Apple's long-rumored over-ear headphones could include a unique control scheme, one consisting of touch gestures that function regardless of how the headphones are oriented on the user's head, rather ...

Due mainly to the influence of the iPhone and iPod, a good many headphones have a playback/call control unit of some sort bulging out from the audio cable. Though undeniably useful, this can add some ...

Bose Sport Earbuds has a unique feature to access its functions and that is the use of touch interface instead of a button. It basically means that the outer surface of the ear buds works more like a ...

Touchscreens have taken over our world to the point where it’s probably harder for companies to procure physical buttons than it is to slap a touch panel on a new product. That’s the only rational ...

Sennheiser just introduced its more affordable Accentum noise-canceling headphones in September, aiming to offer some of the best parts of its pricier Momentum cans at a lower price. At CES 2024, the ...

At IFA 2015 in Berlin, Parrot has announced the latest iteration of their upscale, high-tech headphones, the Zik 3. While the new model looks almost identical to last year's Zik 2, right down to the ...

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...

I am currently putting the Nothing Headphone (1) through their paces, and one thing has stood out to me. The physical controls. The audio cues that play when changing volume or activating features ...

Apple is continuing to research methods of determining how a user is wearing headphones, to assist in interpreting touch gestures properly, regardless of how the headphones are worn on a user's head.

Mere seconds after Apple announced its third-generation, buttonless iPod shuffle this week, a collective cry of "What about my expensive third-party headphones?" rang out across the Internet. Since ...

Calling Parrot’s new Zik 2.0 headphones “headphones” is like calling the Iron Man suit a “shirt.” These cans are loaded with sensors, connectivity options, noise-cancellation features, and gesture ...