Bose’s Ultra Open earbuds click onto your ears so you can hear your surroundings

Audio company Bose has teamed up with fashion brand Kith to produce a pair of unique-looking earbuds known as the Ultra Open Earbuds.

Most open earbuds you see on Amazon or Google have some sort of arm that wraps around the back of your ear. However, these go directly to your outer ear via a clip. Despite the unconventional design, Bose product maintains the main purpose of open earbuds: to enable environmental awareness and let users hear the world around them. Kith’s name is printed in Bose’s signature font on the outside of the earbuds and charging case.

This isn’t the first time a company has made open earbuds with a unique twist. Sony’s LinkBuds, for example, have an extra ring connected to the main button, which lets in sound from outside.

Strangely enough, there is very little information about the specifications of Ultra Open Earbuds. It is not known what kind of speakers the pair houses in their small frame and whether there are any special features such as high water resistance. All Kith says about the latter is that there will be a “range of state-of-the-art technologies” on board.

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