Turtle Beach Brings Back Bluetooth Earpieces In New Recon Air Wireless Chat Communicator

Now launching worldwide, Turtle Beach’s all-new Recon Air Wireless Chat Headset recovers the original concept of Bluetooth one-sided ear-things, now pitched at a whole new demographic that doesn’t need to get out much. According to the leading gaming accessory maker, the new mono headset is designed for gamers who already have a killer home entertainment system for game audio and just need a headset to hear and talk to other players.

The Olive Pro Hearing and Bluetooth Earbuds were brought to market by Olive Union during 2021. These are 2-in-1 true wireless earbuds and smart (FDA-Registered class II) hearing aids, featuring a modern design that was intentionally conceived to look like futuristic Bluetooth earbuds to combat the social and economic barriers of hearing loss. When the company temporarily paused its sales efforts in the US, Brent talked with the company to find out what happened and their plans to adjust and return to market. This article was originally published in audioXpress, January 2022.

Apple’s rogue army of lifestyle audio products received its first ever update since Cupertino invested in the brand with the unveiling of the new Solo3 Wireless Headphones, BeatsX and Powerbeats3 Wireless Earphones. All three new Bluetooth products benefited from Apple’s integrated W1 chip, Class 1 Bluetooth, extended battery life, Fast Fuel charge, and the Beats popular sound signature.

Ropes USA are a colorful special edition of ROAM’s first product, the Ropes Bluetooth earphones, now successfully funded on Kickstarter with a $100,000 goal. Ropes’ design is somewhat reminiscent of Beats earphones and that’s probably the intention because ROAM is a company founded by Steven Lamar, an entrepreneur with a history related to Beats’ origins. The Ropes Bluetooth earphones also remind us of how early Bluetooth products looked back in 2010.

Orfeo SoundWorks’s Bluetooth Earphones have been selected as a CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Headphones category. The company introduced its InnerMic technology which, combined with VoiceRecovery processing technology allows for total intelligibility in any noisy environment. Basically, the concept consists in placing a microphone inside of the earphones to capture inner voice and block out all sound interference.