The long-awaited renewal of the AirPods is already among us. We have had to wait almost a year and a half to be able to enjoy the second generation of AirPods, a second generation whose main difference with the first is that we can charge it through a wireless charging base. The sound as well as the battery life are practically the same.
While it is true that Apple was not the first company to launch headphones of this type, Bragi offered us an alternative although much more expensiveyes, yesand became the benchmark for other manufacturers to follow Among which we can highlight the Galaxy Buds, and different Bose models. It seems that Amazon wants to join this party, according to Bloomberg.
According to this medium, Amazon is working on an alternative to AirPods, but focusing on delivering better sound quality and that in addition, they are compatible with the company's assistant, Alexa. Bloomberg does not mention if the Amazon headphones will be really wireless, although everything seems to indicate that they will be, since, according to it, "they will look and function similar to AirPods and will have a charging case."
In terms of design, the post claims that will not have a clamping system like PowerbeatsInstead, they are placed inside the user's ear like AirPods. They will integrate gesture controls to be able to pick up a call, pause and continue music playback, change songs, invoke Alexa ...
But in order to get the most out of the assistant, these headphones they will have to connect to a mobile device, so Alexa will not be integrated. These new headphones could hit the market in the second half of the year, at a price that will probably touch the noses of manufacturers of true wireless headphones, be it Apple or Samsung mainly.