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Beats is one of the most prominent headphone makers in the world and sells a wide array of both wired and wireless headphones.

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Apple has never spent more than the $ 3 billion it paid for headphone maker Beats in 2014.

Moreover, by integrating the W1 chip in Beats headphones and Apple's seeming desire to get more customers interested in Beats» wireless headphones, the iPhone maker is hoping to bolster that division's hardware revenue and keep Beats and Apple atop the headphone heap.

The iPhone maker has long been rumored to have called on Beats» expertise in developing headphones to improve its own sound technology, and there's a good chance that the Beats engineering team at least had some input into how the AirPods would be developed.

In 2014, Google paid $ 3.2 billion for smart thermostat maker Nest, Apple (AAPL) acquired headphone maker Beats for $ 3 billion, and Microsoft spent $ 2.5 billion to own the Swedish gaming startup responsible for Minecraft.

The HTC Rezound is the first phone in the United States to offer Beats Audio technology after HTC paid a large sum to acquire the maker of high - end headphones.

And the French maker has really taken tie - in headphones to a new level with the limited edition Assassin's Creed Origins: Listen Wireless, with APTX compatible Bluetooth 4.1, heat - sensitive memory foam ear cushions, an ultra-flexible headband, and a circum - aural closed - back design combining to great effect.

Last year, LeEco's president of R&D Liang Jun told The Verge that ditching the headphone jack and going USB - C only didn't impact the manufacturing process, or help the Chinese gadget maker save space in its phone design.

Unlike other wireless headphone makers that get themselves lost in trying to invent a whole new «intuitive» control scheme, Beats keeps things extremely simple.

In fairness, Google worked with some wireless headphone makers to improve the Bluetooth pairing process — the company provided a pair of Libratone Q ADAPT headphones for review to prove the point — but the trend is still disquieting.

Samsung is the last of the major smartphone makers to include a headphone jack in its flagship phones, the Galaxy S series.

This is the doing of Bose, but is somewhat standard in terms of headphone makers.

With smartphone makers ditching the headphone jack in the hopes of a truly wireless future, we're having to rely on Bluetooth devices like earbuds and headphones more and more.

In January, while the world wondered whether Apple would replace the ancient headphone cable with its Lightning cable, one hi - fi headphone maker beat it to the punch.

German audio gear maker Bragi's first product, The Dash, was incredibly ambitious — a pair of wireless headphones with built - in fitness tracking and onboard storage to play music without relying on a phone.

It'll go on sale at HiHonor later this year, and the first 100 buyers in each country will get a pair of red co-branded Honor - Monster AM15 headphones at no extra charge, courtesy Huawei's newly forged partnership with peripherals maker Monster.

The other big benefit is that the headphones could draw all of their power from the Apple device, removing the need for headphone makers to worry about internal batteries in noise - cancelling headphones.

We've heard such distortion in pairs from less experienced noise cancelling headphone makers when taking the London Tube, standing next to the door, but haven't heard any such distortion from the Bose QuietComfort 35.

When Apple made it's $ 3 billion purchase of headphone maker Beats in 2014, its founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre joined the company as executives, overseeing the Apple Music and Beats 1 audio services.

The headphone maker announced at the IFA trade show today that a software update coming in October will allow access to Alexa, and will be available in English (US and UK) and German.

According to the headphone maker, this audio manipulation is done by first calibrating the headphones to your ears - creating something called an audiogram - and then using the audiogram in tandem with a modulation table to adjust all incoming signal to compensate for hearing loss.

High - end headphone makers focused on quality audio and the aforementioned noise - cancellation technology, while hearing aid makers brought out the big guns in the areas of miniaturization and amplification.

Like many other headphone makers at CES this year, Japanese electronics company JVC released several wireless headphones, bringing us ever closer to a wireless future where we're all juggling a dozen chargers in our bags.

These surprisingly simple headphones nail the basics in a way so many other «smart» headphone makers seem to miss.

The company boasts, among other things, being the first headphone maker to offer cables in multiple colors.

An accessory maker has posted images of a 3.5 - millimeter headphone port to Lightning adapter, in addition to two other Lightning equipped audio accessories.

It was a calculated risk, intended in part to also force the development of better wireless and digital gear by headphone makers.