What Are Hearables?

Hearables often combine hearing aid technology withbiometricstechnology to do more than transmit audio.

What Are Hearable Earbuds?

Hearables, while not yet a defined category, are more than just wireless earbuds.

One example is Apple’s AirPods.

WhileAirPods can aid your ability to hear, they lack independent data storage and biometrics features.

Hearables use a built-in microphone to pick up sound.

They can wirelessly connect to other devices viaBluetooth.

allowing them to also function like traditional earbuds.

Hearabes can be equipped with biometric sensors, which are also useful for health monitoring and fitness tracking.

It depends.

Earbuds are less expensive and don’t go as far into your ear as earphones do.

Earphones usually sound a lot better than earbuds but are not as durable.

We go into more detail in ourEarphones vs Earbudsarticle.