One of the things that many folks like when they are using headphones or earbuds with a music phone or MP3 player is an inline volume control. If your favorite headphones or earphones lack the feature ...

SUPERIOR COMFORT — Unlike traditional circular ear buds, the design of EarPods is defined by the geometry of the ear. Which makes them more comfortable for more people than any other ear bud–style ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, ...

A quick glance at our glowing five-star review of the Bose QuietComfort Earbuds reveals that, despite a "fantastic true wireless" design with "brilliant noise-cancelling tech", our main gripe was the ...

Wired headphones are having a bit of a renaissance, but are there any affordable options that actually sound good? Of the ...

Sony has just released an update for its WF-1000XM3 earbuds that make an already great product even better. The update adds three new features: support for Alexa, on-board volume controls and the ...

Like so many parents, Christine Ingemi of Amherst got tired of constantly telling her four children, ages 5 to 11, to turn down the volume on their iPods. “It would be so loud sometimes, I could hear ...

A lot of headphones today come with volume control built in on the wire. If your headphones didn't, though, you can craft your own with a few basic, salvagable electronics. There are actually two ways ...

And now you can see how much battery life the case has left And now you can see how much battery life the case has left is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025.

If you recently picked up a pair of Bose’s QuietComfort or Sport Earbuds, you’ve probably noticed you can’t adjust the volume by tapping on your new headphones. That was one of our major gripes with ...