 languages live on calls and video without the other person downloading anything.

Anker put the same chip in headphones, clip-ons and hearing aids

Anker's new Thus AI chip powers a full IFA lineup, from $200 Space 2 Pro headphones to $170-$230 AeroClip open-ear earbuds.

Shokz got its earhook buds down to 7.2 grams

$130 on August 27, eight hours a charge and 36 more in the case.

You can replace the battery in Sennheiser's new earbuds

The charging case opens too, with a compact screwdriver and a few minutes. Five colorways, September 3, $300.

Earbuds beat watches in the $1 trillion wearables forecast

Smartwatches and earbuds will print over $1 trillion by 2032. Hope you bought stock.

Ozlo's sleep earbuds get cheaper as the category fills up

Ozlo's Sleepbuds 2 weigh 1.6 grams and last 14 hours, but still skip active noise canceling.

Nothing Ear (3a) Can Record Calls and Audio Without Your Phone

Nothing's new $99 earbuds record audio directly to the buds themselves.

Sennheiser's first clip-on earbuds confirmed for July

Sennheiser's first clip-on earbuds launch July 23 in Canada, and the US isn't on the list yet.

Beats Studio Buds had a secret eavesdropping flaw

Your Beats Studio Buds could be eavesdropped on before you even connected them.

Open-ear earbuds finally stop making excuses

At 6.4 grams, these open-ear earbuds weigh less than two nickels. The sound, apparently, did not get the memo to stay small.

Yamal spotted wearing unreleased Beats headphones

Lamine Yamal's Instagram just out-marketed Beats' entire PR team. FCC's cleared, so stores are next.