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The TDM Neo headphones held in a man's hand. On the left, they are in headphone format, on the right, they are twisted into a round speaker shape

I tried headphones that twist into a Bluetooth speaker, and I loved them

By Matt Bolton published

It's all about the execution with the TDM Neo — and the 200-hour battery life doesn't hurt either

Wireless Headphones
A selection of earbuds held in two hands, above a Persian carpet

The best budget earbuds, all real-world tested by our expert audio team

By Becky Scarrott last updated

Updated The best budget wireless and wired earbuds you can buy today, with options from Sony, Nothing, EarFun, JLab and more.

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A young woman with black hair wearing the Skullcandy Method 540 ANC earbuds in black

Skullcandy's new earbuds put AI in your ears – but there's a catch

By Carrie Marshall published

Skull AI comes out of beta to bring AI, exclusively to your 540 ANC earbuds

Earbuds & Airpods
CES

The 25 best gadgets we saw at CES 2026

By TechRadar Team published

From smart home to home theater to fitness to gaming to laptops – here's the tech you need to know this year.

Tech Events
JBL Soundgear Clips in purple, on TechRadar's CES 2026 poster background, with blue, purple and yellow splashes of color

The 7 best earbuds and headphones at CES 2026 — from shape-shifting open earbuds to cans that twist into a speaker (yes, really)

By Becky Scarrott published

Open earbuds that cut noise and offer spatial audio profiles, cans that can read your mind, open earbuds than morph into, er, closed earbuds and on-ears that can become… on-tables?

Earbuds & Airpods
Sony WF-1000XM5

New Sony WF-1000XM6 leaks point to pricing and a release date

By David Nield published

The Sony WF-1000XM6 are rumored to be launching in February – and they may cost a little more than their predecessors.

Earbuds & Airpods
Klipsch Atlas Series headphones, left to right: HP-3, HP-2 and HP-1 on a grey background

Klipsch and Onkyo celebrate 80 years of audio with the first Klipsch headphones in a decade, plus some cool new concepts

By Carrie Marshall published

Klipsch reveals three new headphones and some sweet-looking speakers

Headphones
Shokz Openfit Pro outside, outside held in a woman's hand, with green grass in the background

I’ve worn the all-new Shokz open earbuds for 4 days and the ‘noise reduction’ is so good, I forget they’re open-ear

By Becky Scarrott published

Head-tracked spatial audio and ANC in open earbuds? Yes, you can, with the latest flagship offering from Shokz

Earbuds & Airpods
The Anker Soundcore Aerofit 2 Pro in a man's ear while he looks the wrong way to wait for the train.

Only 5 days in, the best fitness headphones of 2026 have already been announced — if they’ll stick the landing

By Tom Bedford published

The Anker Soundcore Aerofit 2 Pro are open earbuds that can switch over to become standard fitness 'phones, fixing problems with the form factor.

Earbuds & Airpods
Close-up of two ears showing the two different fits of the Soundcore AeroFit 2 Pro earbuds

Soundcore unveils open earbuds that can also be ear-sealing ANC buds

By Carrie Marshall published

Anker's new adaptable earbuds are tiny transformers

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