Headphones and Speakers

Bose Is Dumping Its Health-Focused Hearing Aid Division Amid Struggles

May 5, 2022

Photo Credit: Thomas Martinsen After years of cost-cutting, Bose will no longer be selling hearing aids. Recent layoffs resulted in the elimination of the company's health division after an independent review... Read More...

MIT Engineers Develop Paper-Thin Loud Speaker – Listen

Ashley King

May 2, 2022

Photo Credit: Felice Frankel Researchers at MIT have developed a paper-thin loudspeaker that can turn any flat, rigid surface into an active, high-quality audio source. The process engineers used to create th... Read More...

Sonos Acquires Mayht, Who Showcased New Audio Transducer Tech at CES 2022

Ashley King

April 12, 2022

Photo Credit: Mayht Sonos has announced it is acquiring Mayht, a Netherlands-based company that showed off new audio transducer tech at CES this year. Mayht's Heartmotion technology replaces conventional dri... Read More...

New Apple Patent Hints at Voice-Activated Noise Cancellation

Ashley King

January 24, 2022

Photo Credit: Hamza Nouasria A new Apple patent suggests future versions of AirPods could turn noise cancellation on and off by command. The patent itself is defined as an "interrupt for noise-canceling audi... Read More...

Apple discontinues Beats Pill Plus speaker

Apple Discontinues the Portable Beats Pill Plus Speaker

Ashley King

January 11, 2022

Photo Credit: blocks Apple has discontinued the Beats Pill Plus portable wireless speaker, first released in 2015. The Beats Pill Plus was the first portable wireless speaker under the Beats brand after Appl... Read More...

Analysts Estimate Apple’s Wearables Business Grew 20% in 2021

Ashley King

January 3, 2022

Photo Credit: Akhil Yerabati Analysts expect Apple's wearables business to have grown by 20% year-over-year. That's according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TFI Asset management. The company sold 27 millio... Read More...

Sennheiser Exposed 28,000 Customers’ Data Online – Report

Ashley King

December 16, 2021

Photo Credit: Voice + Video A new security report suggests audio manufacturer Sennheiser may have exposed customer data. A team of researchers discovered an old cloud account full of customer data belonging ... Read More...

The Digital Music News Holiday Gift Guide!

Noah Itman

December 9, 2021

As we close another year out, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. We made it, folks, time off is just around the corner! But, it’s not just time off. It’s also the time of year that we help the eco... Read More...

Apple Discontinues Powerbeats, Beats Solo Pro and Beats EP

Ashley King

November 2, 2021

Photo Credit: James Yarema After the launch of Beats Fit Pro, Apple has discontinued several Beats models, including Powerbeats and Beats Solo Pro. The models are mostly older versions of the Beats headphone... Read More...

Apple Debuts AirPods 3 With a Brand-New Design and Spatial Audio Support

Ashley King

October 19, 2021

Apple revealed a newly redesigned AirPods 3 this week – with support for spatial audio. The new AirPods 3 design is modeled after the AirPods Pro, with shorter stems. The design sits more in-ear and includes... Read More...

Apple Quietly Extends AirPods Pro Repair Program for ‘Crackling Static’ Issues

Ashley King

October 13, 2021

Photo Credit: Auguras Pipiras Apple has quietly expanded the AirPods Pro repair program for 'crackling static.' Digital Music News covered the service program introduction in October 2020. That's because mul... Read More...

Sonos Raises Prices by $100 or More Amid Supply Chain Crunch

Ashley King

September 13, 2021

Photo Credit: Jako Janse van Rensburg Sonos raises prices for many of its speakers amid the supply chain shortage. The price hike is coming to a wide range of Sonos products, from $10 to $100. The Sonos Roam... Read More...

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Apple Quietly Extends AirPods Pro Repair Program for ‘Crackling Static’ Issues

Sonos Raises Prices by $100 or More Amid Supply Chain Crunch