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These Stylish Bluetooth Headphones Impressed Me With Their Crazy Battery Life -- And They've Never Been Cheaper for Amazon's Prime Day

I might not be a true battle-tested headphone expert like CNET's own Dave Carnoy, but I still love headphones and I'm confident in what I like about them. My most recent pickup, the Marshall Major V on-ear bluetooth headphones, quickly became a pair that I adore, and for Amazon's Prime Day sales event, you can see what I mean for the historic-low price of $100. Marshall is a British audio hardware company that got its start back in the early '60s and became renowned for producing things like am

Prime Day pick: Save a record 33% on the Sonos Ace headphones

Audiophiles, listen up — there’s a fantastic deal on the Sonos Ace headphones that’s perfect for enhancing your listening experience. Right now, you can grab the Sonos Ace for just $299, a significant drop from its usual price of $449. That’s a 33% discount, and it brings the headphones to their lowest price of all time. Sonos Ace Headphones for $299 (33% off) These headphones pack several impressive features. With plush vegan leather ear cushions and a stainless steel headband, the Sonos Ace p

I tested Dyson's pricey flagship headphones and they're better than expected (and $200 off)

Jada Jones/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The Dyson OnTrac headphones Impressive sound, adequate noise-canceling, and innovative design choices define the OnTrac headphones. Dyson could spend more time refining these headphones' physical controls, as they can be finicky and unreliable. The Dyson OnTrac headphones are on sale for $300 (save $200) during Amazon Prime Day. Who says the same company that made your vacuum cleaner and hairdryer can't make your headphones? I'm unsure if anyone has

From Budget to ‘Wait, Is This Free?’, These JBL Headphones Get Prime Day Magic

There are tons of headphones out there these days. Some are wireless, some are corded. Some cost an exorbitant amount of money. That doesn’t make them the best of their kind, though. Actually, the best headphones are the ones that you’re comfortable wearing and the ones that sound fantastic. JBL makes some surprisingly great headphones at fair prices. They don’t have every fancy feature under the sun, but what they do offer is solid sound quality, dependable battery life, and affordability. And

My favorite bone-conduction headphones have a 12-hour battery life and are finally under $150

ZDNET's key takeaways The new Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 are the follow-up to the widely popular bone conduction headphones used by dedicated athletes, like marathoners and triathletes They're now available for $180. The OpenRun Pro 2 are as comfortable as ever, with a longer battery life than their predecessor. The volume of the headphones could be louder, and the microphone produces a warbled sound View now at Amazon Amazon currently has the latest Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 on sale for $55 off during P

Score the high-end Bose QuietComfort headphones at their lowest 2025 price

Bose is offering an eye-catching discount on its QuietComfort Headphones in the Prime Day sale, knocking the price down to $199 from the usual $349. This is the best price yet for 2025, meaning you’re saving 43% off the recommended retail price. If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your listening experience, this might be your chance. Bose QuietComfort Headphones for $199 (43% off) Among other hues, the Bose QuietComfort headphones come in a unique Chilled Lilac color — a limited edition tha

I replaced my Bose UltraComfort headphones for the Sony XM6 - this deal solidifies the upgrade

ZDNET's key takeaways The Sony WH-1000XM6 are available in Black, Silver, and Midnight Blue for $450. These headphones provide exceptional noise cancellation, practical software features, and an enjoyable sound. A tight fit and non-adjustable noise cancellation are noticeable pitfalls for premium headphones. View now at Sony View now at Amazon more buying choices For a limited time, Amazon has the Sony WH-1000XM6 on sale for $428, a light discount that you shouldn't take for granted. It's be

Beats Studio Pro Headphones Are Dirt Cheap, Amazon Wants to Get Rid of Them at Prime Day

There are more than enough wireless headphones with active noise cancellation (ANC) available on the market but they are not all created equal or as comfortable. Even within the same brand, there will be various models available to suit different needs and price points, as with Beats’ Solo 4 and Studio Pro headphones. If you would prefer a premium model at a ridiculously low cost, Amazon is making it happen with the Beats Studio Pro during this Prime Day sale. This deal is exclusive to Prime me

Why I recommend this OnePlus flagship phone over the S25 Ultra - especially at $120 off

ZDNET's key takeaways The OnePlus 13 is a snappy, nearly no-compromise phone that typically starts at $899. A Snapdragon 8 Elite, paired with a 6,000mAh battery and 80W fast charging, is a recipe for endurance success. IP69 is almost excessive, but you'll appreciate it when least expected. View now at OnePlus View now at Best Buy View now at Amazon more buying choices For Prime Day, you can buy the OnePlus 13 from Amazon at a $120 discount, no matter if it's the 256GB or 512GB variant. It's

