News & Reviews:   earbuds

Fans of Apple’s true wireless stereo earbuds have been waiting for the tech giant to update its AirPods Pro for some time now, with a rumoured refresh never came to be over the past two years. If the latest rumour is to be believed however, the AirPods Pro 2 will be coming later this year and will feature USB Type-C.

Xiaomi launched a slew of devices recently across its huge catalogue of products. The most notable of these have got to be the Xiaomi 12 Series and Redmi K50 Series smartphones.

However, there is also an unexpected special product that the tech company released yesterday during its launch conference in China which involves a collaboration with a massive global mobile game hit. That product is of course the Redmi AirDots 3 Pro Genshin Impact Special Edition!

Based on a statement by japantimes.co.jp, it seems that Panasonic recently developed a gadget that utilizes vacuum suction in order to pick up earbuds that were dropped onto railway tracks. The push for the development of such a gadget was due to the fact that there were around 950 cases of dropped earbuds between July and September of 2020, which has the potential to not only damage the railway tracks but also place patrons in danger if they were foolish enough to try and retrieve their earbuds.

As per tradition, 10.10 sales is coming real soon right after the 9.9 promo sales on Shopee. So in conjunction with Shopee 10.10 Brands Festival, some tech brands are putting a huge discount of up to 85% tomorrow on 29 September as a one-day-only Tech Upgrade Brands Sale.

OnePlus is gearing up for a launch in July and it's not just for the OnePlus Nord smartphone. Back in May, it was already hinted that the company could be launching a new True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds. Now, the same source has claimed that the OnePlus TWS earbuds will come in black as well.

Based on a tweet by Francis Wang, it seems that the realme Buds Q will be available in India at the price of less than INR2000 (~RM114). It is best to note that this is the first time these earbuds will be available outside of China, which means that there’s a high probability that it’ll be available in Malaysia too.

It seems that Vivo’s upcoming earbuds called the Vivo TWS Neo has been posted on their official website, and it seems to come equipped with a 14.2mm drivers and an AptX codec from Qualcomm. While not much is known in regards to the exact price of the aforementioned earbuds, gizmochina claims that it will most likely be cheaper than RMB799(~RM486).

Based on a report by the AndroidPolice.com, it seems that HTC could be working on a pair of wireless earbuds that look similar to a black Apple AirPods. The only difference between HTC’s earbuds and the Apple AirPods is that HTC’s charging case opens lengthwise instead of flipping the top open.

OPPO has officially announced that the upcoming OPPO Enco W31 wireless earbuds, will be available in Malaysia in a few weeks. While not much is known in regards to the tech specs and features of the earbuds for now, we do know that it is both water and dust resistant which makes it great to use while working out.

Sennheiser recently unveiled their Momentum True Wireless 2 which comes with Active Noise Cancellation, as well as up to 28 hours of total battery life. In terms of the pricing and availability, the aforementioned earbuds are available at 299USD(~RM1279) and it will be available in the US alongside Europe from April 2020 onwards.