Big test: 5 hearables and smart earbuds fight it out

We put five hearables to the test in sound, smarts and fitness

It’s the year of the hearable and we couldn’t be happier. At last, it feels like this category is reaching the point where we’re happy to cut the cord and embrace our in-ear smart assistant, rather than treat them with paranoid contempt.

Hearables still aren’t perfect, and there are plenty of improvements to yet make before they become part of all our everyday lives. More’s to come this year too; Pilot promises to launch its real-time translating hearable, and there’s a chance Apple will go all the way with fitness-focused AirPods.

Big test: Hearables go head-to-head

When we say hearable, we’re not talking about your everyday wireless Bluetooth headphones; we mean earbuds with actual smarts. Some focus on fitness, some on smart assistance, and some on augmenting the world around you.

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