Best Noise-Canceling Headphones for Music and More in 2025

Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2: Bowers & Wilkins released the PX7 S2 headphones in 2022 with some significant improvements over the first-generation version.That was followed by a slightly upgraded version, the PX7 S2e ($400), with the "e" standing for evolved. The audio quality has been slightly upgraded thanks to improved digital processing (the headphones have been retuned), which we assume involves an upgraded chip. You may see this model nicely discounted because Bowers & Wilkins has released the

Nothing Phone (3) review

Carl Pei led electronics manufacturer OnePlus from being a scrappy brand for tech enthusiasts offering affordable phones to one that produces multiple lines of devices, including flagship phones that challenge Samsung and Apple. He is running a similar playbook with Nothing, a five-year-old, venture-backed hardware startup that just launched its most ambitious device, the Phone (3), earlier this month. The phone, priced at $799, is intended to compete with devices from Samsung and Apple. While

Bose QuietComfort Headphones Drop Nearly 50% Off With Limited Edition Color for Amazon Prime Day Deal

Whether you’re working out or out to work, music and podcasts really help things along nicely. Being able to zone out or focus up is the best way to make sure you get whatever you need done, done. You don’t want to have to deal with the rest of the world, you want to lose yourself in the music and just enjoy what you’re doing, and the best way to do that is with a pair of really good headphones. See at Amazon While there are a lot of options out there, some of the best around come from Bose. J

The Bose QuietComfort headphones drop to $199 for Prime Day

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The well-regarded Bose QuietComfort headphones are on sale for just $199 as part of the Prime Day festivities. That's a significant discount of 42 percent, as the regular price is $350. The deal applies to multiple colorways. These QuietComfort headphones include active noise cancella

Prime Day deals include $102 off the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . We typically see solid deals on headphones and earbuds for Prime Day every year, and this time around is no different. One of the best ones right now is on the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones — they're just about $100 off right now and on sale for $298. We saw them briefly drop to $285 the

The OnePlus Nord 5's Marble Design Is My Favorite Thing About This Phone

It's a little shallow that my favorite thing about the OnePlus Nord 5 -- and its cheaper sibling the Nord CE5 -- is the design on the back of the phone. But in a world where most budget-focused phones are identical gray slabs, it's refreshing to see something a bit different. The back of the Nord 5 has an unusual design that looks like marble. I don't know how OnePlus has done it, but the way that the material catches the light makes it look deeply three dimensional. Running your finger across

Emergency alert to be sent to smartphones in UK test

Emergency alert to be sent to smartphones in UK test 11 hours ago Share Save Aleks Phillips BBC News Share Save Watch UK alert go off from a government test in 2023 The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones in the UK will be tested again this September, the government has said. It will see compatible phones vibrate and make a siren sound for 10 seconds while displaying a message at 15:00 BST on 7 September, even if they are set to silent. The alerts are intended for si

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Emergency alerts to be sent to UK smartphones

Emergency alerts to be sent to UK smartphones 2 hours ago Share Save Aleks Phillips BBC News Share Save Watch UK alert go off from a government test in 2023 The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones in the UK will be tested again this September, the government has said. It will see compatible phones vibrate and make a siren sound for 10 seconds while displaying a message at 15:00 BST on 7 September, even if they are set to silent. The alerts are intended for situations

Samsung and Epic Games call a truce in app store lawsuit

Epic Games, buoyed by the massive success of Fortnite, has spent the last few years throwing elbows in the mobile industry to get its app store on more phones. It scored an antitrust win against Google in late 2023, and the following year it went after Samsung for deploying "Auto Blocker" on its Android phones, which would make it harder for users to install the Epic Games Store. Now, the parties have settled the case just days before Samsung will unveil its latest phones. The Epic Store drama

‘Daemons of the Shadow Realm’ WIll Be a ‘FullMetal Alchemist’ Anime Reunion

The enduring legacy of Hiromu Arakawa’s FullMetal Alchemist can be partially owed to its pair of anime adaptations by animation studio Bones. Since then, both creator and company have moved on to other ventures—the latter has notably adapted the likes of My Hero Academia and the newly premiered Gachiakuta, among others. Now, 15 years after FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood concluded, Bones is back at adapting Arakawa’s work, namely her fantasy manga Daemons of the Shadow Realm. During Crunchyrol

Beats Headphones With 50-Hour Battery Life Are Almost Free, Amazon Sells Them at Cost to Clear Stock

Prime Day has become the biggest shopping moment of the year, far outpacing Black Friday, thanks to Amazon’s willingness to slash prices to levels you simply won’t find anywhere else. For this event, Amazon often drops its margins to zero or even sells at a loss, all to attract shoppers with deals that are too good to pass up. One of the best offers right now in the Electronics category is on the Beats Solo 4 wireless headphones and the best part is that this deal is open to everyone—Prime memb

