Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is reporting that Apple has plans for some AirPods updates. If you've held off on purchasing the little Apple earrings because of connectivity or water resistance concerns, it's time to get excited.
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Wireless earbuds are all the rage right now. And there's a good reason for that -- wires are annoying. Jaybird has a new pair of truly wire-free Bluetooth 'buds called the RUN, and it shouldn't take you too long to guess what they're made for.
Jabra's waterproof, sport-focused Elite Sport wireless earbuds are, at the moment, my favourite in-ear wireless headphones. And a new minor hardware upgrade makes them even better.
You know how when you get a new pair of headphones, taking them out of the box is always a task? You always end up ripping the box to bits because the headphone cable is tangled throughout and hidden away behind plastic and cardboard.
But not Beats' new BeatsX wireless headphones. I cracked open the gorgeous box you see here, pulled a little tab, and saw the headphones presented in their full, tangle-free glory. That's when I thought yeah, that's what's up.
Last year Apple killed the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 and tried to convince us all that we would be much happier with Bluetooth headphones instead. Apple's flagship solution for all of that woe came by the way of the AirPods, $229 headphones with absolutely no wires. For the price, I like AirPods, but they aren't without problems. Fortunately, the Apple-owned Beats has a solution for users who want Bluetooth headphones without those problems, and it comes by way of the new $199 Beats X earbuds.
I'm sitting on a busy subway train in Manhattan, listening to some tunes. This is a normal situation, something I do a dozen times a week. What isn't normal is that I only hear my music, and I don't hear any of the train or crowd noise around me. Instead, my music is backed by white noise. No panhandlers or chatty kids or the screech of subway wheels on rails. Doppler Labs's Here One wireless earbuds are blocking out all that nonesense so I can focus on my tunes.
I had high hopes for Sol Republic's new Amps Air truly wireless earbuds. Sol Republic has a long history of making low-priced gear that sounds pretty good, and with Apple's AirPods delayed for the next little while, the Amps Air earbuds could be a good alternative, especially since they sell for just $US180, with a special $US150 promo price. And then I put them in my ears.
