Wireless earbuds have become much more than the curiosity that was Bluetooth headsets back in the flip phone days.

This is what makes the steady development of more advanced features so promising.

Were already creating earbuds that can sense and track head motion or respond to voice commands.

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What happens when that technology becomes as commonplace as Bluetooth or blocking out background noises?

The future of Bluetooth will see more technical advancement with more integration of mobile phones and smartwatch features.

Advanced features like these do come at a cost, however.

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As is usually the case, new and advanced technology is expensive to research and manufacture.

However, its alsolikely to become less costlyover time as more companies begin to develop similar features.

Wireless headset technology like that could be expanded beyond individual devices like home computers or personal smartphones.