If you've spent time shopping for earbuds or headphones during the past several years, you've probably seen that many brands advertise a feature called transparency mode. First popularized by Apple's ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

The easiest way to use ANC and transparency mode is from the headphones themselves. Here's how to do it on AirPods Pro and AirPods Max. Step 1: To switch between the three noise-control modes on your ...

Sony refreshed its affordable earbud offering in 2021 when it debuted the $100 WF-C500. While that model delivered a refreshed design with 10 hours of battery life, support for 360 Reality Audio and ...

The best headphones are meant to immerse you in music; but sometimes they can make you feel a bit isolated and cut off from your surroundings. A new wave of 'open' earbuds can help there, but if you ...