The best sleep headphones of 2025: Expert tested

Bose had an avid following when it launched its Sleepbuds, but discontinued the product after it "didn't reach the level of adoption" Bose hoped it would, according to a Bose spokesperson. That's when three ex-Bose engineers took the sleep earbuds under their wing and developed a brand and product of its own, under Ozlo. The Ozlo Sleepbuds are the best, most comfortable sleep earbuds I've tried to date. While a new product isn't without its flaws -- the major one being that the app setup was annoyingly glitchy -- the product itself is impressively effective at what it does: getting you to bed. Once the Sleepbuds are in your ears they produce noise-masking (not noise-canceling) white noise that's dialed at the perfect volume to reduce external distractions and help you quickly fall asleep (and you don't even need to connect them with a phone or the app for this to work). My bedroom overlooks a bustling Brooklyn street that is always polluted with noise, like police sirens, screaming am ... Read full article.