We're all accustomed to Bluetooth, which in its time was magical enough, but now companies are looking at truly wireless earbuds that don't even connect to their own components using wires.
Rumours and leaks have been swirling around and gathering heat at the CES or Consumer Electornic Show at Las Vegas, about how the iPhone 7 will first of all have no headphone jack at all. They may plug into the Lightnig port.
But the other rumour is that with the Beats brand, Apple will have optional earbuds which will be two separate buds with no wires between them. Whether the earbuds will use Bluetooth between them or some other tech, is not clear.
Truly wireless earbuds are actually already in existence, as Verge reported from CES. They come from the company, Bragi who have been at work over these for a year or more and have put it up as a Kickstarter project with 160,000 backers. Some lucky people who were smart enough to book them are are beginning to get them now, after several delays. Called the Dash, these earbuds talk to each other through Near Field Magnetic Conduction not Bluetooth though they connect to the playback device via Bluetooth.
They're also touch sensitive. You swipe on an earbud to control the volume, tap to play and stop and you also tap to hear the world around you or tap to dismiss it. The Dash earbuds also track your sports and fitness activities. The music is said to sound pretty good too.
A company called Kanoa is also apparently going to release completely wireless earbuds in August and they're even up for pre-order on their website.
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Mala Bhargava has been writing on technology well before the advent of internet in Indians and before CDs made their way into computers. Mala writes on technology, social media, startups and fitness. A trained psychologist, she claims that her understanding of psychology helps her understand the human side of technology.
