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Sudo music player
A new music player looks like a cross between and iPod Classic and a Zune

By David Nield Published

If you want to combine offline tunes with modern streaming platforms, take a look at the new Sudo.

Portable Media Players
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? 9 months after being revealed, that twisty pair of headphones which turns into a speaker just finally became available to buy

By Tom Bedford Published

We first saw the TDM Neo at CES in January, and now you're finally able to buy the novel twisty speaker-headphone combo.

Headphones
Neurable One headphones on a wooden desk, or on a black background, showing the ear cups
Meet Neurable One, the all-new focus aid headphones with 'brain data banking'

By Becky Scarrott Published

Dr. Ramses Alcaide, Neurable CEO, explains why brain health is key — and that our cognitive data is still a very well-kept secret

Headphones
Samsung finally announces its first ever clip-on open earbuds, with a neat Galaxy Buds 4 feature… but you can't buy them yet

By Tom Bedford Published

The Samsung Galaxy Buds On are the brand's new clip-style open earbuds, with some design and feature inspirations from the Buds 4.

Earbuds & Airpods
An iFixit teardown of the Apple AirPods 5 earphones.
iFixit’s AirPods 5 teardown reveals one key improvement to Apple’s earbuds

By Alex Blake Published

iFixit tore down the new AirPods 5 and found some notable improvements compared to their predecessors.

Earbuds & Airpods
Spotify app on a smartphone in a car
Spotify was down for many — here's what we know about the outage

By Mark Wilson Last updated

Spotify was down for many users, with thousands reporting mobile app issues —here's what happened in its latest outage.

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Audio Streaming
Don't upgrade your handset, upgrade what it can do: these new cheap hi-fi Bluetooth dongles unlock hi-res music from your phone, and ping it to your wireless earbuds

By Tom Bedford Published

Three new hi-res USB-C audio dongles from class-leaders of the game: plug one in and get ready for LDAC and aptX, even from your iPhone

Audio
Technics EAH-A1000 in black, in a Tokyo hotel room with the skyline visible
Technics EAH-A1000 initial review: Technics just updated its superb EAH-A800 headphones, and I got them in advance — here's my early verdict

By Becky Scarrott Published

'Super svelte, super comfy and gloriously expansive': Technics' new over-ear headphones are very good indeed — here's why the EAH-A1000 could become class-leaders.

Wireless Headphones
A young woman in a lilac cardigan and sunglasses holds her phone while wearing Bose Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds
Bose's latest ANC earbuds come with something you probably wouldn't expect (it begins with W and rhymes with 'tires')

By Carrie Marshall Published

They're similar to Bose's wireless ANC earbuds, except there are in fact wires

Earbuds & Airpods
Product shot of the Nothing Headphone (1) Pro
Nothing's priciest headphones ever land — and our full review verdict is in

By Carrie Marshall Published

Nothing's new Headphones (1) Pro are designed to deliver both everyday audio and studio precision

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