Dyson Has New Headphones That Don’t Cover Your Mouth This Time

Dyson has announced its 2nd brace of over-the-ear headphones—and its archetypal that doesn’t look similar a high-tech gimp mask.

Dyson calls the caller cans OnTrac. which is not to beryllium confused with the shipping company of the aforesaid sanction and spelling. Unlike the Dyson Zone headphones earlier them, the OnTrac headphones are not connected to an aerial purifier that wraps astir your rima and makes you look similar you’re cosplaying a cyborg. Dyson describes the OnTrac arsenic “audio-only” headphones conscionable to marque the favoritism clear.

These are costly headphones, aimed astatine audiophiles and anyone consenting to propulsion upwards of $500 astatine immoderate bully cushy dependable cannons. The OnTrac's plan is besides highly customizable; Dyson is letting users swap retired receptor cushions and the outer caps of the earcups to alteration their colors. At motorboat determination volition beryllium lone 4 colour options, but Dyson says much choices volition beryllium coming later. The institution says the headphones volition person galore of the hallmarks of a modern premium headset, including sound canceling that tin trim up to 40 decibels of noise. Dyson says the OnTrac besides volition travel with a genuinely insane artillery beingness of 55 hours nether mean use.

The OnTrac headphones aren’t for merchantability yet, and Dyson hasn’t indicated erstwhile they volition be. But erstwhile they’re available, they’ll commencement astatine $500, with immoderate customizations driving the terms up from there.

Here’s immoderate different user tech quality from this week.

Prime Now, Pay Later

Congratulations to everyone who bought those cheaper AirPods connected Amazon this week. You’ve helped marque 2024 Prime Day the biggest Prime Day ever. Amazon hoovered up $14.2 billion successful income during the two-day deals event. That's a sizable bump implicit its 2023 sale, which garnered a meager $12 billion.

Amazon Prime Day income were higher than ever, successful portion acknowledgment to the proliferation of buy-now, pay-later plans. According to Adobe Analytics, radical bought much than $1 cardinal worthy of worldly via these delayed-payment plans. That’s large for Apple, and anyone who’s blessed with their shiny caller 65-inch OLED TV, but it's worthy noting that BNPL plans travel with hidden dangers that tin lure radical into overextending their debt.

Pixel Peek

After a clump of details leaked astir Google’s caller phones, the institution decided to simply conscionable amusement its upcoming Pixel to the world. In a station connected X, Google revealed the first authoritative look astatine its Pixel 9 Pro. Google teased the phone’s integration with the company’s Gemini AI bundle and said that much details astir the telephone lineup volition beryllium coming August 13. (Expect these Pixels to beryllium filled to the brim with AI, if Google’s recent merchandise announcements person fixed america immoderate hint.)