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It didn’t take long for the JBL Live Beam 4 to become my go-to wireless earbuds. As soon as I put them in and started playing music, I was impressed with the punchy sound and comfortable fit. They sport a lovely design and come with a smart charging case that lets you adjust the earbuds’…

Thebest running headphones have to strike an almost impossible balance. They need to fit well and sound great, but also offer some awareness of your surroundings and be robust enough to handle sweat and rain.

Don’t quite call it a comeback because it never left, but sales of CD have been growing in the past few years and Roberts Radio wants to join in on the resurgence with the launch of the Revere range, three stereo systems combining CD, radio, Bluetooth and streaming playback.

After years of delays, Siri AI is finally available for everyone bringing an Apple-supported AI experience to most of your devices. One of the few things that hasn’t been graced with Siri Ai just yet to the HomePod smart speaker — but that might be changing soon.

Invasive use of Meta’s camera-enabled smart glasses has earned them the moniker “pervert glasses,” and the company has prepped a solution for Meta Connect 2026: Ray-Ban Meta Audio, smart glasses that ditch cameras entirely to focus on audio features and AI.

Remember when the rumor mill of those AirPods Pro with cameras started swirling? We may be waiting a while longer for them, but outside of Apple’s ecosystem, Qualcomm’s just launched the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 silicon to support the devices that will compete with them.

A habitual Bluetooth earbuds wearer, I often forget about the sheer audio pleasure of a pair of over-the-ear headphones (or as my audiophile friends like to call them, “cans”), which is why my experience with the new Beats 360 wireless Bluetooth headphones was even more revelatory.

If you love listing to acoustic sets, live recordings or unplugged sessions from your favorite artists, then Apple Music’s new announcement might make it your go-to streaming service for this kind of recording.

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have shown that everyday headphones, a desk phone, and a handful of smart-home gadgets can broadcast what they are doing simply by using a radio signal.

Exactly two years on from the release of the AirPods 4 ANC, there’s a new cheap earbud in town: the AirPods 5. And, oh boy, are the newest earbuds even cheaper. At just $124/$149 (standard case vs wireless charging case), the AirPods 5 are actually the most inexpensive AirPods ever released.