Oso AI Earbuds ZDNET's key takeaways The Oso AI earbuds are available for $249.
They record calls, meetings, and conversations, and generate accurate transcripts and AI summaries.
They're pricey, some features are behind a premium tier, and without ANC, they won't replace your primary pair of earbuds. View now at Oso
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Earbuds aren't all about playing the best music anymore. Productivity-minded earbuds are a thing -- sacrificing some audio quality for rich integrations with videoconferencing software or AI-powered transcription features.
I recently reviewed another pair of these buds: the Epos Adapt E1, which are optimized for video calls, and I praised their handy gestures. However, the latest productivity pair I've been using are the Oso AI earbuds, a pair specifically designed to transcribe and summarize calls.
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Oso's earbuds are powered by Open AI's GPT-5 model. The buds can take notes of your meetings, phone calls, or even face-to-face conversations and record, transcribe, provide summaries, and translations through the integrated AI meeting notetaker by Laxis.
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