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.
Unlike other
wireless headphone makers that get themselves lost in trying to invent a whole new «intuitive» control scheme, Beats keeps things extremely simple.
Not exact matches
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.
Beats is one of the most prominent
headphone makers in the world and sells a wide array of both wired and
wireless headphones.
Save for Samsung and LG devices, OnePlus is just about the only phone
maker left that hasn't moved to either USB C - based or
wireless audio — Apple, Google, HTC, Motorola and others have removed the
headphone jack from their 2017 flagships.
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.
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.
And now that many phone
makers are ditching the
headphone jack,
wireless headphones are a good way to ensure compatibility with just about any new device.
Save for Samsung and LG devices, OnePlus is just about the only phone
maker left that hasn't moved to either USB C - based or
wireless audio — Apple, Google, HTC, Motorola and others have removed the
headphone jack from their 2017 flagships.
808 Audio joins the growing list of
headphone makers to release its own set of truly
wireless earbuds this year.
The introduction of the iPhone 7 signaled the slow death of the 3.5 mm
headphone jack and
headphone makers have capitalized on creating
wireless and Lightning connected options.
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.
If Apple does remove the
headphone jack, it won't be the first phone -
maker to do so, as the recently announced Moto Z eschewed the port, forcing users to listen via
wireless headphones or ones that use a USB Type - C connector; Lenovo also plans to include a cable that will let users attach 3.5 mm
headphones to the Moto Z.
With major phone
makers such as Apple and Lenovo on a quest to kill off the
headphone jack, finding a pair of
headphones that deliver solid
wireless audio has never been more important.
That's what we are promised by
headphone makers,
wireless charging evangelists, and even gaming mice specialists.
It was a calculated risk, intended in part to also force the development of better
wireless and digital gear by
headphone makers.