Anker’s new feature-packed earbuds come in two flavors, both with screens on the case — but don’t be distracted by the outside, because the exciting news is under the hood and on your phone

Anker Day 2026 brings two new pairs of earbuds, as well as a smartphone tie-in app and news of new components.

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Look ma, no cables: this all-in-one Wi-Fi streamer, speaker and soundbar from a five-star audio company is hefty, but it might be all the modern hi-fi you need

Dali has unveiled the Vega, an all-in-one piece of hi-fi gear that combines speaker, amp, streamer and soundbar — and it can be stuck on your wall or laid on a surface
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Anker’s new earbuds are the first with its AI chip that boosts noise reduction
 Anker’s new earbuds are the first with its AI chip that boosts noise reduction

Anker has announced a new version of its Soundcore Liberty Pro earbuds: the new Liberty 5 Pro. These are the company’s first earbuds featuring the Thus AI audio chip Anker announced last month, here being used to bolster noise reduction capabilities and help ensure the user’s voice can be clearly heard during calls, even in […]

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High-end hi-fi company YBA has made what it claims is the world’s first “transportable” CD player for SACDs — it’s got the audiophiles in the office very excited, but it’s not exactly a handheld model to slip in your jacket pocket

YBA has made what it claims is the world’s first “transportable” CD player for Super Audio CDs, but it’s not exactly a handheld model.
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‘I got chills’: Dolby Atmos brought Audible books and Rocket Man to life in a way that whisked me to another time and place

Audible set up a downtown Manhattan space to celebrate its partnership with Dolby Atmos and all the books (and some of the music) the technology had helped them bring to life — and you can go listen, if you have an Audible…

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Spotify will now reserve concert tickets for artists’ biggest fans — the service is standing against Ticketmaster battles and scalpers by launching its own ticket priority system so you can automatically benefit if you really love a musician

Spotify wants to take down ticket scalpers, and it’s launching a new system that gives top fans the chance to score first-priority tickets.
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Spotify’s huge new podcast makeover means you can now ask in-depth questions about the episodes you’re listening to, which sounds great — but the new ‘generated’ Personal Podcast feature will be more controversial…

More new features are coming to Spotify’s podcasts, including a search tool that dives deeper into your favorite episodes and a Personal Podcast generator.
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Alexa+ can now create AI podcasts about the news in case you wanted that for some reason — so it’s perfect timing that Spotify is actually verifying podcasts that are definitely from humans

Alexa+ can now create AI-generated podcasts on any topic for you, but Spotify is going to help you avoid them.

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You’ve heard of Touch ID and Face ID, but is Ear ID next? Researchers have detailed a new tech would let you use AirPods or similar buds to prove who you are and unlock your gadgets — and it’s actually your heartrate that they detect

Researchers in China have discovered a way to verify identity via heartbeat, all using earbuds. And it’s a tech that’s not limited to heart rate buds like the AirPods.
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‘You don’t listen to this jacket. You feel it’: someone made a sci-fi jacket that includes 180 built-in speakers, and for way weirder reasons than you’d expect

Vollebak’s new Sonic Jacket is a marvel of engineering, and you could actually buy one — theoretically…