Sony's WH-1000XM5 headphones are $115 off for Prime Day

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Sony's WH-1000XM5 headphones are $115 off as part of the Prime Day festivities, which brings the price down to $285. This discount applies to multiple colorways. These headphones once topped our list of the best wireless headphones before being usurped by the XM6. They are still fanta

The War on the Walkman

🗓️ On this day in 1979 the Sony Walkman was first released, marking its 46th anniversary The Sony Walkman is now an icon of the 1980s, eliciting nostalgia for the ‘good old days’ of owning music, rather than renting it. Affection for the device is now universal, but that wasn’t always the case… The sudden rise of headphone wearing pedestrians - spurred by Sony’s lightweight headsets (17% the weight of others) - caused unease about an unfamiliar new world quickly coming into view. Some said it

These Sony 1000XM4 Headphones Cost Peanuts, Amazon Sells Them at an All-Time Low for Prime Day

Amazon rolled out its initial Prime Day offers this weekend, in the form of the Prime Early Deal event. You have to be a Prime member to qualify for these exclusive offers but if you are not a member, Amazon offers a free 30-day trial so you can take advantage of all the Prime Day sales. Among many active noise cancelation headphones out there, Sony remains in the top brands and its WH-1000XM4 model is as mature as the newest version. Thanks to the Prime Day sale, you can have the WH-1000XM4 fo

12 Best Kids Headphones (2025), Hearing Protection and More

Protect Those Headphones Satechi 2-in-1 Headphone Stand Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Even durable headphones are easy to damage. We have lost pairs to folks standing on them, cats and robot vacuums attacking the cables, and chairs rolling over them. I have learned that a stand or holder is worth the investment if it keeps those cans off the floor. Even if your kids only sometimes remember to use it, that could extend the likely lifespan of their headphones. We use the Satechi 2-in-1 Headphone

Samsung is about to find out if Ultra is enough

I don’t often get asked about the phones I’m testing when I’m out and about, unless it’s a folding phone. Then I usually hear some version of the same thing: “Oh, I thought about getting one of those! But then I just got a [insert slab-style phone name here].” My anecdotal data matches the actual sales figures; there are many more people curious about folding phones than there are buyers of folding phones. Samsung would very much like that to not be the case, and, by all indications, it’s about

Deal: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 price drops by $545!

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority Samsung is about to launch its new foldable phones. The Unpacked event is scheduled for July 9th, in under a week. New launches usually come with nice discounts on the previous model, and the sales are starting! You can currently get the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 at a $545 discount! Buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 for $1,354.99 ($545 off) This offer is available directly from Samsung. Not all color versions get the discount, though. The White model isn’t on sale,

Sony’s got an Xperia 1 VII problem so bad, it had to temporarily halt sales

TL;DR Sony has halted sales and shipments of the Xperia 1 VII in its native Japan. Affected phones spontaneously reset, and may refuse to turn back on. Right now we have no confirmation that there’s any problem with the Xperia 1 VII outside of Japan. For a major electronics company, there’s probably no brand whose smartphones are more of niche product than Sony’s. While we’ve had Xperia phones going back to the early days of Android, Xperia handsets have never really taken off in the US. But

I put my AirPods Max away within hours of testing these headphones

ZDNET's key takeaways The Nothing Headphone 1 are available for preorder now at $299. These over-ear headphones feature a 40mm dynamic driver made in partnership with KEF, Spatial Audio playback, ANC, and more. You'll have to really admire the design and customizability of the headphones to make the most of them. View now at Nothing Nothing's first over-ear headphones are as ambitious, polarizing, and divisive of a product as you'd expect from the brand. The writing was always on the wall --

Nothing Says the Phone 3 Isn’t One Big Gimmick, but I’m Not So Sure

Nothing CEO Carl Pei wants you to know one thing: the startup’s smartphones aren’t just relying on a schtick. The Phone 3, which was finally unveiled this week after seemingly never-ending leaks and teasers, is being billed as the company’s “true flagship,” which means… to be honest, I don’t know what the hell it means. But it’s clear that Nothing sees it as its most premium phone yet, which is evident not just through its own messaging but also its starting price. The Phone 3 costs $800—more th

Apple Suddenly Drops AirPods Max Below Its Black Friday Price for Everyone, Not Just for Prime Members

If you’re an Apple fan, then your life will generally be a little bit easier if you choose to stick within that ecosystem when it comes to your other tech. You can get tablets, smartwatches, and MacBooks, sure, but the most common addition to an iPhone user’s arsenal is AirPods. These are the best headphones for Apple users, and some of the best available in general as well. See at Amazon Well, that’s where a good deal can come in incredibly handy. Being able to save any money on these excelle