Human Headphones Just Changed The Game

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So these things, they've been requested by a large number of you on Twitter, in the YouTube comments

You guys know I really enjoy looking at headphones It's not very often that you get a completely new form factor in the headphone territory, in the headphone segment

We have earbuds, we have over ear headphones, we have on ear headphones, of course with a headband associated

We have the full wireless stuff, of course, the very popular AirPods now, AirPods 2

So anyhow, here we end up on this, a completely new take

It's called Human Headphones. And when you wear it, that's what it looks like

It's crazy. How is it on there? How does it stay put? That's what's happening right here

She's wearing it. He's wearing it. For this to work out, it's going to have to deliver sound quality above what the earbud

is capable of. Big, big sound. Full-size speaker driver. So that's what they say

Look, we're not trying to be as portable as the earbud, but we're gonna give you the sound quality. Listen out loud

Put them together to activate a powerful Bluetooth speaker. Okay, so they also become a Bluetooth speaker

So now you got a portable speaker as well, which is on you at all times. Okay. Use your voice to make calls

send text, and translate to 13 different languages built in translated. You could use that, Jay, on your travel

heavily, highly requested from you individuals out there in the world. Look at that

That's the thing. That's the package. It's so interesting. Oh my goodness

It's like a little capsule. How do I even... Oh, you just pull it apart

Look at that. They're on and ready to pair. I guess when I peel this off

they're just in pairing mode. That's crazy simple. Ooh, that's some memory foam action

You see how that stays sitting down for a second? I guess this is for each individual is going to be a bit different from that standpoint

So that moves around like that. I see microphones on the outside

How does this go? Let's find out. Oh, okay. So your ear is fitting in there

I should say I'm already having a very bizarre experience. Well, first of all, I look crazy

they're saying ready to pair but they also went into a pass-through mode so right now i have

crystal clear audio like you guys myself my own voice and you guys they're almost like hearing

aids right now talk jack oh my god here we go let's get the human app there's this install thing

that i definitely should have paid attention to pull the hook that goes around what they're

calling the ear root. Did you know you had an ear root? No, you didn't

I feel like this guy with the slightly longer hair it blends for him Whether I wearing a hat or no hat that is you are gonna see that and this is your charge cable this is definitely proprietary it a nice little

dock and it's usbc on the other end a nice simple power brick to go with it fit attachment pads okay

so these are also memory foam so you have options there these are magnetic fit too there's really a

a lot of magnetic stuff going on. And then look at the travel pouch, Jack

That's kind of nice, isn't it? Feels like a suede sort of finish

There's a silica gel inside. I'm not gonna throw it, Jack. It just wouldn't be very nice

Look how happy she is. You see, that's what happens. You buy these, that's what happens

I trust, I trust. Let's go pair it up. Okay, so this is nice

This is just as easy as pulling them apart. They turn on and connect to the last pair of devices

I love that. I like that. That type of interface, you don't even need to think about

You just close them down, that's it. Can I just say these are expensive? I feel like you're feeling that right now

I feel you probably feel that as you saw the package come out. What are we looking at price-wise, Willie, dude

Something, they got a price to them, don't they? $260, he says, and he was amplified when he said that because I heard

It's a hefty price tag. It might be the future, though, so let's think about it

All right, touch controls. Tap to pause media playback. Tap again to resume

swipe forward to go forward, swipe back to go back, swipe up to increase volume. It's a typical touchpad

It's a common interface now. Press and hold either headphone to amplify outside sound

If I was playing music, they would shut off to isolate me a little bit

but then I would just tap over here. I'd just be like, okay, let's continue the conversation. I'm just tapping my module

Oh, now you're shut off. Now I'm muffled. Now it's terrible. And now you're back

It's night and day. Blend mode. So tapping the blend button in the app will toggle outside sound amplification for greater ambient awareness

And this now has become like a feature we expect in high-end headphones

We want this. We need this. Tapping the speaker button on your app allows you to transform your headphones into a portable speaker

It's a nice little touch. I mean, the teenagers in the cafeteria

Well, they might have a cool product here. Let's leave it in blend mode and we'll go find some tunes

That's step one. We're going to listen to some music. Can I do 60 Soul

Is that all right with you? I'll get there. They're way better than earbuds

Fine. They sound way better than AirPods. Like way better than AirPods

It's a bigger speaker, right? I like you know I like technology you know every so often yeah I just sit over here this and that and then this comes along and I like yeah headphones they not done yet either

Nothing's done yet. Everything can be improved. Almost everything can be rethought

We can't think of this differently. And I'm having a different experience right now. Let me just, okay, so other gestures, volume

Yeah, volume, okay, that works. Let's go next. Next track. Oh, I don't know, guys, I'm feeling something

I'm having something happen here. I'm tingling. It might be Sam Cooke, I don't know

It might be the fact that I feel unencumbered by any devices. Like, I feel like I could bob and weave

A long time coming. that I know. I don't know that they're gonna be

for everyone. For me, this is not bothersome at all. I do feel them

on top of the ear. Could they be even more invisible? Could they be even lighter? Maybe

Is it the hybrid they were aiming at? I think it is. We got Around the World

Remember that song? That is some old school. That's thick. That's thick

Sounds good, man. It's got bass to it. I mean, there's bass there

Oh, we got to do speaker mode real quick. Clasp headphones together to enable speaker

Okay. Boom. Speaker. Sweet. What? That's it? They know that they're in speaker mode

It's important to know that there's nothing official about these. Nah. You can't do that to me

You can't do that to me. The smartphone speaker is just as good as that

It doesn't sound that good. That's kind of weird. I think that was one of those bonus elements where they just wanted to be like

and it can do. To make it difficult for me and my company to continue to do business the way that I'm doing it

I have to start to look at alternative track. It sounds like a smartphone speaker, guys

That's not why you're buying this. That shouldn't be why you're buying this. Don't expect you're getting, like, legit Bluetooth speaker performance out of it

It's just, you could use it like that in a pinch. The translator, I don't know how many people are going to be buying this for that purpose

Anyway, here, we're going to showcase. We're going to see if it's right or not. Here, English to Spanish. Hello I hungry I like to find a restaurant Most importantly I looking for a grilled cheese sandwich

I'm hearing Spanish in my ear right now. Hambriento degustaria. Hungry? You'd like it. French to English

Je suis fatigué. Yeah! I am tired. So that could be cool. It works. Is this product the future of all headphones? I don't know. Not immediately. It takes time. It's expensive. It's different. And how many people are going to take a chance on something that's this different

you'll probably be surprised at the audio performance. You'll probably be surprised at what they're capable of delivering at this form factor

Of course, it's not all rosy. This goes over the ear. I'm noticing right now, for example, my ears, they heated up a bit

because they're completely covered, right, when you have these on. That does not happen with an earbud, AirPod, and so forth

From that standpoint, I think it will find an audience, but it's going to take time to replace the more standard headphone earbud models

From a charging perspective, that is crazy simple. As far as we're concerned, you're not fiddling around with any connectors, which can be a headache

It feels futuristic because of all the magnets in play and the smoothness of it

It'll go on there either way. There's some cool people at this company, even if it's just from a design perspective

There's a lot of thought that has to go into a product like this. A lot of drawings. I mean, I appreciate the work for a form factor that's so unusual

And I have to say, of course, it's only been one session at this point, but I'm impressed so far

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