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You can now get AirPods in 'neutral' skin-tone colors, but you'll pay a premium for them
By Henry St Leger published
The new ColorWare line gives Apple’s current headphone range a new lick of paint, with the AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Max all benefiting from the makeover.

Feel like the battery on your wireless earbuds degrades faster than other tech? You might not be wrong – scientists have dug into how device design may make the difference
By Dave Meikleham published
The battery life of earbuds seems to be depleting more and more, but researchers are working on finding the solution.

‘Labor of love’: Powerbeats Pro 2 are officially here with heart-rate tracking, and Apple’s Hardware Engineering VP tells us what took so long
By Jacob Krol published
Beats has officially announced the Powerbeats Pro 2 after countless teasers shared and many rumors, with built-in heart-rate monitoring.

Samsung is looking to give wireless earbuds true lossless sound by swapping Bluetooth for UWB tech from AirTags
By Carrie Marshall published
Samsung's UWB earbuds patent promises better audio and lower latency too

Apple finally gives instructions on how to update AirPods… sort of
By Carrie Marshall published
Apple finally explains the mysterious AirPods update process

More Powerbeats Pro 2 images have surfaced, and there's a 'Heart Rate' button
By Becky Scarrott published
Hot on the heels of rumors that Powerbeats Pro 2 could beat AirPods to the punch for heart-rate monitoring, fresh images have landed – and they look good.

The weirdest omission from the Samsung Galaxy S25 launch? Samsung and Google's new Dolby Atmos-busting sound tech
By Carrie Marshall published
You'd think Samsung would be shouting about its new spatial audio sound.

Apple's banking on camera-equipped AirPods to trounce Meta smart glasses, but I'm not sure it's enough
By Becky Scarrott published
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman doubles down on claims Apple's priority (and answer to Meta AR glasses) is to fit future AirPods with IR cameras.
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